Here’s a Smart Strategy to Make Your Small Living Room Feel Larger, According to an Expert

If you have a small living space, there’s not much you can do about longing for enough seating to accommodate all your guests or a space large enough to fit that extra-large couch you’ve been eyeing. However, you can make your living room
appear larger with a few visual decorating tricks. ,“By making your small living room feel larger, you remove the feeling of claustrophobia,” says Emma Kemper, principal designer at Emma Beryl Interiors in New York City. “It will create a positive, emotional change in your state of mind.” To make your living room seem larger and feel as good as it looks, consider these four tips from Kemper:,Kemper says that she uses a number of different tactics to make her clients’ small living rooms feel larger, but her favorite method is using color in clever ways. Kemper says that bright, light, neutral colors (think: whites, light creams, and soft grays) can create the “illusion of expansion.” ,