Small Spaces - Part One: Paint!

Our clients are faced with this one "major" challenge all the time: They want to feel less confined or feel more openness in their space without changing the footprint of their homes. This is actually a very simple fix.

There are many optical illusions we can create with color. The color can come from a paint or can be the overall hue of a material. It doesn't always matter what the color is, but more so, how you use it (Sounds familiar, doesn't it?).

Anyway! Moving right along.

In the photo above, you will see a beautiful Master Bathroom Tanya and I designed. You might look and think, "Of course it looks bigger than it probably is, it's all white, light, and airy!" Now that you see it, we're sure this makes sense to you. What if we told you we could have done this in any color? What if we told you that this was the color palette preference of the client? Seafoam and white sand.

Now, we're talking!

Getting that cohesive look you need will stem from the perfect paint color. This small space we used a wrap solution. We have two walls in our featured color (Seafoam). The floor, wall, ceiling wrap are all the same color (White). This gives a sense of height and added space to the room. You will notice we did this wrap horizontally to give width from the shower to the sink wall and height from the floor to the ceiling.

To prove that this can be done in any color, we have included a few images to show how to make small spaces look and feel larger.

In this photo, you will see the "color wrap" in black and white (Above and a partial one Below).

A fun way to make a room feel larger is to minimize color variation and go for simplicity. This is achieved by painting all the details and features of the room in the same paint color (Above and Below).

My last tip for the day would be to NOT FEAR PAINTING YOUR CEILING! It adds drama and interest.

In the end it's all about balancing color, texture, pattern, direction, and implied space. It helps to understand which colors will recede and which will pop out at you. The good news is: You don't have to figure it out all on your own. Give us a shout and we'd love to help you find a solution to your specific need.

Sincerely,

Kristin and Tanya