Top Decorating Tips for Long Narrow Rooms

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Color

• Paint one of the end walls a dark color
• Paint one of the end walls a warm color (reds, oranges, some warm purples, some warm greens)

Pattern

• Use wallpaper with a bold or large scale pattern on one of the end walls
• Use a wallpaper with horizontal stripes, or paint horizontal stripes (3 wide ones will do) on one of the end walls...
  Even a single stripe, or a chair-rail or border can help create this 'horizontal' or 'wide' illusion.

Lighting

• Use mood lighting or ambient lighting
• Use lighting that does not cast too much light up onto the ceiling - down lighters are recommended

Arranging Furniture

• Be careful how you arrange your furniture - don't line it all up down the long walls...
  ...you could end up looking like a waiting room - which is not a look anyone wants to go for!
• Where space allows try bringing furniture into the center of the space - choose smaller pieces if possible, as this will help.






• You could try positioning a rug crossways across your floor to emphasise the width of the room (as long as it doesn't end up looking too 'crammed in').
• Create a focal point in the center of your room - a lovely picture, a large vase of flowers, perhaps.
  This will bring attention to your special piece, and distract attention away from looking at the narrowness of the walls.