AN interior designer has revealed the painting mistake Brits need to stop immediately.
So if you have plans to redecorate your home, you’ve come to the right place and will need to take notes.
Tash Bradley, the Director of Interior Design at Lick, has shared why homeowners must wave goodbye to painting their ceilings in Brilliant White.
Instead, Tash exposed her top tips on how to make rooms look bigger and fresher.
Posting online, Tash, who often shares colour advice and inspiration on social media, simply said: “I want you guys to stop painting your ceiling in Brilliant White and here is why.”
Tash then explained: “If you leave your ceiling in Brilliant White, what happens is, the contrast between your wall colour and your ceiling is too strong and you walk into a room and all you do is you notice your ceiling, because you’re always drawn to the lightest part of your room.”
Rather than the ceiling being the focal point, Tash stressed the importance of creating “a soft transition” and having your sofa or your bed as the focus.
As a result, she shared her top advice – and if you’re still desperate for a white ceiling, she recommended: “Go for a complimentary white – so that is a white that has the same undertone as your wall colour.”
For example, if you’ve got a pink bedroom, Tash advised opting for a white paint with a pink undertone for the ceiling, which will “soften the transition” and make the room feel “so much more designed and beautiful.”
As well as this, Tash explained why colour drenching – a design trend where a single colour is used across multiple surfaces in a space, including walls, ceilings, woodwork, and even furniture – is the way forward,
And according to Tash, doing so will “open up” a space in an instant.
The content creator advised: “If you’ve got an irregular ceiling, or an attic bedroom or something like that, you need to colour drench – you need to take that one colour onto everything.”
Following this, the interior guru claimed that painting your ceiling is a “great opportunity to bring in a bolder colour.”
Showing off her son’s playroom, she beamed: “I love neutral colours but I painted our ceiling in the blue and went for the warm white below and this has actually made the room feel taller and bigger and fresher and all those things that I was looking for.”
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Big divide
Tash’s TikTok clip, which was posted under the username @tashbradley_colour, has clearly left many open-mouthed, as it has quickly racked up 51,700 views.
But social media users were left totally divided by her claims – while many were thankful and couldn’t agree more, others weren’t quite on the same page.
One person said: “Say it louder.”
There are situations, houses and schemes where white looks good. It’s an interior design idea not a rule!
TikTok user
Another added: “AMEN to that!!”
But at the same time, not everyone was as keen on Tash’s advice, as someone else wrote: “Personal preference. Your way is nice, but Brilliant White absolutely works.”
Meanwhile, another user penned: “I have to disagree. Certain houses and certain schemes do look good with the ceiling the same colour but there are situations, houses and schemes where white looks good. It’s an interior design idea not a rule!!”
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Colour drenching is also a way to “open up” a space in an instant[/caption]
