How to Remodel Your Home to Make It Feel Bigger

Does your home seem too small? Luckily, there are remodeling steps you can take to help improve its size or create the illusion that it's larger. Thanks to residential drywall installers and painters, there are some tricks to making your interior appear bigger.

Creating New Walls

According to HGTV, drywall was invented in 1916 and it's been used to create or finish interior walls and ceilings ever since. Without expanding the actual square footage of your house, residential drywall installers can create a new room as needed by creating new walls. Use such a wall to build a closet or pantry for more organized storage. Something as simple as building an extra wall can provide the space to build interior shelves in any room.

Knocking Down Walls

If there's one room in a home where people want as much space as possible, it's usually the kitchen. That's why open floor plans have become more popular over the years. If your kitchen is closed in, drywall professionals can knock down a wall to make it more open to the living room and the rest of the home. Then, when it's time for entertainment and family holidays, you won't miss out on the laughter, fun, or football game if you're cooking dinner or prepping snacks. Or, if you prefer to still have your kitchen closed off, your residential drywall installers can shift the wall further out to expand the space.

Interior Paint Color

Color theory is real and can affect the mood in any home. By choosing bright colors such as white or off-white, you can easily make a smaller room look brighter and larger. You can create the opposite effect by choosing darker colors to achieve more intimacy.

Paint Design Options

Are you not crazy about using white in your home? Like every other hue, there are several shades of paint to consider. Create an illusion of greater space by playing around with those different shades. Do you like the idea of painted patterns or decorative paint? Vertical stripes can make a room look taller, whereas horizontal ones can make it look wider.

Don't fret because you can't realistically expand your square footage. Thanks to the expertise of residential drywall installers, you can utilize your existing space by adding or removing drywall to great effect. Many of our professionals can also do interior paintwork that can help create an illusion of greater space. For experienced residential drywall installers and painters, contact our team at Flores Drywall and Paint for a consultation.