The interiors of your living room indicate your personality and behavioral characteristics. That is why, the interiors should be given a serious thought. The living room of our house is potential enough to reflect our complete lifestyle. The guests also make judgments based on the interiors of our living room. A living room is not only meant to be a welcoming place for the guests, but also a place where the family members can let themselves go loose, and indulge into relaxation at the end of a tiring day. Be it chit chatting over tea, or simply reading a magazine, the living room has it all. Hence, it is very important to decorate your living room smartly and creatively. In India, a number of home owners are opting for the Indo-Western style of decorations.Here are a few tips that will help you to decorate your living room effectively:
- Decorating your living room doesn’t mean overloading it with accessories. A beforehand plan is necessary. Firstly, decide in what proportion you need the Indo-Western blend of the decor accessories. Then, you can move on to the shopping and planning of organizing these accessories.
- Before decorating, make a note of the size and the shape of the living room.
- Use soft colours if the room is small. Bright colours can be used for big living rooms.
- You can paint one side of the wall with a bright colour and the remaining sides with softer shades of the same colour.
- Keep the decorative accessories in places where they will be visible.
- Instead of putting up frames on the walls, you may think of other innovative ideas for decorating the walls.
- We often tend to ignore the curtains of the living room. They have a large piece of contribution in the look of the living room. See to it that the colours of the curtains go hand in hand with the colours of the walls. Contrast colour schemes should be chosen wisely.
- Lighting (direct and indirect) plays an important role. You can have different lighting for ceiling and furniture.
- There should be a sufficient gap between the furniture and the seating arrangement (sofas, etc) of the living room. This is important so that there is enough space for roaming freely.
- Foldable dining set and sofa set can save a lot of space in the living room.
- Have a vase full of flowers in your living room. Remember to replace the dried out flowers with fresh ones. This will give a calming effect to your living room.
- Hanging a wind chime will help adding a soothing effect to your living room.
- To give an Indian blend to the seating arrangement, you can simply place a ‘Diwan’ in your living room. Remember to put pillows or cushions on the diwan.