This wooden accent wall from champagne chaos is a great idea if your living room lacks a standard fireplace or mantle.
Small room dark accent wall.
You might want a calming color on an accent wall in your bedroom.
A wall of windows can also be your accent wall but be mindful that a dark accent color surrounding windows can create a bright light effect and overwhelm the room.
If you choose to go dark in a small space consider going dark all over.
The key is instead of painting the entire space in a dark color to just paint one wall or a single element like a bookcase as seen in the image above from royal roulotte dark colors read as receding from the viewer so the accent wall visually enlarges the space and sets up a nice contrast that can make the rest of the space seem brighter by comparison.
Do choose the right wall for your accent.
An accent wall is a great way to break up a space especially in a living room with high ceilings.
I m sold though i think a lot depends on the light amount direction of the room and the height of the ceiling.
An accent wall doesn t have to be a vivid color.
White paint in a small room can actually make it look boxy and bland.
I have a small south facing high ceilinged upstairs room i use as my studio that used to be a dark blue grey i painted that room white and it looks so much better because the room itself is very airy.
If your room s walls are painted a neutral color go a shade or two deeper for a saturated tone of the same color for your accent wall.
Not only does it help frame the tv but it creates a focal point in the room and adds a lot of visual interest.
The dated idea that small rooms should only be to be painted white thankfully has been replaced with an unlimited palette of colors.
In small room design use muted colors as accent colors only.
Accent walls are back in a big way and they are better than ever.
By blending color texture and tone you can create an epic space that becomes the centerpiece of any room.
Here are 15 of the best accent wall ideas for your home.
Try a monochromatic scheme.
And leaving the window wall a light color fools the eye into experiencing the whole wall as a light source.
Rooms without an architectural feature can benefit from an accent wall especially one with texture.
A monochromatic accent wall will have a subtle effect in a bedroom.
As nancy wrote in this great post high contrast.
Though white is supposed to make your room look light and bright it can actually do the opposite when it shows every shadow or dark corner.