How to make your north facing room light and airy

These are my top ways to achieve a light and airy north facing room from someone who has done all the research for you.

North facing rooms seem difficult to design, but they are just like any other room in a house. Once you know the basics of how to design for the cold and dark north facing light, it will make the process of designing your room easier and stress free.

Picking your paint colour/wall paper

One of the most essential ways to make a north facing room feel warmer and brighter is by painting the room with warm undertones. The same thing applies for when picking wallpaper for your room. This will help to make the room feel more welcoming and bright.

The following list are some popular white paints that are known to be good in north facing rooms.

1.      Cliff walk by Dulux.

2.      White Dove by Benjamin Moore

3.      White Veil by Behr

4.      Simple white by Benjamin Moore

5.      Zurich White by Sherwin Williams

It is so important to have the walls not only show your personallity but suit the natural lighting coming into the room. Even though there are different shades in a spectrum some are light and some are cool so always pick the warmest under tones for a north facing room.

Furnishing a north facing room

When it comes to furnishing a north facing room pick light colours, light wood tones or muted pail colours. These will help your space to not feel dark. Try and avoid using any dark furniture that could make your space feel darker than the room already naturally is.

Mirrors are a fantastic way to create more light in a north facing room. Mirrors also help to give the illusion that the room is bigger and more spacious.

What plants work best in a north facing room?

Plants can make a north facing room feel more connected to the outside. Plants also help your wellbeing and mental health as they help to improve your mood.

These are the best plants that will survive your north facing room to help make you and the room feel happy.

Silver lady fern can survive a north facing room because it likes the shade and prefers not to be indirect sunlight. This is why it is such a good plant for north facing rooms. But does require you to make sure the soil is constantly damp. As it is a very thirsty plant.

ZZ Plant is also a good plant for north facing rooms as it doesnt require lots of sunlight and also doesnt need loads of water, only water when the top few inches of soil are dry. The disadvantages of a ZZ plant is that every part of it is piousness and can have serious side effects. So keep away from young children and pets.

There are lots of plants that can handle being in a north facing room you can find lots of articles on what plants work best for a north facing room.

I hope you found this helpful and give you some guidence for when designing your north facing room. GOOD LUCK !!