Your eyes will be drawn to the deep rich tones of your main pieces and then drawn out and around to the lighter elements.
Light bedding dark wall.
The result will be a room that cocoons you.
Dive in with dark painted floors or walnut woods and drown your walls with deep navy blues smokey greys or earthy tones.
For furniture deep brown wood end.
Dark gray lends itself to dark rich tones like dark purple dark brown and deep red.
In bedrooms where plenty of natural light abounds going dark on the walls is a good way to keep things chic and sophisticated.
It s easy enough to prevent these dark tones from feeling oppressive too with the addition of bold hued cushions and throws on the bed like those shown in the examples ahead.
This dark chocolate color is both romantic and serene yet the potentially oppressive factor is kept in check with the windows and their textural curtains.
That s because dark colors visually recede fooling the eyes into seeing the walls as further away than they really are.
To keep this color scheme from going too dark mix in white and silver.
While light colors can help a small room appear bigger they aren t so great at making a dark room feel brighter.
It seems counterintuitive but if your bedroom is dark white walls are not the best solution.