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and get creative with your storage.

For instance, I just got a couch and it has storage built into the seats.

Takeaway three, you can have big, beautiful furniture in a small space, but you have to be mindful of proportion and scale.

You want to make sure the space flows and that it's usable.

Also, this is about trade-offs.

If your couch takes up most of the living room, you may not have space for a big dining table.

So think about your priorities and how you actually want to use your home.

Takeaway four, in tight spaces, you can create the illusion of height and depth.

That might look like floating your furniture or painting the walls creatively or using rugs or a console table or a bookshelf to separate your space into zones.

It could also mean adding mirrors or hanging your curtains higher.

You've got a lot of options.

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