After days of living in total darkness in your apartment, the question that crosses your head could be, ‘how on earth can I light up my apartment, for heaven’s sake?’
Yes, this sounds quite familiar right? If you’re anywhere thinking like that, and crave for bright, happy zones, then you’ll enjoy these ‘easy’ to light up apartment tips.
These suggestions shall help you make a brighter space (applies to very dark rooms too), and they’ll enhance your decor to make it sparkling new, inspire your mind and enter a bold new apartment this weekend.
Bright Whites gives more
Wherever possible, go for white furniture, rather than dark colors to light up apartment spaces. Try only white tables, credenzas and cream couches. Add off-white rug in case you have dark wooden or wood-like floors. The living room brightens up and simultaneously helps to light up apartment and its spaces.
Tip: Do watch your coffee mugs for they may spill some black magic.
Coffee zone ideas
Convert the concrete terrace into an outdoor room, decorated with weather-resistant furniture and tiles on the floors, this expands the living space. If the apartment is in coastal area, durable surfaces, such as hardwoods and stone, will withstand wetness and sandy feet.
Aesthetics wins always
- A fresh coat of white paint on the ceiling beams can lighten up the space radically. Retractable doors could open the room to your lawn or the beach beyond, and give a perfect view to guests and yourself.
- Add classy chenille upholstery to the sofa, and colorful throw pillows to provide appeal.
- Replacing the tiles with moisture resistant wood engineered to make the floor safe while it’s wet.
Tip: When renovating a space made with standard builder’s materials, substitute them to achieve a custom look.
Fireplace tricks
The dark mantle on a fireplace is quite heavy for a small area, and if there are low ceilings any small room gets a cave like atmosphere with no ways to light up your apartment.
Tip: A down to earth hearth embossed with wave-motif tiles would be of a more suitable size for a smaller room.
Inviting Slumber easily
Replace the drywall with painted paneling to offer the bedroom a splash of cottage elegance. Window treatment can hang almost to the ceiling and a tall metallic bed creates the illusion of height making the room spacious.
Tip: A basic, neutral color palette emphasizes the attention on the view outside of the doors and windows.
Closed Kitchen
Avoid walls or screens between the kitchen and dining room especially for the family-style entertaining.
Open Space
- Remove screens or walls if possible and use as much white or lighter colors and glass windows to open the dining area to the sunlight from the kitchen.
Tip: A round table enables you to fit in more chairs and stools and definitely enables to accommodate a crowd.
Place Tall stuff Away From Windows
Is there a large plant, bookshelf, or other piece of furniture blocking the light in your house?
Move it! We recommend putting large pieces of furniture on opposite ends of a room from where your windows are.
That way, your room will receive the most natural light possible.
Sheer White Drapes
Sometimes people buy thick ivory curtains that makes the room go a little yellow tinged or dark. Try for sheers, or white curtains.
Mirror Magic
Mirrors become incredibly handy when it comes to apartment decor for valid reasons. It makes your room seem larger. In addition to opening up your room’s space, they’ll also reflect all light that enters into the room. Just place them strategically across these light sources, like windows.
Tip: Try adding one big mirror into your dark room to give it more space and light.
The main Entry
Don’ts
- The foyer and stair hall could be less than welcoming if they have dark wood on the stairs, floor, trim, and doors robbing the chance of any natural light.
- Avoid open shelving beneath the stairs invited clutter.
Dos
- Adding many coats of white paint will lighten the hallway drastically, and a joyful runner on the stairs and in the hall presents color.
- Ban clutter from behind the closed doors of a piece of accent furniture.
Tip: Add new French doors to frame the view at the end of the hall.
Fast & Easy tips
- Open up the windows around the corners to allow ample natural light inside.
- Coffered ceilings provide the illusion of additional height.
- Large wicker chairs organized in a pinwheel are perfect for both entertaining and lounging.
- Use glass window panes and doors to let in light while bringing the outdoors inside the house.
