When living in an apartment or small home, creative thinking is a great way to maximize your space. Most common inspiration - recreating rooms within other rooms. The design goal is to create functional and stylish defined areas without disrupting the flow and harmony of the space. If you don't want a desk hanging out in your bedroom or a reading chair randomly against a wall, try multi-tasking your rooms. Check out a few ideas after the jump…

• Keep continuity with the color palette by picking up complimentary colors in fabric or texture.

• Allow your furniture to work double time by utilizing it's practicality for more then 1 defined space.

• Suspend the idea of traditional use. For example, if you don’t use your kitchen, turn it into another room…say an office or even den!?

HOME OFFICE:
A common multi-tasking practice – creating the home office. Abby wrote a thorough post a few months ago about finding space for your home office. In our case, we chose to make our eat-in-kitchen a home office by using a wall unit (we went with elfa and love it). We were able to define an office space and make it feel comfortable yet functional for our needs. Also, try creating a hallway home office similar to the picture below. (Image via House & Home)