How can I make a room look interesting when it has no original features and is just a square room?
This is another common question, and the answer is to create a focal point. I have this issue in my family room which is completely featureless save the patio doors, although it’s long rather than square, and it’s taken me a while to work out what to do.Â
Run long scaffold shelves across one half of the room, from ceiling to floor, and it’s made the room feel so much cosier as the wall is now the focus of the room, keeping the shelves as the backdrop and arranging your furniture in front or you could paint or wallpaper a wall in a different colour to draw the eye. Art will do the job too - a floor to ceiling gallery wall is a feature in itself or one oversized piece will add impact. Mirror has the same function here: choose one big, huge miss or and hang it up in one side of the room, It immediately adds a focal point that makes the room bigger.Â
Don't stop with one but play with different: the mirror from one side, a bookshelf, a console with vases and bottle of different dimension, a vintage armchair. All contribute to create a different focal point, the eye will not get stuck in the middle and your room will be more intriguing.