- Using Color To Change The
Size Of Your Bedroom
- By: Lee Dobbins
Did you ever wish your bedroom
was bigger or smaller? Well if you don’t have enough money
to change the actual size of the room, then you can use paint
to make the bedroom seem bigger or smaller.
Paint is well known as one of
the least expensive and easiest ways to change the look of any
room, but if you pick your colors carefully you can give the
space a new feel as well as a new look. Certain colors can make
your bedroom walls feel closer or farther away.
If you have a small bedroom and
you want it to feel more spacious, then consider painting the
walls a receding color. These are the blue – green –
purplish colors and any combination thereof.
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Look at a basic color wheel –
you'll see that those colors are all next to each other on one
side. You probably want to avoid the darkest of these combinations,
however as painting a room in very dark tones can make it look
smaller overall.
If you want to make a large bedroom
feel more cozy, then paint the walls advancing colors. These
are the colors on the other side of the color wheel – the
reds, oranges and yellow. Bright warm colors will close in the
space and make the room seem cheerful and cozy. Also if you have
a large cavernous room with a very high ceiling, consider painting
the ceiling a medium or dark color which will make bring the
appearance back down to a normal height. |
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When painting your bedroom, make
sure you buy enough paint to do the job! Consider how many coats
you will need. A dark color may need several coats. IF you are
trying to paint a light color over a dark, you may need to use
some primer and also a couple of coats. 1 gallon of paint can
do about 400 square feet so keep this in mind. To measure your
room, go around the edge of all the walls with a measuring tape
and record the total width. Measure the height from floor to
ceiling and multiply by total width to get the square footage.
Measure all the doors and window opening and subtract this from
the total square footage (or not, it’s always a good idea
to have a little extra paint then not enough!).
Don’t forget to protect
your wood moldings with painters tape, remove all the covers
from the electrical outlets and plugs and cover the floor and
furniture with drop cloths! |
