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10 tips for using colour successfully in a small room

In any small space, the traditional way of dealing with things would be to keep everything light and neutral, to reflect light to visually enlarge the room. But strong colour can have amazing transformative qualities with surprising results. Here are our top 10 tips for using colour successfully in a small room.

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Pale and Pretty

Keep big furniture items and wall neutral then add a twist with colour.

Chelsey Life

1. Keep the big furniture items and walls in a neutral colour so that they don’t overpower the room.

Wall Power

Stick with light backgrounds when adding pattern to walls. A single-colour print tends to work better in a small space.

marionery & Dec-A-Porter

2. Stick to light backgrounds when you add pattern to the walls. A single-colour print tends to work better in a small space.

Scale It Down

Mixing small-scale patterns is great for small rooms. Mixing small-scale patterns in small child's room looks great.

BHG & Ciao! Newport Beach

3. Mixing small-scale patterns are great in small rooms as they won’t compete with each other.

Popping Hot

Use bright bookshelves to accessorize with colour in a neutral room. Bring in a trendy pop of colour with colours on medium-sized items.

Flickr & Apartment Therapy

4. Solid colours work very well on medium-sized items, like book shelves or chairs and of course accessories of all shapes and sizes.

Solids

Be bold and brave with one oversized colour item. Go big with a wall in a bright shade.

Ernests & Shelterness

5. Be bold and brave and go big with one oversized colour item or a wall in a bright shade – if you do it with confidence, it will work!

Supersize It

Massively oversized prints can do wonders to enlarge a little room.

Damask Et Dentelle


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6. Surprisingly, massively oversized prints can do wonders to enlarge a little room. Use something that is neutral, with splashes of colour accents for optimum effect.

Be Bold

Painting the ceiling can have a great effect in small space.

Frenchy Fancy

7. Painting the ceiling can have an incredibly positive effect on a small space. This ceiling looks like the endless night sky!

Think Differently

Break up big, solid items with diagonal colour lines

A Beautiful Mess

8. Break up big, solid items with diagonal, coloured lines – great for doors, walls and cupboards.

Step It Up

Paint the floor in your children's rooms to add colour. Painting the floor is a great way to add colour without taking up lots of space.

Shelterness & AirBnB

9. Paint the floor! It’s a massive area and a great way to add a lot of colour without taking up space.

Concealed Colour

Paint the inside of cabinets for a surprise pop of colour. Use colour on the inside of drawers for a sneaky splash of colour.

A Beautiful Mess & Chelsey Life

10. Hide it! If you are too afraid to clutter the space with colour, paint the inside of cabinets or the sides of drawers for sneaky splashes.

Originally published on Homeology


The Author

Germarie Bruwer

Germarie Bruwer is an interior designer turned home decor and design blogger. Her award-winning blog, Homeology, features decor, DIY projects, trends and a gardening diary with the aim to inspire and empower her readers.


 


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