3 Easy Ways To Revolutionize Your Living Room
The living room of your humble abode should be the heart of your home. This is the place that you sit down with your brood to watch a movie, the place where you can relax with a book, or the space where you share laughs and jokes with friends over coffee. All too often we move into our pads to never really consider the integral decor of our living spaces. We think that the paint job looks ok and wheel in the furniture that we’ve had for decades. Occasionally, we might want to change up the decor of our main living spaces to make it exude our personalities a little more. Take a look at these three easy ways to revolutionize your living room.
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Focal Point
Sometimes living spaces can look a little bland. If you have a modern new build, the chances are that your room looks like a box. You might not have any cornicing or even a fireplace. Put these features back into your living space to add interest for the eyes. A fireplace can be a perfect central focal point for any room. Consider whipping in a cosy woodburner. With some exposed brick and a wallpapered chimney breast alongside a slate hearth, you can revolutionize the look of your living space. If you prefer a sleeker and more modern feel, a kooky Danish coffee table complete with a tiled homage to the mid century could be more up your street. Adding quirkiness to any living room makes it more bespoke to you.
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Color Scheme
The chances are that you entered your home with a white or magnolia living room. This is the perfect blank canvas on which to express your design personality. If you love the white walls because it bounces light across your living space, leave it, but consider hiring painters to create a cool feature wall. You could add a splash of damson purple, crimson red, or russet gold. Alternatively, if you are bolder with your colors, you can show off your creativity with your furnishings. Geometric patterned throws, fleecy cushions and floral drapes can all add interest to a room. While white walls are great, emulating this in your furniture could lead to a clinical and stark looking living space.
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Flooring
Some people adore carpet. The thick pile beneath your feet can be cosy and warming in the depths of winter. Carpet can be a gorgeous tartan plaid or a more demure oatmeal or biscuit shade. Carpet is universally accepted as a great insulator for chillier houses. If you don’t fancy a carpeted living room and you live in a period property, you might be able to rescue your original oak floorboards. With a clean and a varnish, they can make the ideal flooring. Even a modern property can get in on the floorboard action with engineered laminate that looks just like the real thing.
Home decor is moving away from following the trends that grace the covers of interiors magazines. Nowadays, the best decor is the more individual, creative and personalized color schemes, furniture and furnishings combinations. Follow this guide and revolutionize your living room.
