According to David Bromstad of HGTV’s Color Splash, to pick a focal wall to paint a different color, choose the wall with the largest piece of furnature. Paint it your focal color.

David also says if you have a small room, keep all the furnature black and it will actually make the room look larger.

In a bedroom, the obvious place for your feature wall is the wall that the bed is against.

For other rooms, another way to choose the focal wall is to ask yourself “what is the wall that my eye is drawn to first when I walk into the room?”

Does the wall have a fireplace? That’s a good focal wall too.

Photo courtesy of Devine Design
David Bromstead