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Ideal Home
Ideal Home
Sara Hesikova

These 6 clever colour combinations will make any room in your home look bigger, brighter and more stylish

A bedroom with a half-height green wall panelling, white-painted walls and a blue artwork.

I would love for every room in my home to be large, bright and airy – as I’m sure you would too. Sadly, that is simply not the case, and UK homes in particular tend to come with rooms that are on the smaller side, some of which also don’t get a whole lot of light. Luckily, colour is a very effective tool to remedy that, as long as you choose your colour scheme wisely and opt for colour combinations that make a room look bigger rather than the opposite.

While choosing the right main colour for your space is very important, going for the best colour combinations that pull the room together and create a harmonious and enlarging effect is just as key. You can do this with the help of paint ideas - combining two different colours on your walls, or by choosing furniture and accessories in complementary colours to your wall shade.

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