Make Your Bedroom Look Bigger With These Neutral Curtain Colors

No one wants a cramped bedroom; tight spaces might be okay for some rooms of the home (like a laundry room, for example), but you want to ensure that your bedroom has enough room for relaxation and respite without feeling like you're living in a closet. While you might not be able to expand the square footage of your room — not without dropping a significant amount of cash, that is — there are ways to make your bedroom look bigger. One of the easiest ways to pull this off is by choosing the perfect curtains for your space. In this case, think about swapping out your current curtains for those with lighter, neutral colors (think ivory, beige, and super soft greens and blues), understanding that there are certain colors that will intrinsically make a space feel larger or smaller.

Simply put, if you're looking to create a sense of more space in your bedroom, you'll want to steer clear of darker colored curtains (navy, dark gray, and black). This is because these colors are so good at blocking out and absorbing light that opting for dark curtains will make your room feel smaller. On the other hand, choosing lighter colored curtains will frame your windows in brighter hues, which are better at reflecting light and will therefore create a brighter and more spacious-appearing room (even though the square footage of the room isn't changing).

Now that the principles behind curtain colors are clear, it's time to define what exact colors to choose for the biggest-looking bedroom. Straight out of the gate, one of the best colors for your curtains is white. Ivory and light beige work well if you don't want to go for true white (which can be rather bland), or if you aren't overly concerned with privacy or light-blocking in the evenings you can choose sheer curtains, which will let through an immense amount of lighting and create an airy feel in your bedroom.

If you are interested in a bigger-feeling bedroom but want the curtains to reflect your personality a bit more, consider light shades of colored curtains. Some colors that work best are light greens, like sea green, soft sage, or seafoam colors, or lighter blues (avoid going too true blue, or you'll risk making the room look like a baby boy's nursery, though). In order to get the biggest effect from your curtain revamping, choose to pair your new drapes with appropriate hanging conventions: hang your curtains high, which is a well-known interior decor hack for making a space feel bigger. If your ceilings aren't very high, no worries — above all you should just make sure to avoid curtain mistakes that are making your room feel smaller. Should you not know what color curtains to commit to, you can purchase a few different shades (from a company that allows you to return opened merchandise); take a day or so to test each of a few different colors, keeping the ones that give the best results and returning the others.