Styling Guide: Compact Living
Furnishing your compact space means selecting multifunctional pieces that are suited to its size. Discover a guide to introducing the right pieces for a small space.
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1. Incorporate multipurpose furnishings to maximize space.
In a city apartment or remote cabin, every design decision must be generous in thought—making up for generosity of space in short supply. One way to do this is to create flexibility within your small space through multipurpose living pieces that serve several purposes without taking up a large amount of room.
In terms of home surfaces, the Folding Flat Table can be transitioned into a dining table as the workday shifts into leisure time. Each Folding Flat Chair folds down to four centimeters, creating extra space without straining the confines of an apartment. The AML Stool meanwhile, offers a sculptural shape that can act as a seat, a design piece in itself, or a plinth-like surface for plants and art objects.
Designs for compact spaces can be repurposed for different needs throughout the week or even throughout one day. The FRAMA Daybed offers the same transitional identity: acting as a bed for guests at night or a place of repose and quiet during the day. The Farmhouse Side Table or the Rivet Box Table or Cart can share this double identity as side tables for display and storage spaces to reduce clutter—or even minimal bedside tables for overnight guests.
2. To minimize clutter, select vertical storage.
For an interior with limited square footage, storage like Single Shelves or the Shelf Library System offer adaptable arrangements within the same small space. These open shelves can create space for both storage and display—minimizing clutter without closing off valuable space. Moreover, through combining Shelf Library Hanger and Cabinet Sections, creating custom closet configurations is a straightforward addition. Store your most personal home objects in a customizable yet intuitive storage solution that expands vertically; leaving your living, bedroom, kitchen, bathroom, or office space open and clear.
3. Introduce lighting that creates a sense of calm, without additional footprint.
For those with busy day-to-days in an urban center, the home interior should offer a calm antidote to city density. Lighting is one way to achieve this no matter the space at hand, whether the Cone Shade, which hangs from the ceiling in a manner that takes no footprint, or the adjustable T-Lamp—the FRAMA take on the archetypal desk lamp, with a simple mechanism allowing it to tilt and cast light from different angles without taking up more room. The right lighting will create spatial definition within any interiors, without making a commitment to a large design.
4. Create visual harmony with clean lines and metals to balance warm wooden tones.
In order to introduce visual balance in a small space rich in wooden tones, Tasca stools and chairs offer variation in aluminum—and the possibility of transitioning outdoors (without the need for additional furnishings to store) as the season allows. With wooden tones offering timeless warmth to a small space, stainless steel and aluminum accents keep any interior modern—minimal lines introducing a sense of tidiness and calm.
Compact essentials for living result in the most imaginative design objects: paring furnishings down to their most effective features. In selecting multifunctional pieces that can work double-duty in the home, we create an adaptable antidote to the outside world that feels all one’s own—no matter its size.
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Design for compact living allows an Adam or Low Stool 01 to offer itself as your step ladder, your dining room chair, and your bedside table—and open up new possibilities for living in so doing.
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