Ways to make your home look bigger

Replacing walls with glass panels or mirrors and choosing furniture with slimmer legs are some options home owners can consider to maximise the space in their apartments

To create visual spaciousness and openness in the apartment of civil servant Cheong Mei Xi, tall glass panels in black frames instead of concrete walls separate the master bedroom (left) from the living room (above). Use floor-to-ceiling mirrors (lef
To create visual spaciousness and openness in the apartment of civil servant Cheong Mei Xi, tall glass panels in black frames instead of concrete walls separate the master bedroom (above) from the living room. PHOTO: FUSE CONCEPT
To create visual spaciousness and openness in the apartment of civil servant Cheong Mei Xi, tall glass panels in black frames instead of concrete walls separate the master bedroom from the living room (above).
To create visual spaciousness and openness in the apartment of civil servant Cheong Mei Xi, tall glass panels in black frames instead of concrete walls separate the master bedroom from the living room (above). PHOTO: FUSE CONCEPT
Platforms not only provide storage, but can also double as sitting areas or have pull-out extensions that can be used as a coffee table.
Platforms not only provide storage, but can also double as sitting areas or have pull-out extensions that can be used as a coffee table. PHOTO: THE INTERIOR LAB
Use floor-to-ceiling mirrors to create the illusion of a larger space at home.
Use floor-to-ceiling mirrors to create the illusion of a larger space at home. PHOTO: FUSE CONCEPT
Melissa Heng
Updated
Apr 08, 2019, 03:09 PM
Published
Apr 06, 2019, 05:00 AM
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Walk into Ms Cheong Mei Xi's home and you will get an open view of her master bedroom from the living room.

Rather than concrete walls, the two spaces in the 820 sq ft, two-bedroom condominium unit in Changi are separated by tall glass panels in black frames.

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A version of this article appeared in the print edition of The Straits Times on April 06, 2019, with the headline Ways to make your home look bigger. Subscribe

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