Jennifer Sheahan: Interior design ideas for larger rooms

Designing for large rooms offers endless possibilities and choices

There are endless layout options, more areas that require lighting, and additional wall space to fill in a larger room. Picture: Max Vakhtbovycn

When my little cottage won Home of the Year, I got a lot of kudos for making clever use of space. Truthfully that makes me feel a bit guilty. Any designer will tell you that adding constraints (such as limited space) can often make designing easier. 

Creating clever storage solutions is not so hard when you have no other option! What can actually be harder is having a big empty space in front of you — cleverly designing “the big room”. Sure, there is a lot more freedom, but there are also far more decisions to be made.