Living in tight quarters often necessitates a decorating give and take. While you may long for a Mcmansion, that cramped shoebox with electrical sockets is what we for now call home.

Thankfully, all is not lost; if you can make that shoebox cozier, it will seem a lot better.
1. Use dark colors and rounded, soft upholstery, coupled with intense lighting and all the sudden you have an intimate setting.
2. Using cool colors in conjunction with light can give an airy look that can make even the tiniest of dwellings feel immensely larger.
3. Get boring and use just one color throughout (walls, fabric, patterns, you name it). When the eye can't distinguish color differences, a more infinite looking space emerges; just don't trip on anything.
4. Look over yonder! If you can clear the line of sight with your decorations and furnishings, setting up access to windows and doors, you'll definitely have a room with a view.
5. Go into the light! Light makes everything look bigger, and shadows are your enemy, so get rid of them. Open up your windows, look at recessed spot lights, and anything else you can think of to uncover those dark corners…it may very well shine light and highlight your home's attributes.
6. Since we're a furniture site, consider getting some furniture to match your walls. Have light blue paint? Then get a light blue couch to match. Don't want to have exact matches? Consider adding a bit of tone-on-tone stenciling to find the right match for you.