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HOW TO CREATE
MORE INTERIOR SPACE
FOR THE WINTER
Homeowners can look to various design strategies
to open up interior spaces in their homes with a
goal toward making them more comfortable
places to ride out the winter.
After a summer and fall spent outdoors, winter drives
many people back inside. Homeowners may take inventory
of their interior spaces in winter and fi nd that
there isn’t as much room as they would like. When entertaining
inside, a home may feel particularly cramped.
Creating an open, inviting indoor environment requires maximizing
spatial design but not necessarily expanding square
footage. By focusing on a few strategies, homeowners can
maximize interior fl ow.
Change up the layout of furniture
Being able to move around a
space more easily may come
down to rethinking the furniture
layout. Interior design
experts often emphasize
traffi c fl ow in a space, which
can determine how comfortable
homeowners and their
guests feel. Universal design
methodologies point to establishing
clear, unobstructed
routes to link different
zones of a room. This will
minimize physical congestion in the space. When entertaining,
homeowners can push larger pieces of furniture against the perimeter
of a room to open up a centeral gathering area. Heavy
coffee tables can be swapped out for smaller tables to allow the
rearrangement of the layout depending on how many people are
spending time in a given space.
Subdivide rooms
Open-concept spaces might have lost some their appeal in recent
years. Designers are now going back in the direction of roombased
layouts over open concepts, according to Martha Stewart
and New York-based designer Madeline Merin. Some homeowners
now have a greater need for defi nition of the spaces they
have to work with. Instead of one open room, dividing the space
can create the illusion of having more square footage while providing
distinctive spots for privacy and other room functions.
An open-concept family room, for example, can be divided into
a gaming room on one side and a home offi ce space on the other.
Change how spaces are perceived
Lighting and visual elements can make spaces feel more roomy
and inviting even if they haven’t gotten larger. Painting walls in
soft tones will help them refl ect more light, making boundaries
feel like they are receding. Incorporating more natural light by
removing heavy draperies is one strategy. According to the Journal
of Biophilic Design, biophilic design is the intentional integration
of nature into buildings and spaces to improve human
health and productivity. Homeowners can incorporate natural
lighting, living plants, organic materials, and organic patterns
into their interior designs to make spaces feel more inviting.
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