蝸居也有春天 8招讓你的小屋變大

A small bedroom isn’t necessarily a bad thing. There’s less square footage to clean, it’s cozy and snug and with less furniture, it’s easier to decorate. Still, many people with small rooms want to make the space look larger than it really is. If you fall into that group, there’s no need to call a contractor – with a few decorating tricks, you can make your room look bigger, no remodeling required.
房間小不見得是壞事一樁,可以少打掃幾平方米，傢俱少溫馨舒適，也好裝潢。但大部分蝸居人士希望空間比實際大些。如果你恰巧是這一人羣，沒必要叫承包商，只要幾個裝潢佈置的小竅門，就可以讓你的房間看着更大，也無需重建改造。

Go Dark
色調暗一些

You’ve probably always heard that a small room needs white walls to open up the space. While it’s true that white DOES give an airy, open appearance, it’s also true that dark colors visually recede, making something that’s dark look further away than it really is. Take advantage of that color wizardry by painting your walls a medium-to-dark shade of a cool color like indigo blue, hunter green or charcoal gray. If you don’t want that much drama, paint just one wall in your favorite dark shade.
你應該聽說過小房間需要白色牆壁來拓展空間。確實，白色可以營造通風、敞亮的效果，但深色調有隱退的即視感，使得深色事物比實際更爲深邃。利用這一色彩魔法，把牆壁刷成中性色調向深色的過渡色彩，如靛藍色、森林綠或是炭灰色。你要是不那麼喜歡色彩上花頭百出，就把一面牆刷成你最愛的深色調吧。

Careful with Pattern
慎選圖案

A small room doesn’t mean you are limited to tiny prints or to no pattern at all. But if you want your small room to look more spacious, it’s best to limit large prints to small accents, such as throw pillows, sheets or lampshades. Use solids or small-scale patterns on your comforter, window coverings and upholstered furniture.
房間小不是說你就得運用小印花圖案或者索性根本沒有圖案。但你要是希望你的房間看上去更寬敞，最好把大圖案重點用在小物件上，比如抱枕、牀單或者燈罩。三維圖案或者小型花樣運用在羽絨被、窗簾和裝飾家居品上。

Bare the Floor
空出地板、慎選地毯

Breaking up your floor space with small area rugs is a sure way to make a small room look even smaller. Whatever your flooring choice, if you want your room to look larger, think wall to wall. That doesn’t only mean carpet -- Bare hardwood or laminate floors with a slightly glossy finish are also excellent for visually opening a space. If you want to use an area rug, choose one large enough to fill nearly the entire room.
鋪上小地攤，地板被分割成小塊，顯然會讓你的蝸居顯得小之又小。不管你用什麼材質的地板，如果你要房間看上去更大，那就鋪滿整個地板。不光地毯如此，光禿的硬木地板和壓層板只要稍稍作光面處理，空間視覺就會開闊。如果你要用裝飾地毯，那就選一塊大到可以覆蓋整個房間的地毯。

Drape It
垂下窗簾

The right drapes work double-duty to open up a small space. First, choose drapes the same color as your walls. Second, hang them up high, with the rod just an inch or two below the ceiling line, and the fabric hanging to the floor. The lack of color contrast with the wall makes the room look wider, while the long curtains make the ceiling look higher. It’s a double win for a small room.
讓蝸居敞亮選對掛簾可以事半功倍。首先，選和牆面顏色一致的落地窗簾。其次，把窗簾高高掛起，窗簾杆固定在距天花板一到二英寸處，窗簾垂到地板上。窗簾和牆面沒有色彩對比會讓房間看起來更寬敞，而窗簾越長，天花板看起來越高。對於斗室而言是雙贏。

Let There Be Light
要有光

A dim room feels claustrophobic. Dispel the darkness with good lighting – even in a small bedroom, you need at least two sources of light. At a minimum, you’ll need a bedside lamp and a floor lamp across the room. If you have ceiling lighting as well, that’s even better.
昏暗的房間給人幽閉恐怖之感。採光好可以驅趕暗黑----哪怕在很小的臥室，你也至少需要兩束光源。最起碼，你得有盞牀頭燈和落地燈照徹整個房間。如果有吊燈，自然好上加好。

Mirror, Mirror on the Wall
“魔鏡、魔鏡告訴我”

You can’t beat the eye-fooling qualities of a mirror for visually enlarging a small room. And you need at least one large or full-length mirror in the bedroom anyway, or how will you know if those shoes complement that outfit? Hang a large mirror over your dresser, or install full-size mirrors on your closet doors.
你不得不承認鏡子可以矇蔽雙眼，讓小房間看起來更大。不管怎樣，你臥室裏至少需要一面落地鏡，否則你怎麼知道你的鞋子和你的外套搭不搭呢？梳妝檯前也掛麪鏡子，要不就在衣櫥門上安裝一面全身鏡。

Forget the Footboard
牀踏板就算了吧

While every bed needs a headboard of some sort to balance the large horizontal surface of the mattress, footboards or benches at the bottom of the bed are optional. If your bedroom is very small, and especially if there is little space between the end of the mattress and the wall, skip the footboard. Instead, match your bed skirt to your comforter, or use a bedspread that drapes to the floor.
儘管每張牀多多少少需要牀頭板來平衡牀墊水平面，但牀尾的踏板和牀尾凳卻是可有可無的。如果你的臥室很小，尤其如果牀墊另一頭和牆面間沒多少空間，就不要選擇踏板了。牀單和被子的顏色要搭配好，或者就用落地牀罩。

Color it Clear
顏色要通透

Just as a window expands a room by allowing the eye to travel beyond its confines, clear glass or Plexiglas furniture opens up a space by eliminating visual weight in front of the walls. You wouldn’t want a clear bed or dresser, but a see-through bedside table or vanity work perfectly in the small bedroom, and look very contemporary. If that isn’t your style, consider a metal-framed piece with a glass top instead.
正如窗戶可以讓房間空間延伸，讓雙眼越過界限眺望遠方，透明玻璃和樹脂傢俱可以在牆面前減少視覺上的厚重突兀感，從而拓寬空間。你也不會要透明的牀和梳妝檯，但通透的牀頭櫃和梳妝檯----與斗室相得益彰，看起來也更符合當代潮流。如果那不符合你的品味，可以考慮金屬外圍的框架造型、頂部配有玻璃的牀頭櫃和梳妝檯。