Small Space Living in UAE: Transform Your Home with IKEA's Space-Saving Solutions
When decorating small spaces, every square inch counts, and this requires creative adaptability and mindful organisation. That’s where efficiently designed furniture can offer you versatility and convenience, providing utility without taking up much room.
Wondering where to source such solutions? Fret not: IKEA’s range of space-saving furniture offers precisely these benefits.
Different types of space-saving furniture
Optimising a small space can turn your home into a minimalist, neat haven, radiating peace and relaxation. Innovative space-saving solutions play an essential role in helping you ensure that every item finds its rightful place and contributes to a harmonious whole.
IKEA offers a range of storage solutions, from bed frames with built-in drawers and boxes, to loft beds and bunk beds, multi-functional homeware, specialised containers, boxes, and small storage bins. Judiciously choosing the right furniture in the right combination will go a long way to help optimise your accommodation.
Here are some of the most common home furniture and accessories for each area in your house
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Dining room
IKEA offers versatile, space-saving dining tables, which can be expanded or compacted to suit your needs. For a smaller dining room, a compact dining table can be the perfect choice, blending style with functionality.
More to catch while having a space savvy room
1. Space for playtime
Tucked into an alcove within this open-plan home, a canopy made of metre fabric creates a cosy den to share with cuddly friends. Soft rugs mark out floorspace for playtime, and storage tubs make it easy to tidy toys away afterwards.
2. Compact and cosy
Around the corner, a small living area works for both family time and grown-up time. For a space-saving solution, a compact two-seat sofa is combined with a pouffe and small tray table to make a sociable layout. Lamps create a cosy mood and can also be used as directional light for reading.
3. Learning together
In the same room on the opposite wall, a child’s desk for arts and crafts sits next to the grown-up home office, for more time spent side-by-side. A shared wall of inspiration and homemade artwork sparks big and little imaginations. The sit-stand stool can be tucked under the desk to save space when it’s not in use.
4. Clever kitchen
Strategically placed compartments, spice racks, and additional shelving units can transform your kitchen, maximising every inch of cabinet and drawer space to create a cohesive and efficient cooking environment.
5. Sleeping snug
Hidden behind a curtain during the day, this sleep space for two makes bedtime feel extra cosy, with a handy shelf for story books. There are separate duvets and reading lights for early nights or late mornings without disturbing each other. Cabinets above the bed make use of the ceiling height in a room with little floorspace.
6. Helpful hallway
Limited space in the entranceway is transformed into a functional hallway with the addition of rails and hooks. Coats and jackets are kept down low so little hands can reach them, while extra seating is stashed above. A wall of blackboard paint is handy for writing reminders – and doodles.
7. Smart bathroom
The bathroom is all about space-savers that work for two. A step makes the sink easy to share and kid-friendly items are stored down low in the vanity unit. Slim shelving makes clever use of the space above the toilet and keeps grown-up things safely out of kids’ reach. Hooks behind the door add hanging space for bath towels.
8. Cosy oasis
Growing herbs and vegetables is a great way to eat more consciously and teach kids about where food comes from, however small your outdoor space. Soft cushions and throws are taken outside to extend the main living area on warm days – and brought back inside at bedtime!
Team of two
Space-saving furniture helps pack plenty of functions into this open-plan home. By dividing the apartment into different zones, interior stylists Kerstin Bohne and Therese Eriksson created a clever home for two, with eight hard-working spaces in just one ‘room’.
Storage and organisation
IKEA’s home essentials offer enough room for all the necessary items in your life. Explore storage boxes and baskets, racks, clothes organisers, caddies for small bathroom and kitchen cabinets, and shelves and pegboards for vertical space.
Furthermore, IKEA offers easy storage solutions for laundry rooms, bedrooms, living rooms, and more. These can be customised with specific pieces and dimensions to best suit your needs.
Smart organisation hacks
Efficient sorting solutions can truly transform any area for streamlined and easy living. Whether you live in a compact apartment, a studio apartment, or a busy family home, a proper setup can make all the difference to the feel and functionality.
Here are some practical tips:
- Use vertical space more – think shelves, racks and hooks.
- Create designated spots to group items by function or need.
- Use adaptable furniture like extendable tables and pull-out couches where possible.
- Keep large surfaces clear for a bigger, more spacious feel.
We love to see our customers get creative with our products. Go for it! But please note that altering or modifying IKEA products so they can no longer be re-sold or used for their original purpose, means the IKEA commercial guarantees and your right to return the products will be lost.
Made by
Interior stylists: Kerstin Bohne and Therese Eriksson
Photographer: Mats Ekdahl
