Small rooms punish vague layouts. Measure twice, then give every centimetre a job: storage under the window seat, a fold-down desk on the quiet wall, lighting in layers instead of one central glare.
Mirrors, leggy furniture and a continuous floor finish borrow visual space from adjoining rooms, while pocket and sliding doors return nearly a square metre to the plan.
Tour three compact apartments where clever planning doubled the feeling of space without moving a single wall.
