Seven Ways Designers Make a Modest Room Read as Money Well Spent

Veranda has gathered seven techniques that designers rely on to give a compact room the look of a far costlier one. The idea is simple: a limited footprint does not require a lesser standard of taste. The same holds whether the room is a Manhattan pied-à-terre or a guest cottage behind a house in Palm Beach, where a small room is often the one that gets the most careful attention. Good design is judged by how well a room is done, and square footage has little to do with that.

With reporting from Veranda.