Small bedrooms: what color is the most appropriate to decorate them

A space of tranquility: this bedroom was completely painted – including radiator and windows frames – in Farrow & Ball's Calke Green tone.

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Suitable for any room: soak up color makes small bedrooms seem larger

At the time of Choose a colorpersonal taste is, of course, decisive. But you also have to take into account how much light a room receives and what furniture and other elements are already present. «In very high rooms, it is also necessary to paint the roof,» says expert Patrick O'Donnell. «Although you limit yourself to the walls along with the moldings, the bedroom will seem immediately quieter and more orderly.» This applies, for example, to the rooms with several doors. If you paint the frames and doors of the same color as the wall, they integrate better into the room and the walls seem more spacious. A similar effect is achieved by painting the rolle of the same tone as the wall. «Especially in small bedroomsthis creates the illusion that they are higher, «explains Patrick O'Donnell. Application possibilities are almost infinite.

Dark walls for drama

An intense navy blue, a deep burgundy or an intense green fir: dark tones do not make a room necessarily large, but often more elegant and intimate. Especially when the color extends from the floor to the roof. In it lobby From a Californian village, for example, American interior designer Jon de la Cruz opted for black with a blue nuance. «The entrance zone From the house it is spacious. That is why we submerged it completely in a dark bluish black, which also harmonizes with the adjoining rooms, «he explains.» We paint the wooden panels with a semibrillant finish, but the roof was painted completely in mate, so that the contrasts of light and shadow were even more spectacular. «

The first impression is the one that counts: the American interior designer Jon de la Cruz painted the walls, the railing of the staircase and the roof of the entrance of this Californian villa into an intense black with blue tones (Railings, of Farrow & Ball).

Jose Manuel Alorda.

Drenching In a modern environment

The trend can also be applied in an environment without flourishing. In the guest zone of the Australian residence Daylesford Longhouse, for example, the Partners Hill architecture studio opted for a delicate blue that adorns the walls, the roof, the doors and even some of the furniture made to measure. The effect is sensual and reassuring.

The soft blue of this new construction, designed by the Partners Hill architecture studio in the Australian rural idyll, moves the immensity of the horizon inside.

Shantanu Starick.

The harmony also reigns in the bedroom of the house, where the independent door and the bed are painted in the same tone as the wall and roof of the room.

Shantanu Starick.

Colored tiles: the color trend in the bathroom

The bath is also filled with color. With the right tiles, a great effect can be achieved. Tribe Studio Architects, for example, chose a soft coral pink for the bathroom of an Australian family house. «Especially in small roomswe like to bet on a single color that covers everything. Thus, even a tiny room may seem exciting, «explains Hannah Tribe, founder of Tribe Studio.» The color and the luminous atmosphere are more intense and saturated when you swam in a single color for all surfaces. «

Nice in pink: In this small guest bath of a house in Sydney (designed by Tribe Studio Architects), everything shines in Rosa Coral, from the bright mosaic tiles to the roof (Simply Delicious tone of Dulux). Even the tiletings are colored at the time.

Katherine Lu.

In this spring green bathroom, the color soaked provides freshness: to the towel it is melted with the atmosphere. He bathroom is located in a Melbourne house (according to AD), whose interior was designed by Studio Doherty.

Anson Smart

Chromatic distraction in small halls

He color It also lends itself to places where you don't spend much time, such as the hall. In the narrow corridor, the intense color effect distracts well from limited space.

A step towards blue: who enters this house in England is received by a soft blue in which everything has been painted, from the socket to the roof molding. The color is «Selvedge», which Farrow & Ball also offers in the new Deaf Flat finishespecially intense and resistant.

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A silent ladder? No way. With Color Drenchingplaces of passage such as stairs can be stimulating. In this example, soft yellow (Farrow & Ball Sudbury Yellow connects the house plants.

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Separate work and leisure with color

Color is also an excellent way to visually divide a room into different areas. For example, you can separate the work corner from the room painting the desk and the shelf of the same color as the wall.