September 8, 2025
5 Ways to Brighten Rooms With Natural Light
As we get ready to spring our clocks forward, you’ll want to make the most of that extra hour of sunlight! We’ve gathered five easy tweaks that can help make your space look brighter with natural light.
1. Optimize Your Use of Mirrors
Mirrors can help make rooms appear bigger and more spacious. Strategically place a mirror across from a window or door wall. The mirror will reflect the light throughout the room, making it look brighter. Using a large wall mirror will amplify the effect.
2. Use Light, Neutral-Colored Furniture
Replacing dark furniture with neutral-colored furniture is an easy way to help sunlight bounce throughout a room, especially if it’s a smaller room that doesn’t get much light. If you aren’t wanting to replace bigger furniture items, try out a glass or transparent coffee table to create a more airy feel and open up a room.
3. Get a Neutral or Pastel Rug
A white, ivory, yellow, grey, or warmer peach area rug will open up the room, especially if you have darker wood floors or carpet. This will not only add softness and texture to the room, but it will also help natural light flow throughout the space.
4. Don’t Crowd Your Walls With Too Many Pictures
We love a good gallery wall, but they aren’t recommended for rooms that need a little extra light. Use a minimal amount of art or pictures on the walls, so that natural light can bounce off of the walls more easily. When choosing your art pieces, go with more lightly-toned wall art.
5. Deep Clean Your Windows!
This step doesn’t require any spending, just a little elbow grease! Especially after winter, our windows can get quite dirty, which will limit the amount of light that comes through our windows. So get out your rag, bucket, and glass cleaner and give all of your windows a deep cleaning—on the inside and the outside.
Trying out these steps will not only brighten your room, but will also brighten your mood! Natural sunlight increases the release of serotonin in your brain, which is known as the “happy hormone.” Serotonin can also help you feel more focused and calm, so these are great steps to implement in your home office, too. Give them a try!
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