Live in a small home and are tired of the small square footage? Before you think of breaking your bank to invest in a bigger home, we suggest you hit pause. Are there ways to maximise space in your small dwelling? The answer is, yes. All you need is some clever ideas.

Let's begin with the living room. “Scale and proportion should be carefully strategised to craft the sense of space in design. One of the most important aspects of ‘making space' is by decluttering,” say Rakhee Bedi and Shobhit Kumar of RSDA. Here are some specific ways to make the most of available space.