Done well, small spaces can feel like cozy havens. However, it’s easy for your home to get cluttered and to then feel cramped and like you don’t have much in the way of space. Fortunately, there are lots of things you can do to make your home look more spacious. When you want to make your home look more spacious, it’s all about tricking the eye into thinking that there’s more space than there actually is. Here are some of the ways you can easily make your home look more spacious.

#1. Clean Your Windows
Natural light is a big player in how you can make your home look more spacious. If you have dirty windows, then there’s less light entering your home, making it look dimmer and more closed off. Regularly cleaning your windows not only keeps them in good condition and increases the curb appeal of your home, but also brightens up your interior and can make your home look more spacious.
This is both through how clean windows let more natural light in and through how clean windows open up your view of the outside world more, which helps make your home feel less closed off.
#2. Use Mirrors Strategically
Another way you can play with natural light and make your home look more spacious is by using mirrors. Mirrors reflect light, which brightens up a room, making it more open. If you have a small room that you’re trying to open up, hang a mirror or several across from your windows. This not only increases the amount of natural light in your home, but also opens it up because your mirrors reflect the view outside, which tricks the eye into thinking your room is bigger than it actually is.
#3. Hang Curtains High
When you’re trying to make your home look more spacious, you want to pay attention to vertical lines. When there are vertical lines in a space, it makes it seem as though the ceilings are higher than they actually are. Instead of hanging your curtains right over your windows, try hanging them closer to the ceiling. This creates the illusion of taller windows and ceilings, which instantly makes a space seem more open.
#4. Use Sheer Curtains

Dark colors will close off your space and make it feel more claustrophobic. This is because dark colors don’t reflect light, which thus makes your space seem smaller than it actually is. This goes for pretty much everything in a room: your furniture, your floors, your walls, your ceilings, your curtains, and more. When you use light colors and sheer curtains, they reflect light better, and make your home look more spacious than it actually is. Sheer curtains can still provide you with some privacy while also allowing plenty of light in and making your space seem more airy.
#5. Use Clear Accents
When you use glass table tops, glass side tables, clear chairs, and other such clear accent pieces, it opens up your room by tricking the eye into thinking that there’s more space than there actually is. While solid colors are prominent and the eye can’t see through them, clear tables and chairs and the like serve all the same functions as their solid counterparts, but also make your home look more spacious because they allow the eye to travel more.
#6. Declutter
Clutter is the main culprit for making a space seem smaller than it is. If you have something that you don’t use too much, put it in storage until you do. The less things that are in a room, the more spacious it feels. Rather than taking up every inch of usable space on your tables and bookshelves and walls, stick to a few pieces you want to display and let there be open space.
Bookshelves that are packed full of trinkets and walls covered in pictures make your home look like you’re desperate for storage space. Instead, try to stick to one or two pieces of art per wall and let there be open spaces on your shelves, as this will make your home look more spacious.
#7. Open Up A Wall

If you have the means to add a sliding door or moving glass wall or a phantom screen, these can all go a long way to make your home look more spacious. They instantly open up a space and bring in much more light.
We Can Help Make Your Home Look More Spacious
Moyes Glass provides high quality solutions to your glass needs. We can install a moving glass wall, upgrade your windows, and help you select the ideal mirror for you. Stop by our showroom in Ogden, UT or contact us to learn more about how we can help make your home look more spacious.