Most Easy & Effective Ways to Add Colour to White Spaces
Leave your walls white and add color and interest with art, furniture and other accents
Colour excites the eye and makes any space interesting and personal, but that doesn’t mean you have to paint the walls. There are benefits to having white walls (if you rent, maybe your landlord has told you this already). White keeps a room feeling bright and clean, and is a great background colour to make other colours visually stunning. Here are ways to make a white room sing with colour.
Warm up a kids’ room
Add a bolt of a perky colour like yellow or pink, along with a large pattern, to a white space and it will be really cheerful for the little ones. Add DIY touches such as trim around lamp shades.
7 Tricks to Transform a White Room
Add a bolt of a perky colour like yellow or pink, along with a large pattern, to a white space and it will be really cheerful for the little ones. Add DIY touches such as trim around lamp shades.
7 Tricks to Transform a White Room
Bring in one large piece of colourful artwork
To pull the eye into a space and make a colourful impact, pick up one big piece of artwork and place it on a focal wall above a sofa, bed, fireplace, table or dresser.
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To pull the eye into a space and make a colourful impact, pick up one big piece of artwork and place it on a focal wall above a sofa, bed, fireplace, table or dresser.
Find a designer to transform your living room
Create a warm master bedroom
Bring in warmth through furniture. Against a blue-tinted white wall (a relaxing shade of white), dark wood furniture feels divine. Fluffy white bedding looks like a tempting white cloud when placed on a chocolate finished bed frame, and the deep blue window treatments are not only great for keeping the room dark at night, but the blue is relaxing to the eye.
Bring in warmth through furniture. Against a blue-tinted white wall (a relaxing shade of white), dark wood furniture feels divine. Fluffy white bedding looks like a tempting white cloud when placed on a chocolate finished bed frame, and the deep blue window treatments are not only great for keeping the room dark at night, but the blue is relaxing to the eye.
Add a little softness
This is great for a guest room palette. Keep the room cozy and soft by painting walls a grey white and adding layers of white bedding beginning with a bed skirt, sheets and quilt or coverlet, then add a blanket or throw at the end of the bed that has lighter quieter tinted colours. Then top the bed(s) with petal pillows.
This is great for a guest room palette. Keep the room cozy and soft by painting walls a grey white and adding layers of white bedding beginning with a bed skirt, sheets and quilt or coverlet, then add a blanket or throw at the end of the bed that has lighter quieter tinted colours. Then top the bed(s) with petal pillows.
Show off metal finishes
A crisp white background lets reflective finishes shine. This could be a good opportunity to add a gallery of gold or silver frames.
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A crisp white background lets reflective finishes shine. This could be a good opportunity to add a gallery of gold or silver frames.
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Add a large piece of colourful furniture
Wrap the largest piece of furniture in your room in colour. Forget about a neutral sofa; bring in a happy colourful upholstered sofa. Or change up your current sofa by reupholstering or adding a slipcover.
Wrap the largest piece of furniture in your room in colour. Forget about a neutral sofa; bring in a happy colourful upholstered sofa. Or change up your current sofa by reupholstering or adding a slipcover.
Add a painted piece of furniture
Red, blue, green or any other colour painted on a desk, buffet, accent table or even a bed frame can turn a white room into an inspired, fun space. I love the idea of using a piece of painted furniture in an entryway. It will be a “wow” moment for anyone entering your home.
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Tell us:
How have you added vibrancy into your home?
Red, blue, green or any other colour painted on a desk, buffet, accent table or even a bed frame can turn a white room into an inspired, fun space. I love the idea of using a piece of painted furniture in an entryway. It will be a “wow” moment for anyone entering your home.
Read more:
Colour Me Bold: 11 Ways to Energise Your Home
Timeless Wall and Sofa Colour Combinations
Tell us:
How have you added vibrancy into your home?
Keep your home light and white, and let colour shine throughout on fabrics, wall art and furnishings and decor to divide up your open rooms.