Friday, August 7, 2009

White as your backdrop

People use white to make rooms feel larger and it is a good small space trick. I like bold colors in small spaces too. I think what I love most about white walls is how you can use any color as accents and then change it up if you feel like it. White is never going to go out of style and as I get older my eyes appreciate all the light that white provides !

16 comments:

MissBliss said...

these pictures are very appealing to me... very colorful yet uncluttered... lovely!!!

Dicksonska vĂ¥ningen said...

Hi!
I like white on walls because it makes me calm. I don´t get sick and tired when I´ve got alot of white. And I also like white because everything you put into a white room looks good :)

Annika

Anonymous said...

Hey there! I just found your blog--love it! I have a small space blog, too! But, I've sort of fallen off the small space bandwagon and veered into some other topics :-) Stop by sometime! http://urbansardines.wordpress.com/

The Antiques Diva™ said...

It's funny - I've been anti-white-wall-person for some time, that is until about 6 months ago when I moved to Berlin and the walls in our apartment were painted the most gorgeous color of white I'd even seen... suddenly plans for washing the rooms in color were set the side and I'm now living with white as my color-de-jour!

Shalini said...

I think white works really well as a backdrop, especially if you get a bit of warm light, to brighten things up.

Anonymous said...

hi...
i read ur entire blog (actually gone thru the photos). They are all lovely.. yr blog is a great inspiration for the people having small house. Keep posting... :)

PS~Erin said...

It does make a nice backdrop for that awesome wall in the second photo!!

City Living Girl said...

I love the second picture. Art always looks great against a crisp white wall.

Thrifty Stylish Home said...

I love white walls with splashes of colour. It's just such a versatile way of decorating. Great pics!

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Udo Umami said...

white looks so clean! XoxO <3 Udo

Donna Boucher said...

How I love this! You just made me want to paint everything white!!

Kiwifruit-Shiree said...

Hi Lisa,
this is a most inspiring blog, thank you so much!
My husband and I are about to move from quite a spacious roomy house to a smallish cottagey workman house. Goodness knows where we will put everything, but you have certainly given me some very inspiring and interesting ideas to try out! I really like white walls, and colour added with accessories too...

Anonymous said...

That is the best colorful quilt/spread ever! Great pattern and texture as well.

krasne veci said...

Hello, I just found your blog and already I have a question ;)
Is it not obligatory to mention from where you have the photos posted? I suppose not all are yours....i am asking because I've just started blogging but I have lot of beautiful photos downloaded from net,but I did not know that I could post them without mentioning the source. Thanks for any answer. :)

Trina said...

Lisa,

Would you mind telling me where the contemporary platform bed in the "White as Your Backdrop" post came from? I have been looking for a platform bed and I love that one. It looks really expensive though!

Thanks,

Trina

Anonymous said...

Searching for Platform Bed at reasonable prices, then log on to Spacify.com.