{"id":901,"date":"2016-11-30T16:13:08","date_gmt":"2016-11-30T16:13:08","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/twitsguides.co.uk\/?p=901"},"modified":"2016-12-02T16:16:31","modified_gmt":"2016-12-02T16:16:31","slug":"making-small-home","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/twitsguides.co.uk\/making-small-home\/","title":{"rendered":"Making The Most of a Small Home"},"content":{"rendered":"

I’m sure we all dream of acres of space to spread out and relax \u2013 spare rooms for when guests come to stay and private dens for when we want to get away from it all. But the realities of living in the South East of England like I do mean that space is at a premium and most people simply cannot afford that luxury. Dens have to double as home offices and guest rooms, space is at a premium and well-organised storage space is essential.<\/p>\n

But it’s not all doom and gloom; small homes are easier and cheaper to keep warm, quicker to clean and less costly to maintain. Given how small so many homes are on the UK there are also plenty of ideas around online and in magazines to help us make the most of a small home.<\/p>\n

So here are my favourite ways of doing just that:<\/p>\n

Get The Storage Right<\/h2>\n

A small home can quickly become cluttered if you don’t have the right amount of storage space<\/a> and if you don’t keep it well-organised so that it is easy to store and to retrieve what you need. There are the obvious storage places such as wardrobes and kitchen cupboards but in a small home try to make use of every available space for storage. High level shelves 30-40cm below ceiling height can add an enormous amount of extra space to a room without taking up valuable floor space. And if you use pretty baskets or other storage containers it will always look neat and tidy.<\/p>\n

Get The Light Right<\/h2>\n

Small rooms tend to have small windows to stay in proportion but it is easy to block too much light when there is not much in the way of glazed area. Avoid this problem and let in as much light as possible by ditching any curtains and opting instead for a roman blind fitted outside the recess so that it does not obscure the window when it is raised.<\/p>\n

Get The Colours Right<\/h2>\n

You may love deep purples and rich reds ut they will not give your home a feeling of space if used on walls or floors (hmm red floor, now there’s a thought). Instead keep walls and floors pale and neutral. If you must have a pop of colour then do that with cushions, throws or small accent chairs.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

I’m sure we all dream of acres of space to spread out and relax \u2013 spare rooms for when guests come to stay and private dens for when we want to getRead More…<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":733,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[13,65,72,11],"tags":[110,203,50,202],"yoast_head":"\nMaking The Most of a Small Home<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Small homes are easier and cheaper to keep warm, and quicker to clean. There are also plenty of ideas around to help us make the most of a small home.\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/twitsguides.co.uk\/making-small-home\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_GB\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Making The Most of a Small Home\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Small homes are easier and cheaper to keep warm, and quicker to clean. There are also plenty of ideas around to help us make the most of a small home.\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/twitsguides.co.uk\/making-small-home\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Twits Guides\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2016-11-30T16:13:08+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2016-12-02T16:16:31+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/twitsguides.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/04\/mood.jpg\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"1280\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"720\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/jpeg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"admin\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"admin\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Estimated reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"2 minutes\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/twitsguides.co.uk\/making-small-home\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/twitsguides.co.uk\/making-small-home\/\",\"name\":\"Making The Most of a Small Home\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/twitsguides.co.uk\/#website\"},\"primaryImageOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/twitsguides.co.uk\/making-small-home\/#primaryimage\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/twitsguides.co.uk\/making-small-home\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\/\/twitsguides.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/04\/mood.jpg\",\"datePublished\":\"2016-11-30T16:13:08+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2016-12-02T16:16:31+00:00\",\"author\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/twitsguides.co.uk\/#\/schema\/person\/43550bc717d7c220d4b7a6b03a763e26\"},\"description\":\"Small homes are easier and cheaper to keep warm, and quicker to clean. There are also plenty of ideas around to help us make the most of a small home.\",\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/twitsguides.co.uk\/making-small-home\/#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-GB\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/twitsguides.co.uk\/making-small-home\/\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-GB\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/twitsguides.co.uk\/making-small-home\/#primaryimage\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/twitsguides.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/04\/mood.jpg\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\/\/twitsguides.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/04\/mood.jpg\",\"width\":1280,\"height\":720,\"caption\":\"interior trends\"},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/twitsguides.co.uk\/making-small-home\/#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"https:\/\/twitsguides.co.uk\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"Making The Most of a Small Home\"}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/twitsguides.co.uk\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/twitsguides.co.uk\/\",\"name\":\"Twits Guides\",\"description\":\"Simple Tips for your House and Home\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"https:\/\/twitsguides.co.uk\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":\"required name=search_term_string\"}],\"inLanguage\":\"en-GB\"},{\"@type\":\"Person\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/twitsguides.co.uk\/#\/schema\/person\/43550bc717d7c220d4b7a6b03a763e26\",\"name\":\"admin\",\"image\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-GB\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/twitsguides.co.uk\/#\/schema\/person\/image\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/d2e345627738ac1614be90e0736d16a7?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/d2e345627738ac1614be90e0736d16a7?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"caption\":\"admin\"},\"url\":\"https:\/\/twitsguides.co.uk\/author\/admin\/\"}]}<\/script>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"Making The Most of a Small Home","description":"Small homes are easier and cheaper to keep warm, and quicker to clean. There are also plenty of ideas around to help us make the most of a small home.","robots":{"index":"index","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"canonical":"https:\/\/twitsguides.co.uk\/making-small-home\/","og_locale":"en_GB","og_type":"article","og_title":"Making The Most of a Small Home","og_description":"Small homes are easier and cheaper to keep warm, and quicker to clean. There are also plenty of ideas around to help us make the most of a small home.","og_url":"https:\/\/twitsguides.co.uk\/making-small-home\/","og_site_name":"Twits Guides","article_published_time":"2016-11-30T16:13:08+00:00","article_modified_time":"2016-12-02T16:16:31+00:00","og_image":[{"width":1280,"height":720,"url":"https:\/\/twitsguides.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/04\/mood.jpg","type":"image\/jpeg"}],"author":"admin","twitter_card":"summary_large_image","twitter_misc":{"Written by":"admin","Estimated reading time":"2 minutes"},"schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/twitsguides.co.uk\/making-small-home\/","url":"https:\/\/twitsguides.co.uk\/making-small-home\/","name":"Making The Most of a Small Home","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/twitsguides.co.uk\/#website"},"primaryImageOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/twitsguides.co.uk\/making-small-home\/#primaryimage"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/twitsguides.co.uk\/making-small-home\/#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/twitsguides.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/04\/mood.jpg","datePublished":"2016-11-30T16:13:08+00:00","dateModified":"2016-12-02T16:16:31+00:00","author":{"@id":"https:\/\/twitsguides.co.uk\/#\/schema\/person\/43550bc717d7c220d4b7a6b03a763e26"},"description":"Small homes are easier and cheaper to keep warm, and quicker to clean. There are also plenty of ideas around to help us make the most of a small home.","breadcrumb":{"@id":"https:\/\/twitsguides.co.uk\/making-small-home\/#breadcrumb"},"inLanguage":"en-GB","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/twitsguides.co.uk\/making-small-home\/"]}]},{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-GB","@id":"https:\/\/twitsguides.co.uk\/making-small-home\/#primaryimage","url":"https:\/\/twitsguides.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/04\/mood.jpg","contentUrl":"https:\/\/twitsguides.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/04\/mood.jpg","width":1280,"height":720,"caption":"interior trends"},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/twitsguides.co.uk\/making-small-home\/#breadcrumb","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https:\/\/twitsguides.co.uk\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"Making The Most of a Small Home"}]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/twitsguides.co.uk\/#website","url":"https:\/\/twitsguides.co.uk\/","name":"Twits Guides","description":"Simple Tips for your House and Home","potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https:\/\/twitsguides.co.uk\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":"required name=search_term_string"}],"inLanguage":"en-GB"},{"@type":"Person","@id":"https:\/\/twitsguides.co.uk\/#\/schema\/person\/43550bc717d7c220d4b7a6b03a763e26","name":"admin","image":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-GB","@id":"https:\/\/twitsguides.co.uk\/#\/schema\/person\/image\/","url":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/d2e345627738ac1614be90e0736d16a7?s=96&d=mm&r=g","contentUrl":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/d2e345627738ac1614be90e0736d16a7?s=96&d=mm&r=g","caption":"admin"},"url":"https:\/\/twitsguides.co.uk\/author\/admin\/"}]}},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/twitsguides.co.uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/901"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/twitsguides.co.uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/twitsguides.co.uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/twitsguides.co.uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/twitsguides.co.uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=901"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/twitsguides.co.uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/901\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":902,"href":"https:\/\/twitsguides.co.uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/901\/revisions\/902"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/twitsguides.co.uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/733"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/twitsguides.co.uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=901"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/twitsguides.co.uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=901"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/twitsguides.co.uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=901"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}