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Feeling squeezed at home? Topology designers


Athina Bluff and Amy Brandhorst share their top space-enhancing hacks with Gabrielle Fagan.


WRITTEN BY GABRIELLE FAGAN I


nterior designers and award- winning bloggers, Athena Bluff and Amy Brandhorst from


Topology (topologyinteriors.com), have joined forces with Habitat, in a mission to help the nation maximise the space in their homes. While there’s nothing anyone can do about the bricks and mortar and actual dimensions of your property you live in, their seven home hacks could help you make the best of the space available, meaning rooms feel larger.


HACK #1: Hine a light “Ensure you have multiple light sources within a room to maximise light at night,” says Bluff. “You should aim to have around six light sources around the room, which will ‘replace’ natural daylight and allow light to flow through the space. Enhance the effect with mirrored surfaces, which will bounce light around. Tose and metallics, which reflect warm light, will create a sense of more space.”


HACK #2: Be free with flooring “An easy trick for floors to is to continue the hallway flooring into your small room. Creating a visually unbroken flow of space will make it appear as though it’s one big area, and creates an illusion that the floor is expanding,” points out Bluff.


Interior Designers and award winning bloggers, Athena Bluff (left) and Amy Brandhorst, Topology


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