I’m an interior designer and can make tiny living rooms look huge in minutes – my coffee table hack is called genius
MOST of us know the struggle of figuring out what we can and can’t fit in our living room.
We’ve questioned if we can squeeze in a coffee table, some plant pots, an L-shaped sofa, an armchair… the list goes on.
But according to one interior designer, you can have it all.
Laura Hammett, founder of a namesake interior architecture and design studio, took to social media to reveal her tips for making a small space look bigger.
And unconventionally, she advised filling it with big furniture because “scaling up will maximise the space in a small living room”.
“People often think that you need small furniture in small spaces,” she explained in a TikTok video. “I think the complete opposite.”
“You should go for the biggest sofa you can fit in the space, coffee table also.
“There’s nothing worse than a really small sofa and a really small coffee table.”
But her second tip is what really blew people’s minds.
“A really good tip on coffee tables is: I would buy two coffee tables and sit them side-by-side,” she said.
“So you get that really exaggerated proportion, but without having to go for a bespoke piece.”
Hammett’s two coffee table advice saw people call her a “genius”.
“I completely agree,” a fellow interior designer commented. “My coffee table is like the size of a small car.”
“Two coffee table rule, yes,” someone else said. “I live by this.”
However, not everyone agreed and questioned how exaggerated proportions could make a tiny living room look bigger..
“What is she talking about?” one critic asked. “It looks ridiculous and out of proportion and no space for anything else then.”
“This is probably the worse advice I’ve ever heard,” a second said.
Others theorised that Hammett’s advice was tailored to “rich people” with medium-sized living rooms.
“This is rich people advice for spaces that aren’t actually small,” one person penned.
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