Decorating a small space can be challenging. It’s one thing to pare down to your essentials and find hidden storage areas to house your treasures but it’s quite another to do it with style.  Take a look at some of these ideas culled from the web.

How to: Survive a small space - Style at Home Offers some detailed solutions to choosing colours and furnishings such as the perfect size for a sofa bed (66 inches, apparently).

Decorating Small Spaces - Chatelaine Some more great tips focused on making a small space appear to be more expansive. Don’t know what tuxedo arms are? I didn’t either.

9 Small Space Decorating Sins - and Stylish Solutions - iVillage Top designers share their pet peeves and offer up alternatives. Trading Spaces designer Laurie Smith contends that decorating small spaces is a wonderful thing because you get more bang for your buck. I heartily agree. Bonus: includes video!

What’s your favorite trick for decorating a small space? - House Beautiful This question was asked of several designers who give some out of the ordinary answers that seem counter intuitive but, for the brave, can give some big rewards. To tickle your tastebuds, here’s one of them

“Do something over-scale and daring. In a small powder room, I used a large-scale David Hicks wallpaper with Chinese urns all over it. Paradoxically, it helped the room feel bigger. But it can’t be a small, busy pattern. It has to be an open, graphic pattern that breathes, with space between the repeats.” —KIM ALEXANDRIUK, SANTA MONICA, CA

Small Space Style - a little blog with some wonderful eye candy photos sure to inspire you.

Apartment Therapy - THE site for decorating apartments. Loaded with photos.

And, if you’re looking for books to pour over on small home decorating, check out a few I’ve collected from Amazon. Click on the image to get a brief description.

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