Paint Away Problems

One way to deal with rooms of an unusual shape is to paint them. Before you start to knock down a wall or make an oddly-shaped room into a storage space, you may find that paint will cover a multitude of problems.

-If the ceilings are low, you can use the same paint for the baseboards and the walls.

-If the room has no windows, try painting it in a light color, using pain that will reflect light. Notice that you are advised to use a light color, so you don't have to use white. A color will give the windowless room more warmth.

-If the room somehow seems short, use a cool color on one wall and a warm color on the rest to create the illusion that the room is longer than it really is.

-If, on the other hand, the room feels long, then do the opposite: paint one wall in a warm color and paint the rest in a cool color. This will make it feel as if one wall is closer to you that it really us and take away from the feeling that the walls are so far from each other.