Zoning Interior Spaces with Colour  

New build living in an open-plan area means that we eat, cook, relax and entertain in the same physical space. Often in older homes, we are knocking walls that divide the separate kitchen, dining, and sitting rooms to make them flow into one big space. So how can we make these rooms within a room operate visually and practically, the answer is through zoning?


Dulux Colour Zoning interior spaces

Top tips for Zoning Interior spaces

1.      Rugs are a great way to zone a space

2.      Use different flooring options

3.      Clever placement of furniture to divide spaces

4.      The use of different lighting

5.      The use of Colour

We are going to especially look at zoning a space with the use of colour and where can we do this.

Where can you Zone spaces using colour?

Zone an Open Plan Kitchen, Living & Dining Space

Zoning a space with colour is a clever way to identify separate areas particularly in an open plan room that may have three spaces that have multiple roles such as a kitchen, dining and living space. Placing a deep colour on the ceiling which is considered the fifth wall is a great way to give a dining space identity. Differentiate the kitchen through the use of dark colours on the kitchen units, the same colour could be carried through to anchor a wall or a built-in TV unit in the living space or could be the colour of the sofa. This can be carried through to the dining room space to by highlight the same colours carried through from the kitchen units to the dining room chairs.


Zone a Kid’s Bedroom for homework & play

When a space needs to serve two purposes, such as the child’s bedroom, homework and play zone, splitting the space with different colours is a clever solution. Bright Skies is just the right colour for inspiring focus and concentration while using a muted mustard is perfect for play. A dividing line in vibrant colour adds an additional highlight between the two spaces.


Zoning with Dulux Colour - open plan office, kitchen living area
Colour in Image above: Pressed Petal

Zone Other Rooms - Link Rooms with Colour

If there’s a partial division between adjoining rooms, paint can help connect the two areas together. Here, a circle of Bright Skies echoes the colour of the walls beyond and draws the airy feeling of the sky from the office into the hallway.

  

Zone a Dedicated Home Office

If you’re working from home and don’t have the luxury of a home office, you can still create a dedicated workspace in your bedroom or living room by choosing a contrasting wall colour to zone your work corner which can mentally separate a multi-functional room. The beauty of this technique is that you can create a study zone as small or as large as you please.



Zoning a bedroom with colour Dulux
Colours used in the above image: Golden Cookie, Bright Skies, Lemon Jester

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