Design tricks to fix space imperfections
How to visually correct uneven walls, expand a room or raise ceilings without resorting to global redevelopment or repairs? It is no secret that many houses and apartments cannot boast of ideal premises in which everything suits. There will always be some flaws. We have prepared a number of tips for those who want to make their space as comfortable and beautiful as possible..
Small room
A small bathroom seems larger due to a mirrored wall, white walls and an accent on an unusual floor.
First of all, a small space can be enlarged due to the correct color scheme. The best option is pleasant light shades (white, beige, light copper-pink). You should pay attention to the blue and light green colors. They work for optical illusion and seem to push the wall aside. The same goes for grays, deep blues and even blacks if you use any of these colors on an accent wall..
The second helpers of a small space are glossy, glass and mirror surfaces. They are able to create the illusion of a spacious and airy space..
Also, do not forget about good lighting. You should try to let in as much natural light as possible into a small room. LED-backlights, built-in lamps, wall lamps and chandeliers with soft diffusing light will not be superfluous here..
There should be a lot of light in a small room
Narrow room
Horizontal stripes expand space
The above techniques and tips will also be appropriate in a narrow room. But here it is worth focusing on light colors in the decoration. It is worth paying attention to wallpaper with horizontal stripes, which are visually capable of pushing the walls apart. To set the dynamics of the room and divert attention from the flaw, you can choose narrow and bright stripes.
As a decor for a narrow room, photos or paintings of medium size and square shape are ideal. They will create the illusion of a flat square room. The same applies to furniture. It is worth choosing models of square shapes.
It is desirable to decorate a narrow room with posters or photos in square frames
Contrasting black and white stripes for dynamics in a narrow room
Low ceilings
Vertical stripes visually raise the low ceiling
Stripes will also help with low ceilings. You just need to choose wallpaper with vertical stripes. In such premises, the technique is very appropriate when wallpaper with such an image goes onto a part of the ceiling. Due to visual fusion, the true height of the room is hidden.
Wallpaper that goes from wall to ceiling also visually raises it
Works well in a room with low ceilings, blue on the ceiling. It creates a feeling of lightness and comfort, evokes associations with clear skies and fresh air. Plus, blue, turquoise and green shades tend to visually move walls or ceilings.
Blue ceiling looks stylish
Also, glossy stretch or mirrored ceilings will cope with the problem of a low room. Another technique is to decorate the ceiling with moldings or stucco moldings and thus create the illusion of additional volume..
Furniture will also become a tool in correcting the flaw. You need to choose racks or narrow, elongated cabinets. Often, a chair or a chair with an extended back can act as a regulating link..
Chairs with extended backs and a deep blue ceiling work to visually raise the low ceiling
Curved walls
Diamonds perfectly mask the unevenness of the walls
When the room has curved walls or corners, then striped wallpaper will only emphasize the imperfections of the space. In this case, it is best to refuse them. One of the best ways to mask a wall is to decorate it with decorative plaster. Also, wallpaper with an interesting pattern, for example, with floral prints, will cope with the problem. If the room is spacious, then you can use wallpaper with a large pattern, in a small room it is appropriate to use a small pattern.
But, if there is no opportunity or desire to do repairs, then posters, paintings with an interesting image, voluminous and avant-garde drawings, wooden decor items, tapestries will cope with the problem.
Vinyl stickers and paint stencils will also be good helpers with uneven walls..
Wallpaper with a large print will cope with uneven walls
A curved wall can be decorated with vintage boards, which looks very stylish
A stencil is also useful if you need to mask an uneven wall.
Room without windows
If the room is devoid of natural light, then good lighting scenarios need to be thought out in it. Illuminate the ceiling, shelves and furniture, embed the lamps in the ceiling or floor, place sconces on the walls, table lamps on tables and shelves. There should be no shortage of light in such a room..
In a room without windows, you need to provide maximum space, clear the room from unnecessary pieces of furniture.
Such a space should be decorated in light shades, for example, in beige or silver. You can make a bright accent on an armchair, sofa, wall decor or headboard.
In the bedroom, mirrors and illuminated transparent cabinet doors above the bed play the role of windows
Don’t forget about false windows. They are truly capable of transforming a space that lacks real windows..
