
Learn practical, stylish design for small homes, from planning strategies and storage hacks to color, lighting, and open shelving, with a room-by-room approach and a five-page planner.
Learn four techniques to make a small room feel larger, including focal points, vertical emphasis, and mirrors. Avoid four common mistakes: too-small furniture, clutter, single lighting, and not measuring spaces.
Identify a room's primary activities and align furniture layout with those functions, honestly assessing daily use, then declutter to the essential pieces that meet both function and form.
Balance big and small in small spaces by using a large rug and two large pieces per room, with a focal point to visually expand the space.
Maximize space in a small home by using double-duty furniture, such as storage trunks, daybeds, benches with storage, and nesting tables, to serve two functions in living rooms and bedrooms.
Discover how open, wall-mounted shelving frees vertical space, enhances storage, reduces bulk, and visually enlarges small homes through strategic placements in living rooms, kitchens, and baths.
Evaluate when to divide a small living space, weighing privacy and visual separation against cost and feel, and explore flexible, affordable solutions like demountable glass walls, bookcases, and curtain dividers.
Master color and pattern use in a small home to visually expand space, limit palettes to three main colors, and create cohesion with repeats, light neutrals, and balanced contrast.
Brighten small spaces with strategic lighting, avoiding floor lamps, using wall sconces, pendants, cove lighting, and mirrors to maximize space, natural light, and mood control.
Apply techniques for small room design by analyzing three room layouts, identifying strengths, and proposing improvements focused on focal points, furniture size, lighting, mirrors, colors, and storage.
Design the entryway for function and impression with storage for keys and mail, seating for shoes, a mirror, hooks, and lighting that reflect your home's style and bold front door.
Discover living room storage solutions for small homes, including open shelving, bookcases, and storage-friendly case goods, plus space-enhancing design techniques like glass furniture and low-profile pieces.
Optimize small dining areas with round pedestal tables, settees, and backless stools, while using lighting and mirrors to visually expand the space.
Maximize storage in small kitchens with deep drawers, pull-out pantries, and smart organizers. Create space with open shelving, glass doors, under-cabinet lighting, and a light color scheme.
Transform a small master bedroom by selecting a large bed that fits, applying clever storage solutions, and balancing ambient and task lighting to create a personal oasis.
Learn how to design kid and teen bedrooms with organized toy storage, versatile beds (loft or bunk), and playful lighting and wall decor that evolve with growing tastes.
Blend a functional home office into any room using unconventional furniture and wall-mounted desks. Maximize small spaces with coordinated storage, lighting, daylight, color schemes, and greenery.
Maximize storage and space in a small bathroom with smart organization, wall-mounted and floating fixtures, niches, and open shelving; create focal points with tile, mirrors, and lighting.
Amplify your powder room with bold finishes, heavy contrast, wallpaper, and brass accents, using sconces or pendants and moody palettes to create a dramatic wow moment.
Discover budget-friendly closet design ideas for small spaces that mix hanging space, shelves, and drawers, add two-level hanging rods, matching hangers, and floor-to-ceiling floating shelves for shoes, with do-it-yourself installation.
Maximize your laundry space with smart storage, folding and drying zones, and cohesive design that matches your home style. Use open shelving, pedestals, and space-saving doors.
Match indoor style to your outdoor space and follow a compact must-have formula of seating, table, rug, plants, shade, pillows, blanket, and lighting.
Apply the five page small room interior design planner to analyze your space, draft a floor plan, and choose furniture, lighting, storage, and color for a functional, beautiful room.
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Are you challenged on how to most effectively design your small room or home?
Do you feel constrained functionally and/or aesthetically by your smaller space?
Do you feel paralyzed for fear of making the wrong design decisions in your small home?
If you answered yes to any of these questions, this course is here to help!
Whether you live in an apartment, condo, flat, townhouse, loft, or single family home, this course has been designed to give you the right tips, techniques, and approaches to make the most out of your space both functionally and aesthetically.
**PLEASE NOTE: This course does NOT include "tiny house" design/decoration. As stated above, this course is for those who live in smaller homes, such as apartments, condominiums, flats, townhouses, lofts, or single family houses.**
This course covers a wide range of topics related to small home design and decoration, including, but not limited to:
4 pro ways to make a room look bigger and the 4 biggest mistakes to avoid in your small home
Design techniques and approaches for every room in your small home, including your outdoor space
How to make your small rooms appear bigger
Where to go "big" and where to go "small" when selecting furnishings
Best storage hacks for your small home
Great "double duty" pieces
How to strategically use color and patterns in your home
Best approaches for effectively dividing open spaces
Excellent lighting techniques for every room of your home
How to most effectively use open shelving in your home
You will also be guided through two hands-on activities in this course. First, you will have the opportunity to immediately apply your learning in three guided small room case studies. Then, using a customized planner that I created especially for this course. you will create a comprehensive room design for one of your own small rooms, as nothing will help you to cement the concepts and techniques you learned in this course more quickly than immediately applying them to a real world situation.
In short, my goal with this course is to help you fall in love with your small home by showing you the techniques and approaches that interior design professionals regularly use to create small home magic. I look forward to seeing you in the course!
IMPORTANT NOTES:
If you are interested in taking most or all of my courses, I have a recommended order in which to watch them (although it's certainly not required). I would start with "How to Design a Room in 10 Easy Steps" because most of my other courses are in-depth classes of the concepts touched on in this 10 step class. Following the 10 Step Course, I suggest moving on to "How to Use Color Like a Pro", followed by "How to Work with Interior Design Styles Like a Pro", then "How to Use Lighting Design to Transform your Home", and finally "Design is in the Details".
My other five courses, "How to Use Minimalist Interior Design to Live your Best Life", "Use Eco-friendly, Sustainable Design to Improve Your Life", "How to Design Your Dream Kitchen", "How to Design Your Dream Bathroom", and "Everything Small Home Design" are all stand alone classes on specialty topics within interior design, and therefore, can be taken in any order.
Please be aware that this course, or any of my courses, is not intended to provide all of the knowledge needed to become a professional interior designer. As with any professional field, there is a significant amount of education and/or experience that is needed to achieve competency in this field. My intention with these courses is to provide some solid foundational knowledge to assist either those individuals interested in "DIY" interior design to work on their own projects more effectively, or to provide supplemental education to both interior design students and professionals.