The right color for children’s room (part 1)

With the enormous variety of available colors that exists nowadays in the market and having into account that (without putting aside some more modern trends) in a child’s room everything is in fashion, the choice of a color for the room is overall a matter of taste and of what’s more suitable for the space, to get a harmonious result.

If in matters of color preference it is better to leave each one to his or her opinion, there exist a few tips that can help making the best decision in accordance with the space to decorate or even to give a small push when the creativity takes more time to show up.

Thus, before choosing the colors for the child’s room, have the following in mind:

a) The size and the layout of the room. The color can help to modify them significantly.

- Dark and strong colors (blue, red, green, etc.) make the room smaller and cozier. Pale and soft colors (white, beige, light tones of green, blue, pink, violet or yellow for e.g.) make a small room seem bigger. The colors can look darker or lighter depending on the colors with which they are mixed and on the light of the room.

- White ceilings contrast with the color of the wall and turn the room more spacious. If the ceiling is very high and if you prefer to make it cozier, the ceiling could be painted with dark or bright colors. These make the ceiling look lower.

- Walls painted with dark and bright colors seem to be closer. If you paint the walls with different colors, you’ll be able to balance the layout of the room. For example: a long and narrow rectangular room can be made seen squarer if the smaller walls are painted with dark or bright colors and the longest ones with white or pale colors.

- If you like bright colors but the room is not very big, a way of giving it a touch of color without making it “heavy” is to paint only one wall with a bright color leaving all others in white or in a pale shade of the same color. For example: bright pink and pale pink.

- When placing a decorative border on the wall, you can keep the room looking spacious by using dark colors below the border (if it’s not placed very high) and pale colors above the border.

- Furniture in white or pale shades, painted in similar colors as the walls (e.g. a set of bookshelves) is less conspicuous, making the room look bigger. On the contrary, furniture in dark or bright and contrasting colors with the walls is more imposing, seem to take more space, and make the room smaller. The ideal for a small room, especially if the walls are colored, would be to have pale and light furniture, being a touch of color given through accessories such as: fabrics, paintings, pillows, etc.

To be continued (part 2)

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