HomeStyle: So spatial!

Size matters, especially in space-challenged houses and apartments.

And that means slimming down. Gone are the super-size sectionals, towering cabinetry and oversized everything.

A sense of proportion, size, built-ins and visual trickery is being utilized to embrace the big style-small space ethos is the next big thing in home design and furnishings, reports Saturday's HomeStyle.

If there hasn’t been a decided shift at recent High Point, N.C., furniture markets, let us just say that rooms with smaller footprints will not be ignored. The good news is that the commitment poses even more ramped-up challenges to design furniture smartly, with an eye to size and proportions, multitasking, built-ins and visual tricks.

The goal: “a scaled-down collection of furnishings in sizes that work beautifully in more intimate spaces.”

Read more in tomorrow's Arkansas Democrat-Gazette HomeStyle section.

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