Decorating a living room is a tricky challenge. Overdoing decorations turn a living room into a fancy museum while underplaying the decorations can make it dull sucking out all its charm.
The key is to strike the perfect balance. But how to achieve this feat?
Here are some effective tips that offer solutions and help you decorate your living room:
- Bring the best of brightness and darkness
Instead of going too bright or too dark, fuse both elements and create something that is in the middle. The mix of dark and bright brings depth and gives your living room a dynamic feeling.
- Add some contrasting neutrals
To amplify the welcoming feel created by mixing dark and white, add numerous contrasting neutral elements. Bright colors of wall and dark colored furniture can get a touch of richness by adding some caramel colored carpets or bluish colored hardware.
- Don’t forget the texture
We don’t ‘see’ texture, we ‘feel’ it. Hence we often fail to notice it while decorating the living room. But texture defines comfort of your room. Hence you should experiment with it.
Cotton, wool, stone, metal, glass, and leather are popular textures that allow you to create coziness according to your tastes. If you are on tight budget work on pillows as they offer maximum output.
- Rope in some wood
Wood creates warmth and offers a soothing feel. If you are creating a cozy living room, wood is a must.
There are numerous ways of using wood in living room. Tables, stools, picture frames, panels are common ways of using wood. You can go creative and try something out of the box as well.
- Experiment with upholstery
You will get a complete living room set in matching upholstery easily in the market. It saves times and relieves you from pondering over colors and matching combinations.
But matching upholstery gives your living room a uniform look which doesn’t feel lively. On the contrary, unmatched upholstery looks candid and more personal and creates a welcoming feeling.
- Use Fabric that suits you
Fabrics are a crucial facet of upholstery. People often make the mistake of choosing a fabric based on its look and appeal. A wise move is to choose a fabric that suits your needs and your lifestyle.
If you have babies, avoid light shades as they show wear. The leather is easy to clean but it also prone to scratching. Denim, on the other hand, looks great and is more durable than cotton.
- Color it up!
A living room can look vibrant without using many colors. But there is no harm in using some colors in the living room as they bring positivity and create a charming feeling.
Blue is universally preferred color for the living room as it gels well with other colors. You can try others as per your tastes.
- Get a patterned rug
Patterned rugs reduce the visibility of stains and enhance the aesthetic appeal of your room. Investing in a patterned rug is always advisable.
- Have small moveable chair and stools
Moveable chairs and stools offer liberty and make the living room more comfortable. You can use these stools and chairs as per your comfort and move them without any hassles.
- keep sofas at conversational distances
The rule of ‘The bigger the better’ is not applicable for seating arrangements. To have intimate and cozy discussions and gathering it is mandatory to have a sitting area within conversational distance.
8 feet is considered to be the ideal distance between seats to facilitate fruitful conversation.
11. Don’t be a too perfectionist
The living room is a reflection of our lives and lifestyle. Seeking perfection in its decoration is fine but a little-controlled chaos shouldn’t hurt us. A random item lying around or a miss-matched piece is acceptable.
If you are planning a living room decoration in Charlottesville or Albemarle County VA, feel free to contact Advantage Home Contracting.