How to Break Up a Large Room
General contractors can help you plan your rooms.
Sometimes a lot of space can open up a many options for your home plans, allowing you to choose just about anything you want without worrying about whether it will fit. However, it can also be a challenge to get everything the way you would like without your room feeling like a gigantic open space. While home remodeling by general contractors can be a method of breaking up the space, there are other options you can try as well.
Use Furniture to Designate Zones
Just because you have one large room doesn’t mean it has to serve all one purpose. In fact, depending on the overall size of the room, this can be a major mistake. To help you designate various areas for different purposes, you can use furniture. For instance, an L-shaped couch can help section off a seating area from other areas of the room. Another option is to place end tables or extra chairs in a position that clearly separates one area from another. Plants also make great dividers.
Consider Anchor Pieces
It may seem like a good idea to fill up the space with a large number of smaller pieces to help break it up and create different uses for various areas. However, this can create a cluttered feel, which isn’t something most homeowners envision when making their home plans. Instead, choose a few larger pieces of furniture that will serve to anchor the room and create an organized look and feel for the room.
If your home plans involve a large room, break it up with furniture.
Get Creative with Your Lighting
The lighting you use in a larger room can have a dramatic effect on how people perceive the room. If your home remodeling project included adding many large windows to enhance the natural lighting in the room, you can use this to your advantage. Using lamps in dark or shadowy corners is a great way to help keep the room bright and cheery; however, you don’t want to overdo the lamps.
Select the Right Paint
You don’t have to paint all the walls the same color just because they are in the same room. In fact, many general contractors recommend painting larger rooms in two-tone schemes to help break up the space. This can be done by installing a chair rail with different colors above and below the rail. Another option is to choose an accent wall in one area of the room and paint it a different color than the rest of the room.
Larger rooms can often be just as much of a challenge as arranging a smaller room. Whether the larger room is the product of recent home remodeling or it’s always been a part of the home plans, it’s important to find ways to break up the room. This will give your space a better sense of purpose and eliminate the cluttered feel many larger rooms often create.
If you’re looking for general contractors to help you manage your home remodeling projects, contact us. Our Connecticut team can help you design the right home plans to meet your needs.
