Interior Designs Ideas

If you love the wide-open spaces and want the light and airy atmosphere, here are some tips on achieving that sense of spaciousness in your rooms.


To create a feeling of largeness in your room, eliminate the shadows that tend to slice a room up into smaller spaces. Work on lighting the room with a soft, even light. Avoid ceiling lights, as they tend to make the ceiling feel lower. Diffused, ambient lighting will tend to enlarge the room.

Keep the surfaces free of heavy textures. Smoother surfaces tend to reflect more light and make the room feel larger.

Avoid heavy textured flooring. Choose tile over patterned or textured carpeting, wallpaper, paint, window covering and furnishings.

Soft colors and monochromatic color schemes. Use cream, beige, gray or cool pastels on your walls and floors to make them recede. The ceiling should always be the lightest color in the room.

Limit the use of patterns in the room to create a more airy feeling. A typical application of a pattern might be to reserve it for an accent piece.

Selection and placement of furniture in a room is crucial in defining the space. Keep the largest pieces against the walls whenever possible.

Choose furniture colours that are the same or similar to those selected for the walls and floors.