Are you looking to furnish a 30 or 40 sqm studio apartment with a loft and want to make the most of the space while also making the room comfortable and welcoming? Don’t worry—it’s not that impossible to create décor that’s original and comfortable at the same time, especially if you have a loft available.
Singles who decide to live on their own, or couples who want to split expenses and start living together, often choose to save money by opting for a studio apartment rather than a one-bedroom apartment or other solutions.
So, once you’ve chosen your studio apartment with a loft, what’s the best way to furnish it and make the most of all the available space? In this article we’ll share some furnishing tips to make your apartment feel bigger and perhaps get rid of a few more unnecessary items.
Furnishing a 30 sqm studio apartment with a loft: fewer things, but high quality
Feng shui décor for your studio apartment
Let’s start with the concept of feng shui: the term feng shui comes from Chinese, where “feng” means wind and “shui” means water. Feng shui represents balance, a state of harmony and serenity and, when applied to furnishing, peace between people and their environment.
Furnishing an apartment according to the concept of feng shui therefore means grasping the essence of what we really need and what, instead, is superfluous and disrupts our peace when we are at home. It’s easy to see how this becomes even more important in compact spaces such as a one-bedroom or a studio apartment.
Once we recognize that furnishing a small home with few but useful pieces is the best solution for our balance, let’s move on to practical solutions.
Not everyone who lives in a studio apartment is lucky enough to have a loft—this is worth remembering. So let’s look at two situations that can happen more often and tailored solutions to furnish your studio apartment in a simple, tidy way.
Minimal feng shui décor – divani.store
Studio apartment with a loft: a small relaxation corner if you know how to furnish it
For the luckier ones who do have a studio apartment with a loft, the options are a bit broader: depending on the square footage, you could easily set up the loft as the bedroom and maybe a study area for working from home or dedicating time to your passions, and leave the ground floor for the kitchen, living area, and bathroom. In this case we’re talking about a studio apartment, yes—but a really well-organized one, that lets you enjoy every part of the home, even as a couple!
One thing, however, is really important to remember: the furnishings should be understated, clean, and preferably light in color. This way the room will not only look larger but also brighter, giving us a sense of calm and balance—just as feng shui teaches us.
With all this space available, we could definitely opt to buy a sofa bed, maybe a corner one, to host friends or family when they come to visit.
Sofa bed for a minimalist studio apartment – divani.store
Also read the article Corner sofa: 5 ideas to find the right one for you
Table or peninsula in a studio apartment? To continue with our furnishing tips, you could use the space to add a kitchen with a peninsula, so that a kitchen table doesn’t take over all the available space.
A well-designed peninsula can easily function as a table, especially in a space where at most two people live. Could there be issues if we wanted to invite friends over for dinner? Maybe—but even in that case there are endless solutions: an open wall between the kitchen and living area with a peninsula table and stools, a larger peninsula, a table extension, or dinner in the living room. It’s just a matter of having a bit of imagination and knowing where to start.
Trailing plants for your studio apartment. And more: plants, plants, and plants! Yes—a bright studio apartment with a clean style inspired by feng shui can’t do without green leafy plants inside. Very beautiful are indoor trailing plants that can simply be placed on shelves and ledges, or hung—perhaps from the loft—to make the space even more balanced and relaxing.
Curtains in a studio apartment. Let’s not forget curtains: a blackout curtain only for nighttime and well hidden, to use only when needed. A studio apartment usually doesn’t have many sources of natural light, so let’s choose sheer, lightweight, white curtains!
Studio apartment without a loft: understated, minimalist furnishing
If your studio apartment is on a single level, you’ll need to choose whether to buy a bed or a sofa, because it’s likely that both won’t fit in your small apartment.
Our advice in this case is always to opt for a sofa bed that, depending on your needs, can easily be opened at night and closed again the next morning.
Of course, the smaller the space, the more attention we need to pay to choosing the type of sofa: a straight sofa might be better suited to our situation to avoid creating too much visual clutter in the décor. Why not choose a sofa with eco-friendly fabric?
Sofa bed for a studio apartment eco-friendly – divani.store
In the past we also shared some thoughts for those of you who are undecided between buying a single sofa bed and a double sofa bed.
If you’d like more information about buying the ideal sofa for your studio apartment, don’t hesitate to contact us—and remember we ship fabric samples to your home, so you can feel them with your own hands before ordering!
