We’ve heard you brighten up a dark room by painting it bright or white. Not necessarily so. This can often highlight the lack of light you’re trying to hide! If a hallway is dark and gets very little natural light, I often paint it a slightly deeper colour than the other spaces in the house. By doing this you are effectively creating a spine and adding depth and structure to your paint palette. We don’t sit in our hallways and read a book and we don’t entertain in them, we pass through them so they can handle being stronger and bolder and provide the balance to the other lighter and airier rooms. If it’s a dark room give it warmth by using muted, soft tones – the end of the day colours, warm blush pinks and tones of claret reds, ochre, soft grey blues that have a hint of umber and muted greens of moss.
