Wearing, accessorizing and dabbling in red is easy - but are you bold enough to paint an entire room red? Inspired not just by Valentine's Day but also by one of my favorite paintings, "The Red Room (Harmony in Red)," 1908, by Henri Matisse, here are really red rooms that work.
In each of these rooms, the bright red walls are balanced by white accents.
Shown in the Images:
1. Ode to Diana Vreeland: Alex's Red on Red on Red Living Room
2. Red room from JuBella via Inspiration: Red & White Rooms for Valentine's Day
3. "The Red Room (Harmony in Red)," 1908, by Henri Matisse
4. red living room via Lonny
4. Indian-summer bedroom photographed by Dominic Blackmore for Ideal Home
Images: as linked above
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Comments (10)
I am! I painted my living room a bright red-orange color. Here are a few photos: http://www.apartmenttherapy.com/faiths-tomato-i-98164
NOT A FAN OF THE ROSE PATTERN WALL PAPER BUT IT WORKS. IT'S A VERY HIP HOME.
I love love love those last two. Alas between my roomate and my landlord, never gonna happen. :(
Red is my favorite color for a room and has been since I was a teenager. It looks so dramatic, warm, and interesting.
First two look like bordellos.
Someone once told me that red is a panic color. That people react to it by feeling alarmed and extremely alert. I have to say that these rooms make me feel quite claustrophobic for that reason. I would never do a room all in red!
I'm all for using bold colours, and personally love red, but context is key.
I once knew a woman who painted her bedroom bright red. She and her husband had the nastiest divorce I've ever witnessed in my life... How can someone fall asleep in a bright red room? They were probably on-edge and crabby from the moment the paint dried.
The red wallpaper at the head of the bed is fine -- first off, the red is mitigated with pink, and secondly, you don't see it (much) when lying in bed.
Also, I knew people who painted their powder room oxblood red. It always struck me as a very unfortunate and inappropriate colour for a toilet; every time I went in there I couldn't stop thinking about colon cancer and menstruation.
Red is so tricky and without a little brown to toughen up it tends to go completely Chicken Ranch in my opinion. I love the how most of the rooms avoided looking like brothels with strong and/or interesting furnishings.
I had a "tomato soup" color red dining room for years. I really loved it for a long time but recently painted the room white. Red was great but I needed a change.
I have to confess, I don't like red in this big of a context. I love red in small details, little shots of color. But red walls and big pieces of red furniture make me nervous. I just don't find it soothing or attractive at all.