Decorating with Red

I do love red but previously my lounge was decorated in a warm earthy red and even though it is a big room with very large patio doors on one wall it made the room look a lot smaller and darker, I have now painted the room cream and stained the doors and skirtings in antique pine it has really brightened it up and made it look twice the size, reds are ok in very large rooms but I think it can be negative rather than cozy on occassions, it all depends on the season aswell in winter during the day it means you need lights on most of the time, in summer you don't benefit so much from all the natural light, red is ok in the right place.

Hi Shazonator,

I totally agree with you on this - and it also have to be the right shade for the room... red is also a very difficult colour to get right and if you have watched LLB on Changing rooms you will see that when he does red he nearly always does a red undercoat of a different tone to the one he intends to get the saturation of colour correct.

But in the right room and in the right proportions red is a lovely rich vibrant colour especially when teamed with gold.

Angela