How do I make my relatively small room look/feel bigger?

Answer 1

Limit clutter. Choose glass table tops to create visual space.

Avoid clustering lots of small things (pictures, knick-knacks) as they make the room feel cramped. (A large room can feel more cozy with groupings)

Light colors for paint, and furniture fabrics. Try to avoid oversized furniture (that you have to squeeze past), and anything that 'sticks out' into the walking path.

Answer 2

Without knowing which room it is, it's hard to be specific. In general, darker paint colours tend to make a room look and feel smaller. If it is rectangular, bowling alley style, then paint the two side walls, (the longer ones), a lighter shade than the end walls, this will 'push them out', with the mind's eye. (Stay within a shade or two of each other.)
As for furniture, have everything do double duty. If you have a desk, then the chair should be a stool with a removable lid for storage, and the same goes for a coffee table, (there are alot in this style now). Wall units are great for storing TV’s and everything else in one area, keeping away from the 'messy' cluttered look, as opposed to having everything strewn around the room on various shelves and tables. Go 'up' with storage, instead of having too many cabinets and/or dressers, taking up floor space. Using the height of the room with taller shelving allows you to store more, in less space.
In a bedroom consider a daybed, which performs double duty as a bed and seating for friends. Wall decor should be on a smaller scale, in groupings, instead of large pictures, hangings, etc. 'taking' up room on your walls, which would bring your walls 'in'.
Smaller area rugs that define specific ‘areas’, elude to a bigger floor plan as well, i.e. one under the coffer table in the center of the room and one under a dining table, especially if it’s in the 'same' room. Again, knowing what room you are referring to would make things much easier!
Smaller scale furniture is always better too, the bigger it is, the bulkier it looks and 'overtakes' your space. A dining table should be clear, as in, glass or plexiglas. It gives the elusion of space because you can see through it, not having your view obstructed by a something solid. (This tip can be used for a coffee/kitchen table, or a desk in a bedroom, too.)
Side panel draperies, instead of full panels that span the full window, give an elusion of width. Use blinds or shutters if you need privacy. Good lighting will accentuate each area in your room, also expanding the mind's eye.
Try to leave an unobstructed walkway to get around/through the room. If you have to maneuver around things, it will feel smaller.
I hope at least some of these suggestions help your room, whatever it is! *: )

Answer 3

Hang large wall mirrors. Also, lighter colors on the walls and floor make a room seem bigger.

Answer 4

You could knock down one of the walls, then it would deffinately look and feel bigger!

Answer 5

Move the furniture around, unclutter the tops of everything

Answer 6

smaller bed, less stuff, start by throwing out 1/4 of your stuff. get things off the floor.

Answer 7

keep contrast to a minimum. pikc a main colo r then do tone on tone