Too much sunlight
Eddie Irvine
6 years ago
My living room has sun for all of the morning and most of the afternoon. With it being a double height room and plenty of windows it's far too bright to even sit and read a paper or watch TV.
The bottom windows have blinds which do help to an extent but the top windows are an obscure shape.
Without forking out for expensive blinds would painting the walls help?
The bottom windows have blinds which do help to an extent but the top windows are an obscure shape.
Without forking out for expensive blinds would painting the walls help?
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Eddie Irvine
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minnie101
6 years agoYou could have a look at solar window film which you can diy so it’s a cheap option. Re paint if you go on Little Greene’s website they actually detail the light reflectance value (LRV) of each colour, or most anyway! We can’t see the ceiling height (maybe you could try and take another pic) but I might just be a bit wary of making the walls appear taller so would play around with a paint visualiser app first. Wood floors can bounce a lot of light although yours doesn’t appear to in the pic but if it does then adding a rug will help a lot
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