How to decorate a house that is too tall? 10 days of hot topics and practical solutions
Recently, the topic of "how to decorate a house with too high a floor height" has become increasingly popular on social platforms and home furnishing forums. Many homeowners are both happy and troubled by tall apartments. How to balance the sense of space and practicality has become the focus. The following is a structured guide compiled based on hot discussions across the Internet in the past 10 days to help you create a beautiful and comfortable living environment.
1. Statistics on popular decoration topics in the past 10 days

| Topic keywords | Search volume share | Popular solutions |
|---|---|---|
| Decoration with too high floor height | 32% | Ceiling design, wall color separation |
| High-ceiling living room soft furnishings | 25% | Large green plants and hanging lamps |
| High space storage | 18% | Full-ceiling cabinets and loft compartments |
| visual balance skills | 15% | Horizontal lines, low furniture |
| Lighting layout | 10% | Multi-level lighting, track spotlights |
2. Five practical solutions for decoration if the floor height is too high
1. Ceiling design: the art of compressing height
Use partial ceilings or suspended ceilings to reduce the visual height of the top. The recently popular "curved ceiling" can soften the lines of the space and enhance the sense of hierarchy with hidden light strips.
2. Wall color separation: golden ratio separation
Separate the walls horizontally according to the ratio of 6:4 or 7:3, using dark colors for the lower part and light colors for the upper parts, which can effectively shorten the visual height. Popular color combinations:
3. Furniture selection: low center of gravity layout
Choose sofas, low bookcases and other furniture with a height of no more than 1 meter, and match them with large-area carpets to create a sense of stability that is "heavy at the bottom and light at the top". Pay attention to leaving at least 50cm between furniture and walls.
4. Vertical greening: natural filling method
Use large-scale green plants over 3 meters tall (such as fiddleleaf fig and sanwei sunflower) to fill the vertical space. Recently, the topic of Xiaohongshu’s “Green Plant Wall” has been read more than 2 million times.
5. Lighting system: three-dimensional lighting network
It is recommended to use:
| Light type | Installation height | Function |
|---|---|---|
| Basic lighting | 2.2-2.5 meters | main light source |
| decorative lighting | 1.8-2 meters | Atmosphere creation |
| Accent lighting | 0.5-1.5 meters | local protrusion |
3. Pitfall avoidance guide: solutions to high-frequency problems
Organized based on Zhihu’s popular questions and answers:
4. New Trend in 2023: Variable Space Design
Recently, Douyin's "Smart Lifting Furniture" topic has been viewed 8.6 million times. It recommends smart devices such as lifting chandeliers and electric curtains to flexibly adjust the proportion of space.
Through reasonable planning, tall apartments can not only show the temperament of a luxury home, but also take into account practicality and comfort. It is recommended to collect this article’s plan and choose a combination strategy based on the actual floor height.
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