Attics are pretty high-up rooms, occupying that space between the roof and the ceiling of your home. The attic walls are partly a lower part of the roof. Some attics are furnished rooms and apartments, others are just storage. It can also be small lofts where only the chimney sweep goes. Space is often in short supply and then people look at all kinds of closet ideas for the attic to make sure that all those books, games, and other paraphernalia has a place. Converting an attic will require you to comply with building codes but there are no rules when it comes to knowing how to decorate your attic.
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What will you use your attic for?
I suppose the first thing to consider when decorating your attic is what are you going to use the room for. Apparently, this non-habitable storage space is not meant to be used as a bedroom but most people convert it to that or to a kind of home office. For your attic to be considered habitable, according to building regulations, more than 50% of it must have a ceiling height of 2.2m.
How to decorate with awkward nooks and crannies
Nonetheless, if you have decided to turn your attic into a cozy home office or a small living room, you will want to know how to decorate it as an attic comes with all kinds of awkward nooks and crannies. You will have to do quite a bit of measuring to see what kind of furniture will fit into the space.
One thing that you would not want to ignore is storage space, whatever way you use your attic. You will want to look at a full wall of customized closets and bookcases.
Choosing sufficient lighting
Your attic room may be a little bit gloomy because you did not have the money to include a large window. Also, the sloped ceiling can make your attic space feel a bit claustrophobic. If you are lucky enough to have a small attic window that lets in light, you may even want to decorate the window with rolls of film that sticks to glass and which come in different prints and still allow the sun to come in.
The lighting you select for your attic décor will no doubt blend into the theme of your new hideaway room. Do research as there are many pendant lights that can be adapted to a sloped ceiling.
Your attic may have a bit of natural light, but it is not enough to illuminate your attic so ideally, you want more than one source of light – possibly a trendy pendant and an even trendier directional floor lamp. Nice light is an important décor item in an attic space.
Use paint to make your attic appear larger
Having a fairly dark attic room means you have to be careful how you use paint and color. There are paint shades that can make the room appear larger. You also want to use a paint shade that brightens the room but which also works well with the color scheme you have decided on.
These days there are all kinds of super paints for areas in the home that can become messy, so they are stain-repellent paints, making them easy to wipe away marks. There are even paints that can be printed onto wallpapers and even fabrics, sofas, and curtains.
Maybe you want a sleeper couch with lovely plumped cushions so that you can work, be entertained by a TV set, and then just quietly drop off to sleep. An L-shaped couch can also help with maximizing seating space and offer additional sleeping space.
After the stressful months, we have all had, falling asleep in a comfortable attic room might be all you need. You can gather up friends and family and sit around the TV with bowls of snacks, comfy beanbags and oversized scatter cushions.
The perfect place to take time out
Despite an attic’s unconventional layout, with the right decor, it can still serve as a fresh, dynamic space as a study-cum-living-cum-bedroom space. With some research, you can turn a gloomy, disjointed space with difficult ceilings slant into a light and airy room perfect for taking time out.
