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[quote=Anonymous]If selling and moving isn't really in the near future, here are some ideas to make the place more comfortable in the short term:

- In addition to one PP's idea of looking for more space appropriate furniture, look for dual-purpose furniture.  For example instead of a coffee table, get an ottoman that has storage inside.  Put the ottoman out like a coffee table.  When there are only a few, it can be used to put your feet up, if there are extra people, it can be used for additional seating, and it can be used as a coffee table.  If you need to put beverages down, you can get a nice wooden serving tray to put on the ottoman and cups can be stable.  Additionally, you have storage inside as needed.

- In a kitchen, get a small butcher cart on wheels.  It can be an island on normal days.  When company comes, you roll it to the side and it can be a drink station or extra counter space.  Put a bar stool next to it and it becomes a homework station for kids.

- I had friends who have a small rowhouse and they're dining room table is a drop-leaf table with a narrow middle and each side is a leaf.  For most of the time, they only have one leaf up and move the table against the wall.  Perfect for just the 2 of them and then it opens up the dining room (which is in the middle of the first floor).  When they need space for 4-8, they can put up the 2nd leaf and center the table in the room.  It makes getting from front to back of the house a little tight, but works fine for dinner parties.

- Get loft beds where you can have under bed storage and don't need to have separate dressers.

- In my last house, I got a combined secretary that had a drop-down shelf for the computer and desk-stuff.  It had two big drawers on the bottom and then the secretary space.  I used the cubby for the computer and desk-top, then the bottom shelf for my office storage and the middle drawer was used for guest storage.  I eliminated a dresser and the secretary had a smaller footprint than most desks.

Also, make use of vertical space and space towards the ceiling.  Mount a TV on the wall and then instead of an entertainment center or TV stand, have a small cabinet for the electronics (I know someone who also mounted a small two-door cabinet on the wall under the TV and put the electronics there.  With clear floor space under it, it made a small living room feel much larger without the TV stand).  Use tall bookcases and put less often used things on the high shelves (such as seasonal items).  In my last office/guest room,  I put two long shelves about 18" from the ceiling and put books and other items up there, and was able to get rid of the bookcase in the room.

Just a few ideas for how to make a small space feel bigger.  The biggest thing is to increase the amount of open floor space, so find ways of getting furniture with smaller footprints and moving things up the wall instead of along the wall.[/quote]

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