In a modern loft, you can't just fill a space with furniture. Each piece has to be perfect.

If you actually keep things very organized and clutter-free, you can have more furniture than you think you can in a small space.

You don't have to paint your walls lime green just to try to have your home feel decorated. If you're a classic dresser or preppy dresser or a modern dresser, you wear a lot of black - whatever it is - your home should reflect that as well.

In a small space, you want to keep the bedding as simple as possible so it looks clean, calm and collected.

In design-speak, 'a library' means a room lined with books, floor-to ceiling, but it all depends on the space you have. You may have a free-standing bookshelf of your favorite books if that's all you have room for.

I was barely in grade school when I helped my mother rearrange the living room furniture for the first time.