Furnishing an Attic with Low Ceiling Height or Sloping Roof – 5 Tips!

Do you have a renovated attic that you now want to use as part of your home? Congratulations! The attic can be a fantastic additional space or even serve as a standalone living area if it has a kitchen and bathroom. However, many people face challenges when it comes to decorating, especially because attics often have low ceilings, sloping roofs, or other unique features due to their attic nature. Therefore, here are five tips on how to best furnish your attic!

1. The attic – the right place for innovative window solutions

Just like in other parts of your home, you want to maximize natural light in the attic. It can be challenging to install traditional windows window but turn this into an advantage! Before you start the interior decorating, consider installing spectacular windows with unique shapes in the attic.

2. Maximize the ligh

Since attics since attics can have limited natural light and tend to be small, it’s important to do everything you can to make them as luminous as possible. You can achieve this through your interior design to maximize the light in the attic:

• Consider adding a skylight. A real master trick to bring in ample light to a smaller room.
• Furnish with glossy materials. The reflections created by furniture in brass, silver, or with mirrored glass make the attic room make better use of the incoming light. Give it a try! You’ll be surprised at what a glass coffee table or a mirror right across from a window can achieve. 
• Room dividers for the attic apartment. Do you need to divide the attic into multiple rooms but don’t want to build walls? Then a room divider is perfect for you. Opt for one made of glass to keep the space open and not block out any light.
• Light walls and a lighter ceiling. Opt for a neutral wall color on the lighter side. To maximize the sense of space and light, you can also paint the ceiling in a slightly lighter shade than the walls. 
• Curtains with light filtering .You can also opt for high-quality curtains made from a light-filtering material 

3. Decorate the attic with verticality in mind

If any part of the attic has a higher ceiling height, for example, if you have an attic with a sloping roof, it can be both a practical and beautiful solution to decorate vertically in any part of the attic with higher ceiling height.

4. The dream of a rooftop terrace by the attic

If you have the opportunity to transform a part of your attic into a rooftop terrace, it’s definitely something we at My Window can recommend. Having your own outdoor space is fantastic during the warmer months of the year. When decorating it, consider terrace awnings or pergolas fit perfectly.

5. Extend the attic’s ceiling height with the right curtains

When decorating an attic with low ceiling height, one of the best interior design tips is to install beautifulcurtains of the right lengthand in the right way. Installing them on a track as high as possible and letting them end just an inch above the floor makes the ceiling height feel so much higher.

My Window are experts in window decor and know how to make the most of your home. With us, you can shop for custom-made curtains online, but you can also receive a personal consultation or visit one of our showrooms in Stockholm or Gothenburg. Welcome with your questions about interior and outdoor decor.