Using colour to elevate small spaces
Within your home, you may find a number of small nooks that are overlooked when it comes to style and décor. However, adding a touch of colour can be a fast way to elevate these areas into enticing, stylish spaces. Dulux colour featured: Shetland Lace and White on White™
Follow 4 easy steps to get you started.
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Smaller living areas often go unnoticed, but with the right approach, many of these can be easily transformed into spaces you will look forward to spending time in. Rooms like laundries, libraries, nurseries, playrooms, and studies are an invitation for new touches of luxury in your home.
Here are four ways you can use colour to elevate small spaces within your home.
1. Zone in
You don’t need to overhaul an entire space to make an impact.
Simply introducing a fresh lick of colour like Plasticine to an accent wall can create a new visual focal point that injects fresh energy into the transitional spaces within your home.
2. Experiment with patterns and shapes
When it comes to painting your interior, don’t feel confined to the outline of your walls. Instead, consider bringing more dimension into your room through geometry.
Vertical lines of Airborne, Bosco and Outrigger on a white wall, for example, can make things look higher, while horizontal portions of Western Myall® can make a space feel wider. Round patterns on the other hand can create a sense of refreshing softness.
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Airborne
Blues can create a tranquil and calming atmosphere in your home. Dark blues can add sophistication and moodiness to the space whilst lighter blues can add a sense of calm. Blue is a versatile colour and can be easily schemed with many other colours for the interior or exterior.
3. Utilise monochromatic colours
Monochromatic schemes can be used to make spaces look larger, so it’s little wonder they’ve become so popular in recent years.
An interior palette of Parchment Paper and Beige Mystery ties together various shades of the same colour to create a more expansive feel. As with all monochromatic schemes, you’ll be pulling your shades from the same slice of the colour wheel, so don’t get too daring with your combinations.
4. Choose soft tones
When it comes to small spaces, it often pays to tread softly. Tones like off-white, blues, browns and greens can similarly bring a more spacious feel to any nook.
Take the Aura on the walls and Natural White™ of the ceiling in the study space pictured below. The neutrality and versatility of the white pairs effortlessly with the mauve undertones of the walls to make it feel more warm and inviting.
When it comes to your home, being creative with colour is the key to infusing luxury everywhere you look.
Even the smallest spaces can be brought to life with a new coat of paint, as long as it possesses the durability and quality finish that will do justice to your vision from day one. That’s why it always pays to paint with Dulux Ceiling and Dulux Wash&Wear®.
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