Making the Most of Your Home’s Square Footage

I would guess every one of us wants to maximize our home’s square footage. Perhaps one of the most fortunate limitations of home design is how we’re all limited to a certain amount of square footage within our homes. But why would this be a fortunate limitation?

Well, Michelangelo only had one Sistine Chapel roof to paint, giving him the perfect canvas with specific dimensions to apply his masterwork to. Of course, you might not have such lofty ambitions, but that doesn’t mean you can’t make the most of what you have.

Maximizing the utility and design of your home’s square footage, then, is a good goal. It always begins by determining the scope and purpose of each room. For example, the largest upstairs room might be the best space for your master bedroom. On the other hand, that large room could also be divided into two separate rooms, if more bedrooms are needed.

In this post, you’ll find similar tips to help you gain the most from your square footage.

Consider Spatial Layering

Shelves, mounted televisions, and features like breakfast bars can help you make use of walls more easily and open up space in a room, of course. Another way to imply more space in a home is to use spatial layering. Spatial layering is just a way to make spaces feel larger by implying spaces beyond the current room (with a large, framed opening, instead of a small door, for example.) Another example of spatial layering is using columns, instead of walls, to connect rooms. Layering can also apply to the design of your house, such as adding conservatories, skylights, and whatever else helps expand space and improve natural light.

If you combine this with a beautiful interior design theme in the home, it can have an amazing effect. You can get wallpaper for the foyer and stairway to accentuate the layering that you have created, making a dramatic difference.

Exact Dimensions & Blueprints

Hiring a top architect can help you get the most of your home’s square footage. Architects are skilled at working with the exact dimensions of your house to leverage the best possible functional and aesthetic utility. For example, architects can show you ways you you could orient an entrance door to give you more room for an en suite, determine fixtures you could implement like new bay window space, or help new extensions fit within the character and theme of the old build.  An architect can also help you understand how to make changes to the exterior to fit other features. For instance, if you’d like to extend your porch, then using the services of a reliable roofer to help the overhang fit is wise decision, and an architect will help with that process.

Repurposing Utility

It’s good to repurpose the utility of some areas or perhaps even restore the function of old, decrepit household features. It may be that the old chimney space has been covered up with a false wall insert to make it look as though this feature had never existed. But, if you’re renovating your living room space, you might consider reformatting this, unblocking the chimney, and installing a wood burner to throw some rural appeal into the room.

Repurposing some features of your household can not only add quaint appeal, it can also help increase the utility and value of the space too. In other words, you may just be sitting on a golden opportunity to improve the value of your home.

If you’re struggling to see exactly how you can make the necessary changes, consider hiring a professional interior designer. They can help you make the most of the space with a design that best fits the architectural style of the property.

Hopefully, this post has given you some creative ideas to make the most of your own household square footage and improve its beauty and functionality.

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