You may be tempted to push furniture up against the walls in a long narrow living room to open up the space but the effect will only highlight the shape of the room making it feel longer and narrower.
Long narrow room paint ideas.
If you have a long narrow space paint both end walls the shorter ones a shade or two darker than the other walls so the end walls feel closer to you.
But with some layout tweaks and a few visual tricks up your sleeve you can learn to love your long room.
Nobody wants to feel like they re entertaining in a train carriage or watching tv in a hallway.
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Paint different colors above and below.
Use a darker color on.
Long narrow living rooms or family rooms can be a chore to lay out and decorate not to mention live in.
Here are five ways to lay out a long narrow living room plus some bonus tips on.
As a result the room appears to be more of a square shape.
Painting narrow hallways go with light pale colors for the walls in a long narrow hallway to avoid closing in the space even more and creating a claustrophobic effect that dark colors can do.
Use the same tips and tricks as for painting long rooms see above because the same solutions creating a focal wall using contrasting wall decor.