Using Paint To Make A Room Appear Larger

By

escnmck

I painted my den a medium beige and it really lightened the room and made it look larger. Beige will also give you a ton of color options for accessories.

By

lindal

Surely the girls have favorite colors. Take them to the paint store with you or bring home paint chips for them to chose from. Since kids change their minds frequently don't use very dark colors that will be hard to paint over in a few years.

By

perfume and powder

Yellow is the most enlarging color and is so spring like. Use yellow, not gold. You can see the difference if you hold paint chips side by side. Gold makes rooms look smaller and darker.

By

Lorelei

Choose from your favorite light pastel colors for any room if you want it to look larger. I think I would choose a color that will look nice with the wood furnishings or curtains/drapes if you aren't replacing.
If the rooms have few windows; go the lightest color on the paint charts at any paint store.

I'm getting ready to paint some rooms inside my home. I'd like to use light and color to trick the eye into thinking the rooms are actually larger.

I have all white walls in my trailer. I was wondering if I should paint only one wall a dark color or all the walls a warm color to make it look bigger?