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Creating Space
 Is
your bedroom too small? Do you wish your family room felt
more intimate? Color has the power to manipulate our sense
of space. Using light hues from one color family will create
an optical illusion of sorts by visually expanding a room.
If a ceiling feels too low, bright white can "raise" your
perception of its height. By taking a cue from clothing designers,
adventuresome homeowners can paint their walls with vertical
stripes also to enhance the sense of height. This technique
can be applied with great success in a play space for children.
 When
the objective is to make a large room feel cozy and intimate,
paint color can again do the trick. Choosing darker shades
for the walls will reign in a large space and a darker shade
on a tall ceiling will "lower" it. If color alone isn't enough
use color to create visual breaks. Divide your wall space
horizontally with a chair rail and paint the upper and lower
portions different colors. Picture moldings are another visual
device. Paint the interior portion a different shade from
the rest of the wall.
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