If you have limited square footage, the designer recommends skipping this popular design trend.
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Theres nothing worse than feeling like youre boxed inespecially in your own home.
Page Turner knows that adding a sense of openness is key to making a house feel like a home.
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Heres her top piece of advice fortransforming a small space(plus, what not to do).
So let’s play this maze game and move some things around to make it work and bring function.
From French-inspired penny tile to midcentury-modern geometric designs, there are many patterns to play with.
Use soft colors to brighten up the room and shiny finishes to reflect light.
In the bedroom, Turner leans more into earthy elements than color.
Rather than painting the walls, she installs wooden accents.
Built-insgo a long way, she says.
I love adding wood slats.
Let’s say two as an accent wall instead of paint.
And, you know, I love wallpaper.
you could take it a step further with more dramaticwood paneling.
Plus, it gives it a touch of character.
And the design trend Turner thinks you should always avoid when you dont have ample room to work with?
Color drenchingis horrible in a small space, she says.
(We have a feeling she’d approve ofwood drenching, though.)
