10 Ways to Lift a White Room With Rainbow Brights

Introducing bright color into your home can seem intimidating if you’ve chosen a palette of pale shades. But rainbow brights really sing against a plain background and can transform an all-white room into something spectacular. Feeling tempted? Take these 10 baby steps to see how simple it can be to bring color into your home. You may find that you love the lift it gives to your space and your mood.

1. Accent with artwork. For flexible color you can switch in and out at your leisure, let your artwork accent your space. Bibliophiles will love this set of Penguin book-cover postcards — which you can buy in boxes of 100 — arranged in a black frame. Their bright covers provide the perfect contrast to an all-white living room.


2. Style a statement nook. Forget feature walls; how about a statement nook? Select an area with defined borders, pick a suitably perky paint shade and get ready to inject some color into your home. This alcove with built-in seat and storage comes to life thanks to eye-catching coral and statement cushion covers.

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3. Try a new hue. If your taste leans to classic styles, look for unexpected places to inject small splashes of color. These hammered-metal lampshades feature brightly painted interiors that glow when lit. Combined with pale-toned Shaker-style kitchen cabinets, they enliven the scheme without overwhelming it.


4. Ease in with pastels. For a soothing sleep space with added interest, try combining classic white bedding and decor with one piece of painted furniture, such as these mint-green drawers. If you’re easing yourself in gently, go for a bright pastel rather than primary colors.


5. Encourage imagination. Give your child a blank canvas to decorate with bright toys and accessories. Keeping everything white blurred the edges of this small bedroom and allows award ribbons and rainbow storage boxes to pop against the plain background.

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6. Master microbrights. Sometimes the smallest details have the biggest impact. This chic, minimalist hallway fails to fade into the background, thanks to that colorful coatrack. (Ideally it would always feature a small, bright anorak, too.)


7. Boost your basics. While it may seem sensible to keep the main components of a room plain so you can introduce color around them, it can be equally effective to choose one standout element that will add instant style. These retro-colored Eames-style chairs take center stage in this all-white kitchen.


8. Take it outside. When adding spring brights to your home, don’t forget to consider your outside space and how you might give it a lift. With a neutral white base used for walls and fencing, mixed with natural but still pale elements (including wood and stone), the fuchsia chairs and vivid wall mosaics in this courtyard garden provide a striking focal point.


9. Shade your shelves. Color-code your bookcase for a rainbow effect that’s totally free. Grouping books with same-colored spines and positioning alternate sets of stacked and standing books creates a surprisingly simple but effective accent in a pared-down scheme.


10. Use color blocking in your bathroom. If you could use a burst of mood-enhancing color in the mornings, consider combining blocks of bright tiles with white porcelain. This bathroom balances vivid turquoise with plain walls and has a softening wooden trim to keep it from feeling sterile. If investing in colorful tiles sounds scarily permanent, go for white tiles and brightly painted walls instead.

Tell us: How do you feel about adding rainbow brights to your own all-white or neutral scheme? Share your thoughts and photos in the Comments.

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