Somewhere I heard, saw or red that you can make the size of a room appear larger if you paint the ceiling the same color as the wall - is this true & does it only apply to light colors?
I heard/read/saw that if you want your room to appear larger, you should paint the ceiling a shade or two lighter than the walls. I think it was on Decorating Cents, but I could be wrong. I am not positive that's where I saw it, but that sounds right. It makes sense to me that if you paint the ceiling darker, it would feel more closed in, so I definately wouldn't try that. I just saw something that was talking about the ceiling was the fifth wall in a room. Try it! It's only paint, so if you don't like the way it looks, just paint it again. Good luck!
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When Painting a room that you want to have the feel of being more open painting in an off white or lighter color with the ceiling the same color will have that effect. [URL=Connecting Open Room Colors]http://interior-painting-diy.blogspot.com/2008/03/connectin-open-room-colors.html[/URL]
I agree with that the ceilling colour had better the light colour. we can feel the space be larger by colour and also the perspective, so maybe hanging a perspective drawing will open our view.
