Should I paint the ceiling?

Question

I am going to paint a fairly small bedroom a light brown/tan color,Im wondering if I paint the ceiling too,if it will make the room look smaller.Or is there any suggestions on what colors I should put together in that same color family that will make the room appear bigger?

Answer 1

On the paint strip that your wall color is on, paint the ceiling in the lightest color. It will "open up" your room by blending the walls together.lf you do white, there are significant barriers between brown and white.

To get a feel of what I mean, draw a room on a piece of paper (draw in some furniture if you need to). Color the walls near your brown color and color the ceiling white.
Then draw another room just like that one and color the walls your brown and then a very very very light shade of the brown on the walls.

See how the ceiling and walls blend and appear united and open?

Answer 2

if you paint your ceiling anything than a really light color your room is going to be darker(and make it seem smaller). I would only paint the ceiling if you have plenty of natural lighting or you want your room to seem dark. If you can't stand to have a white ceiling. take a good size sample of the color you plan to paint your wall to your local hardware store they can find a light color (ceiling appropriate) in the same color family as the wall color. In general painting a smaller room in lighter shades makes it appear larger. So I would stay way from medium to darker tan colors (or maybe use those colors on trims molding and etc). Also painting all the walls in room the same color will help make the room look bigger. Remember if you choose to paint your ceiling take the wall color with you, because there are hundreds if not more shades of what ever color tan you are using because tans have so many different undertones, some are more gray, yellow and etc. this could make it hard to pick a color from memory.

And like a previous person mentioned, keep in mind the scale of the furniture. No matter what you paint the walls and ceilings large scale furnishings will still make the room look small and seem crowded. Also try rearranging the furniture a few different ways often times just rearranging can make a huge difference.

Good luck.

Answer 3

I think you should paint the ceiling white, it'll make the room taller. As for making the room bigger horizontally, you should choose furnishings that are also similar to the wall color, if not a hint darker or lighter than the wall color. Make sure the furniture is not massive in size, keep the scale of the room in mind. Here are some colors that might compliment the light brown/tan wall color:

white
black (use it sparingly)
brown
light sky blue
orange (a very modern color. use this for accents such as pillows, vases, artificial flowers)


I hope this helps!

Answer 4

Yes itwill make the room look smaller, I suggest painting the ceiling a flat white.

Answer 5

One interesting idea is to paint your ceiling the light brown and your walls a very light colour, then the colour from the ceiling bounces down and illuminates your walls.

Answer 6

to keep the room from getting too small/confined i suggest painting the ceiling a very light blue. the brain reads it as the sky and very high off the ground and its actually neutral.

Answer 7

Don't paint the ceilings. Keep them white using just basic ceiling paint that you can buy at Wal-Mart.

Answer 8

Nope