Decorating a Living Room
The living room is one of the most important rooms in a home. This makes both practicality and aesthetics important. A lot of time is spent in the living room so it needs to fit in with your lifestyle. It is a room for relaxation and watching television, and you may even eat in there. The amount of time spent in a living room also makes it important that it looks right.
Furniture
How furniture fits in the living room is important. You might want a corner sofa, for example, but if it doesn’t fit in with the shape of the room it will not work. The size of the room is important in deciding exactly what you want to do with it. You don’t want a lot of furniture in a particularly small room, but if you have little furniture in a large room it will have an empty feeling.
The colour and style of your furniture needs to go well with the colour and style of the rest of the room, for example with the colour of the walls. Different parts of the furnishings also need to go well with each other. The placement of all furniture needs to be thought about.
The Walls
Firstly, you have to decide whether you want wallpaper or just want the bare walls painted. If you opt for wallpaper you have to choose the style you want. Do you want a distinctive style or just a plain one, possible with the wallpaper painted over? Whether you use wallpaper or not, the colour of the walls need to be carefully considered. The colour of the walls is possibly the most important factor in giving a room the feel you want.
Windows
There are three main types of window coverings to consider; curtains, blinds or window shutters. Once you’ve decided which one to opt for, the colour of them also needs to be chosen. It is important this goes well with the rest of the room, especially the colour of the walls. You may decide that the window frames and window seals need to be painted to fit the style of the living room, or you might even want to alter the style of the windows themselves.
Flooring
Depending on the home, there are different options with the flooring. The three main choices are between tiles, wood and carpet. With tiles you need to think about whether they work, as they don’t suit all homes. With wood you need to choose between the different types of wooden floors that are available. There are many possible styles if choosing carpet with even more possible choices of colour.
Other Factors
Every living room needs to have adequate seating, not just for those living in the home but for visitors as well.
In many homes the dining room is incorporated into the living room. Where this is the case how the whole space fits together needs to be thought about; it becomes even more important to use the space well. You might want the dining area and the living area to be distinctly separate.
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