Paint Techniques That Will Make Your Coquitlam Home Feel Larger

When most people hiring a painting contractor, they are thinking about how fresh and new their home will look after a new coat of paint. They may be anticipating covering the ugly red that a previous owner had painted the kitchen. Not everyone realizes that painting techniques can make a home feel larger (or smaller) or brighter or darker. In other words, take full advantage of painting your Coquitlam home to achieve everything that new paint can offer.

Making Rooms Feel Larger

One technique for making a room feel larger is to stay with one colour on the walls and the ceiling. This can make a room feel bigger, especially if the colour is light.

If you want the ceiling to appear higher, then using a lighter colour on the ceiling than the walls will fool the eye into thinking the ceiling is higher. Another possibility is to use wide vertical stripes to make the ceiling look higher, and wide horizontal stripes to make a room look longer or wider.

Making a Room Feel Smaller

The opposite of what is described above is also true. If the ceiling feels too high, use a darker or contrasting colour on the ceiling to bring the ceiling down visually. Most people want a room to feel larger, but not everyone, especially when rooms have odd shapes.

Making a Room Feel Brighter

It make be intuitive that a lighter colour will make a room brighter. Also, paint that is reflective, or has some shine to it will also make a room brighter by reflecting light. Matte colours swallow the light.

Making a Room Feel Darker

Sometimes it is useful to make a room feel darker. For example, many people like a dark bedroom—which is for sleeping. Dark colours also can add a lot of drama, such as a dark dining room for those who like to entertain. If you have a media room, where you watch movies, you may prefer a darker, less reflective colour.

Since Coquitlam is such a desirable real estate area, make the most of your new paint to achieve whatever you desire. Choose an experienced professional painting company that will give you that amazing professional result, like us, Level 5 Painting, based in Coquitlam.

Level 5 Painting are experienced and dependable interior and exterior, residential and commercial painters based in Surrey, British Columbia. The Level 5 Painting crew performs at the highest industry standards to exceed your expectations and deliver painting projects with phenomenal results. 

If you have any questions about this article or would like to talk to us about your next painting project, then please call us at (604) 910-4828.