The hottest living room paint trend for the year ahead is to paint your ceiling a colour.
Room ceiling colour pictures.
Otherwise the room may feel cavernous.
Depending on the colors you choose this can serve to make the space larger or smaller.
Changing the color of your ceiling can greatly affect the amount of light in the room.
A stately shade of gray makes a lofty impression in this contemporary dining room by martha o hara interiors based in austin texas.
Rooms that use the same colors for ceiling and walls allow the ceiling to blend with the rest of the room.
Carry the shade down to picture rail level to create a cohesive feel and pick a light but warmer tone such as this soft wool for walls.
Do you have a lot of color going on in the room in terms of furniture paint decor or upholstery.
So swear off the white emulsion and pick up a bold shade for your living room colour like farrow ball citron instead.
A white ceiling color gives the illusion of depth.
Here the designer chose a vibrant shade of pink red to correspond with the floral print bedding.
The illusion of depth.
The best thing to do in this situation is to choose a white hue for the ceiling.
Dark ceiling colors have a visual stop point.
The room is filled with bright colors.
But if you have 10 12 foot or even higher ceilings you may want a visual stop.
For a similar effect stick to a tight two color story with the walls in a show stopping super high gloss paint and then dip your ceiling in a flat white paint.
Best paint colors for the bedroom.
Small room with either a small ceiling or ceiling that slopes to a small postage stamp size points to ponder contrary to popular belief you can also do this with a darker paint colour as darker colours can make corners recede and actually make a space look larger.
If you decide to paint your ceiling any other color it likely won t blend well with the rest of the room.