Small Room Dark Accent Wall

White paint in a small room can actually make it look boxy and bland.

Small room dark accent wall.

This wooden accent wall from champagne chaos is a great idea if your living room lacks a standard fireplace or mantle. The key is instead of painting the entire space in a dark color to just paint one wall or a single element like a bookcase as seen in the image above from royal roulotte dark colors read as receding from the viewer so the accent wall visually enlarges the space and sets up a nice contrast that can make the rest of the space seem brighter by comparison. And leaving the window wall a light color fools the eye into experiencing the whole wall as a light source. As nancy wrote in this great post high contrast.

If you choose to go dark in a small space consider going dark all over. You might want a calming color on an accent wall in your bedroom. Accent walls are back in a big way and they are better than ever. An accent wall is a great way to break up a space especially in a living room with high ceilings.

In high traffic common areas like kitchens dark accent walls make for genius options as they re easier to keep clean and require less fuss all around notice how the bottle green walls lend this farmhouse inspired kitchen polish and an old world inviting spirit while making the space look larger and brighter by painting the walls around the windows to emphasize the rooms natural light. Not only does it help frame the tv but it creates a focal point in the room and adds a lot of visual interest. An accent wall doesn t have to be a vivid color. Though white is supposed to make your room look light and bright it can actually do the opposite when it shows every shadow or dark corner.

Here are 15 of the best accent wall ideas for your home. If your room s walls are painted a neutral color go a shade or two deeper for a saturated tone of the same color for your accent wall. Try a monochromatic scheme. Do choose the right wall for your accent.

Using a monochromatic color scheme can often make a small space appear much larger even if the color is dark. The dated idea that small rooms should only be to be painted white thankfully has been replaced with an unlimited palette of colors. Rooms without an architectural feature can benefit from an accent wall especially one with texture. By blending color texture and tone you can create an epic space that becomes the centerpiece of any room.

A design trick that makes small spaces seem larger dark colors read as receding from the viewer so the accent wall visually enlarges the space and sets up a nice contrast that can. A monochromatic accent wall will have a subtle effect in a bedroom. A wall of windows can also be your accent wall but be mindful that a dark accent color surrounding windows can create a bright light effect and overwhelm the room.