Windowless bedroom

Make the most of a windowless bedroom with creative and deliberate decorating. Infusing the room with layers of light and reflective surfaces combats a cave-like feel. You can fool the eye (and mind) into forgetting about what's missing with distracting focal points, or instead simply re-create the look of a window.

Is There Any Hope For A Windowless Room? - laurel home fabulous soft bedroom with pale blue gray walls by Christina Murphy and Meg Gabriele via Lonny - Adding mirrors and a mirrored transom as needed light and sparkle to a dark room.

See how to use French doors, white paint, draperies and more to brighten a space and trick the eye

But also, you should probably be looking for a new place.

Have a (basically) windowless bedroom in your motorhome like we do? Here is our solution! One of our biggest wishes in the RV is that there was a giant back window like we see in so many fifth whe…

Sometimes it’s inevitable to have a room without windows, such as a basement, a hallway, a bathroom, or any other room that lacks natural light. While no natural light may be pouring into the room, there are other ways to brighten and decorate a room without windows. A simple illusion is all it takes to […]

When it came to redesigning her teen daughter’s space, blogger and interior stylist Jewel Marlowe‘s work was cut out for her. The cramped area lacked storage and character: Beige walls, dated wall-to-wall carpeting, and mahogany dark furnishings were pretty much all it had. A color-charged makeover was what it needed, especially since there were no windows—or natural light—in this basement room. First things first, the bed had to go.

A bedroom needs to have at least one window in order to be considered as an actual bedroom. But this doesn’t mean there are no properties without windowless bedrooms. People are often given the option to buy or rent a home with a windowless bedroom as this can be due to the room having been converted into a bedroom. In industrial style apartments, for example, you will often find windowless bedrooms that are mostly used as rental accommodation.

No windowless room is doomed to forever be dark. With a bit of careful planning and smart choices, you can make a windowless room brighter with natural light. Or the closest approximation of it.So without further ado, let's take a look at how you can make a dark room brighter.