Some rooms tend to receive less light, making it hard to brighten up even with the use of lamps as light bulbs. It is important to avoid certain accessories that make the room appear darker such as heavy curtains, wrong paint color, dark carpets, and dim lights.
Houzz and My Home Ideas website came up with a list on how to make the room appear brighter.
Color Scheme
If a certain room doesn't receive enough daylight, avoid dark colors most especially in painting the walls. Avoide dark colored furniture such as plum, violet, midnight blue, and black. Add a splash of color and pastel hues such as mint green, white cream, and peach.
Make sure to choose the appropriate color for the ceiling paint. Dark hues tend to make the room look suffocating, small, and stuffy.
Curtain Collection
Avoid thick dark curtains and use light flowing ones. Light flowing curtains makes the room look breezy and well lit. Sheer curtains works perfectly on dark room areas, place the curtains up the ceiling to make it more flowy. As per the Houzz website, "make sure the curtain rods are long enough for the curtains to be drawn back beyond the window frame."
Invest of Effective Lighting
Investing on an effective lighting scheme can work wonders in brightening the room. It is one of the major points in working with a dark room's interior, most especially on the living room. You can play around with lighting effects such as using a variety light source such as lamps, ceiling lights, and even dimmers to create a bright, flowy ambience.
Set the Mood
Having a dark room area isn't really romantic as long as you'd know how to set various moods. Choose a paint color that would match your vision in creating the room design. If you'd opt for a more romantic tone, feel free to work with darker hues such as red and plum.
