Most of the population of our country lives in small flats and suffers from tiny sized rooms. This has a very negative effect on the psyche, and makes you wonder how to visually enlarge a small room. After all, an ill-conceived interior can provoke the opposite effect.
What colors visually increase the room?
From the color of the room the visual perception depends directly. Therefore, when decorating walls, ceilings and even floors in a small room, one must proceed from certain properties of color:
- every light tint creates the illusion of space;
- any darker shade visually approximates the surface;
- contrasting combinations of colors "eat up" part of the space.
But the future atmosphere of the room depends on the choice of the color scheme of the interior. Therefore, we should not forget that when it is necessary to create a warm and cozy environment, one should not resort to "cold" shades.
What kind of wallpaper visually increase the room?
The effect of choosing the right color for the decoration of walls for a small room can be completely destroyed by an erroneous choice of finishing materials. So when choosing wallpaper, their drawing and texture are essential. Rough texture combined with a large pattern will make the room even smaller. And small patterns on the smooth surface of the wallpaper will introduce a sense of spaciousness into the room. Also effective in small rooms is the use of finishing materials for walls with horizontal stripes.
How to visually increase the size of a room with lighting?
Unlighted room in the dark will look gloomy, dull and even smaller. But especially important is the correct organization of lighting in rooms such as an entrance hall and bathroom due to the lack of windows. For small rooms, the following lighting solutions are applicable:
- visually increase the space will help maximize the lighting of the entire room;
- a stronger effect of visual increase of space gives illumination of the lower corners of the room;
- The light directed to the opposite wall will make the room wider;
- Spot lights along the perimeter of the room will make it larger.
How to visually increase the height of the room?
There are several design techniques that visually increase the height of the ceiling:
- the glossy ceiling not only makes the ceiling higher, but also gives the room depth;
- contrary to popular belief hinged two-level ceilings illusory add to the room volume;
- the lack of clear boundaries between the walls and the ceiling surface visually increases the space;
- a vertically directed pattern on the walls makes them much higher;
- to raise the ceiling upwards with the help of the cornice illumination;
- The mirror surface of the ceiling will make it higher, and the room is larger.
In addition to all the above methods of visual enlargement of small rooms, there are several other ways:
- The reflecting wall surface will visually double the room;
- the selected curtains of light shades in the whole wall will add room to the room;
- The furniture should be a little bit, and it should be small in size. In this case, the most bulky items are located in the background, and the smaller ones are closer to the entrance to the room;
- carpeting should not be bright, and have a not very complex pattern. The optimal size is 2/3 of the total area of the room.
In the end, knowing how to visually increase the space of the room can transform the room beyond recognition. And most importantly it is quite possible to make the smallest room beautiful, cozy and comfortable.
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