Tiny room with a Cal King in it because - we need our space during sleep - and storage in giant drawers under the bed make for a giant solid block. Uggh! Lol - still thinking ...
I really need a color pop. What about the idea I have of leaving the top 12 inches of the room white and below that, my favorite mood color, say burnt mandarin?
Paint the walls a very light color and the ceiling white. Light colored furniture will help, too. Bright colored pillows will make all of the light colors really pop. Be sure the light colors are also in the pillows.
Since the bed is the “centerpiece “, I can start there for a major room change - instead of the walls. It takes up all visual space. I have all neutral and light colors (mushroom, beige, grey, pinewood furniture) now and it’s just - blah with a capital B. So dull! I’ve overcompensated with the light color.
I like my dull neutrals though and I thought if I took my walls up a dramatic notch, it would make them awesome instead of ... dull.
With dark colors (I’m attracted to earthy oranges at this time) comes the risk of making the space feel even smaller than it is.
Earthy oranges next to grey and mushroom beige - still dull? It makes me want for ... red! Yes! I just need to talk about it! Lol, thank you for listening... ideas still welcome.
I may may get brave with a picture.
i did just get brave in my other tiny room and love it. Not quite finished. Still trim to do.
Instead of painting all of the walls, how about just one, maybe the one behind the headboard of the bed? Try keeping the others light and get a quilt with all of the colors (walls, window treatments, etc) in it. With a print quilt, I would get different size and different solid color throw pillows to go with it.
Vertical stripes! Did this in bathroom of prior house- WOW, it worked, I thought. They were monochromatic stripes, 2 tones darker/deeper than the wall color,but enough to know they were there. The vertical trick the eye into thinking the wall is much taller.
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Vertical everything, art, tall plants, mirrors. Use furniture with legs showing, no skirts. Vertical board and batten on the walls.
Lighter paint colors help.
Avoid horizontal trim boards at the top of the wall.
Using smaller furnishings can visually enlarge a room.
Paint the walls a very light color and the ceiling white. Light colored furniture will help, too. Bright colored pillows will make all of the light colors really pop. Be sure the light colors are also in the pillows.
Awesome. Wheels are turning here. Thanks.
Vertical stripes! Did this in bathroom of prior house- WOW, it worked, I thought. They were monochromatic stripes, 2 tones darker/deeper than the wall color,but enough to know they were there. The vertical trick the eye into thinking the wall is much taller.
I wonder if I could sleep 😴 in a striped room... :)maybe! It makes sense...cool thought.