One thing to keep in mind when choosing dark bedroom furniture is to ensure lighter complementary colors are employed throughout the rest of the room.
Light bedding dark wall.
Dive in with dark painted floors or walnut woods and drown your walls with deep navy blues smokey greys or earthy tones.
In bedrooms where plenty of natural light abounds going dark on the walls is a good way to keep things chic and sophisticated.
Dark gray lends itself to dark rich tones like dark purple dark brown and deep red.
A mirror over the bed is an easy way to bounce light around a small room.
While light colors can help a small room appear bigger they aren t so great at making a dark room feel brighter.
That s because dark colors visually recede fooling the eyes into seeing the walls as further away than they really are.
It seems counterintuitive but if your bedroom is dark white walls are not the best solution.
Though it might seem counterintuitive dark walls when done right can actually make a small room appear larger.
Your eyes will be drawn to the deep rich tones of your main pieces and then drawn out and around to the lighter elements.
The result will be a room that cocoons you.
It s easy enough to prevent these dark tones from feeling oppressive too with the addition of bold hued cushions and throws on the bed like those shown in the examples ahead.