Being stuck inside all day can feel confining. Here's some expert advice on making your space feel bigger from renowned interior designers.
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Thanks to nationwide stay-at-home orders, we?re all suddenly spending a lot of time in the same small spaces. To combat the coronavirus cabin fever, we?ve talked to professional organizers, interior designers and an organizational psychologist about ways to make your home feel more spacious. 

Before you begin, think about spaces that have made you feel calmed and how they were arranged. Shalae Price, a professional organizer, gives hotel rooms as an example, ?Most hotel rooms are designed to feel much bigger than they actually are. The furniture placement is well thought-out and the decor (in most cases) would be considered minimalist.”
1. Declutter, declutter, declutter

Decluttering is an obvious first step to clearing up your space. Anyone can do it and with few resources. Walk from room to room and put things away, clear up random papers or cardboard boxes, and collect together small things that don?t have a home. If an item isn?t for decor and isn?t used on a regular basis, consider storing it out of sight or donating it if your local donation centers are still in operation.

Craig Anderson, Editor at Appliance Analysts, says you have to earn your free space. ?Any good minimalist will tell you that free surface space makes...