Dark north facing lounge
Dee Malam
5 years ago
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North facing lounge
Comments (3)This is my a north facing lounge at present. Picture 1 shows the east facing window, picture 2 is the same window from the far end of the room and picture 3 is the north facing window. Any suggestions are very welcome! No have tried to bring warmth in with the curtains, but the walls just do not work!...See MoreSmall, north facing lounge - help please!
Comments (5)You need to look at this from a different point of view... north facing light is very cold and you need to use mid tones with warm. Instead of have pale walls and dark furniture, reverse it to have mid tone warm grey on the walls and light/colourful tones on furnishings. You would need to put a cream throw on your sofa to achieve this, plus paint the ceiling in a warm white or cream. Also artificial lighting is key in a warm white, a cheap option is to put at least three table/floor lamps in the corners of the room. A cream or light colourful rug will add interest, plus I suggest colourful accents in three warm/muted colours e.g. duck egg, orange, yellow. Red or yellow can look very tatty in north facing light....See MoreNorth facing lounge
Comments (7)I would also remove or change curtains. I'd go for a simple cream Roman blind. I would paint the walls an off white and use a wallpaper with a slight metallic print in it. Laura Ashley have some beautiful subtle ones. Change the rug to cream colours with maybe a hint of light Aqua/teal/duck egg and get cushions in matching colours. I would also put another mirror on the wall opposite the window to reflect any possible light. You could also pick accessories such as silvered glass candlesticks etc to also pick up any available light source....See MoreNorth facing lounge
Comments (12)Hi Elly, I agree with Sonia's comments above about keeping things neutral. The only rule of thumb with North facing rooms and colour is you can go two ways: One - counterbalance the cool light with paint colours that have yellow or warmer undertones like pinks, reds - so stay away from cool greys, grey-blues, (Farrow and Ball do give you detailed information on their website and most paint shops will advise you too - you may well be able to tell yourself ) and this will really help a great deal. Even a white paint with yellow undertones will help so you don't have to go all out bold colour, it just relates to the pigments if that makes sense. Two: The other option is to embrace the cool light and go all out bold colour as Sonia suggested with the lovely blue and allow it to be a moody, dramatic space. I know designer paints can stretch budgets a bit but the quality of the colours on the walls really do change a space so do consider these if you are going to paint a wall. I have a west facing room (very cool, grey lighting) in the house here, so we used Mittens by Earthborn and it looks fab! We paired it with a really warm, subtle sophisticated green paper just on one wall - nope the feature wall idea is not out if you echo it throughout the room and it looks as though it belongs) for my 11 yr old as he wanted an "army" bedroom. The Mittens colour really stops it ever feeling gloomy. We put in some great feature lighting from Industville which has a lovely brass lining feature inside the shade which casts a gorgeous light in the evenings and in the day time as the light bounces off the brass colour - and bob's your uncle, a really inviting space. It's all about using the light to your advantage. If you could lighten your sofa's a bit that will really lift the room too - perhaps with throws? I definitely agree with Sonia about sizing up the rug. John Lewis do some fantastic rugs - you may have heard of them. They are Louis de Poortere -mad men rugs. Absolutely fantastic abstract designs that will create a focal point. Nourison do some similar designs you might like. Try and think of a room as a story. Your eyes will be drawn where there is a lot of contrast so in this case- the sofas are the darkest objects so this is what you notice first, which is close to the floor which is grey and will reflect the cooler light so a more neutral warm toned rug (which can still have warm greys and a few of your cushion colours perhaps in it to tie in with the flooring) will really brighten and boost the space without being overpowering. Then this colour in the centre being more subtle will help you notice the cushions and then as Sonia mentioned, adding curtains will warm up and draw your eyes upwards where you want them to be too. Textures add warmth just as much as pattern and colour. Trial and error is usually the best way! Good luck! Hope all this helps!...See MoreCarolina
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