The successful interior of any room should emphasize its successful features. If you have to decorate long narrow room, difficulties can be encountered, especially if the side wall does not have a row of windows, and the room becomes like a tunnel. A low ceiling also makes a room feel darker and darker, but a color scheme can make all the difference.
Decorative tweaks, the right choice of color scheme, the arrangement of furniture and accessories - all this helps to turn a disproportionately elongated room into an open and spacious room.
More light
Determine where the most natural light comes from. Use it by covering the window or windows with the lightest window treatments. If you need privacy at night, hang side curtains to cover the window when needed. Fabrics for curtains choose light and light, no brocade, jacquard or damask.
You can also use various types of blinds, which will allow you to make the most of the light coming through the window. Install spotlights on the ceiling so that the long narrow room is always filled with light.
Color palette
White is not the only color in the interior that creates a feeling of open space.. Walls should not be plain, contrast can also create the necessary illusion of space and space. expand the interior of a narrow room. Paint the side wall, which has the most massive furniture, a pale color, and make the opposite one a tone darker. Paint the ceiling in a pale shade, if it is not very high. If the ceiling is unusually high, cover it with dark-colored paint.
Do not be afraid to use light shades of pink, lilac, orange or coffee in the interior of a narrow room. In empty spaces, they look darker, but as soon as the furniture is properly arranged and the wall decor is hung, the intensity of the color will be muted.
Molding
To give long narrow room the illusion of width, you need to make the eye move around the room without stopping. If there is a ceiling cornice, paint it the same color as the walls. Make the frames of doors and windows the same shade as adjacent walls so that they look like a single whole. No need to paint skirting boards or cornices in a dark color against the background of pale walls, this draws attention to the parameters of the room.
Furniture
Arrange the furniture so that there is a free passage between it from end to end. If one long wall is occupied by a floor-to-ceiling bookcase or a fireplace, place the furniture against the opposite wall and leave the middle free to walk through. All other furniture should have open legs and backs so that the rest of the room can be seen through them.
If possible, try not to put furniture against the wall. Two small sofas set perpendicular to the wall with a passage on the side will make the elongated room not as cramped as the huge soft corner that dominates the interior and occupies most of the room. Separate seating areas also visually push the walls apart.
Visual tricks
A long narrow room seems shorter if a barrier is placed at the end. Use a bench, a decorative screen, or even a game table in front of the window for this, so that the eye catches on it and stops.
If you have a nice view from a window on the side wall, place the sofa at an angle to it so you and your guests can enjoy the landscape. When viewed from an angle, the room will look wider than it actually is, and its length will no longer be as apparent.
Accessories
Mirrors are the easiest way to visually expand a long, narrow room. Diffused light blurs the outlines of a long wall. Keep wall decor to a minimum so that it does not overload a narrow room. If small rugs are laid in the aisle, they will cling to them when walking. It is better to put them under a cocktail or coffee table to add brightness to the interior.
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