10 valid strategies to make an ordinary apartment appear more sophisticated

We often feel the need to revolutionize our home environment, to transform it into something more refined, comfortable and elegant. We are not always lucky enough to have a house with large spaces available or with furniture and valuables that automatically give prestige to an apartment.

Yet, thanks to a few tips, it is possible to transform even the most ordinary apartment into an extremely sophisticated and tasteful environment. Here are some of these fantastic tips, listed below:

Modern furnishings are certainly trending towards simple lines. This is reflected in every element and piece of furniture in the house, starting with the curtains. There is, however, a reversal of this trend. If in the past they preferred the baroque style (full of frills and decorative elements), today we have moved on to simple, one-tone curtains and, preferably, in light materials and very light colors, which allow light in. By itself, a well-chosen curtain can make a difference.

A small room, for example a bedroom, will be very inelegant if filled with badly arranged furniture. In this case, it is useful to clear the walls, remove whatever is superfluous, position the furniture so that are up against the walls and do not cover any windows or balconies. It can be of a help to position the bed against a side wall instead of leaving it in the middle of the room.

Even a small, service bathroom can become chic and elegant with just a few touches. A colored wall gives an effect of depth, a shelf and a beautiful painting will suffice for the rest.

Do you have a small empty space and want to turn it into a delightful corner that serves as an office? Choose a paint and light furniture that create brightness and a nice carpet in the same color that occupies the entire perimeter of the chosen area. With a few small touches, you will have your own space to use for work or moments of relaxation.

The living room is usually the area of the house to focus on for elegance and refinement of details. The rule of simplicity also applies in this case. A single-color sofa with patterned cushions or vice versa is always recommended. And it is desirable that there are never too many cushions used.

For a home that aspires to be elegant and classy, even the paintings on the walls have their importance. Avoid creating cluttered walls and always choose only photos or illustrations, taking care to choose the same type of frame and the same style of representation for all the images you embellish a wall with.

To make a room bigger and brighter, mirrors are very important. If you know how to choose and position them, you can use them to give an illusion of width and depth of the spaces. They become, then, an emblem of luxury and beauty.

The same goes for bookshelves. It is always better not to overload them with too much stuff, to store everything in an orderly way and to alternate books and small objects, giving the impression of an organized and more spacious whole.

Finally, large rugs offer a lot of style, especially if combined with minimal and one-tone furniture.

Have you ever adopted any of these furnishing strategies to make your home more elegant?