How to Design a Welcoming and Comfortable Living Room

The living room is among the most used spaces in a house. It’s where you and your family relax after a long day, it’s perfect for entertaining, and it’s a great way to showcase your personality and design style. If you’re ready to embark on a redesign of your living room, giving it an update so that it feels more current, welcoming, and comfortable, then having a plan is necessary. This will ensure that the design concept flows and is pulled off flawlessly. Here’s a look at some simple yet effective tips to add to your redesign plan.

Use a Warm Colour Palette

Colour plays a big part in how a room feels. Some colour palettes are just known for being more welcoming and comfortable that can work beautifully in a living room. A fresh coat of paint can do wonders for the space, helping to highlight features in the room such as crown moulding, flooring, and even your furniture.

Just be sure that the colour palette you pick still works with the rest of the house, so the living room doesn’t feel disjointed.

Ensure Organisation is Prioritised

It’s really hard to create the perfect space without factoring in the organisation. You want to be sure everything has its proper place so it doesn’t feel cluttered and busy. Storage solutions need to be practical but also work with the design concept. Shelving is one of the most universally pleasing ways to give clutter a home and yet add to the personality of the room. You can install floating shelves or invest in a cabinet.

Experts recommend using the area rug as an anchor in the living room, creating the perfect conversational or seating area.

Use an Area Rug to Add Instant Comfort

For living rooms with hard surface flooring such as wood, laminate, or tile it can leave the room feeling a bit cold. Hard surface flooring is incredibly durable and practical but it doesn’t necessarily bring warmth to the space. This is why area rugs can play such an integral role in home décor. They are much more cost-effective than ripping out flooring and you can play around with creative placement.

Finish Off the Space with Artwork

Here’s a step that too many homeowners either forget about or don’t give enough credit to. Artwork is a wonderful way to give the room personality and ensure it feels unique. It can also help elevate the look making it appear much more sophisticated. Look for artwork that compliments the design concept, theme, and colour palette in the space so that it all flows together. You can look at statues, figurines, paintings, and even wall decals that can be “hung” quickly and mess-free.

Artwork is also one of those things you can swap out relatively easily as your tastes change and trends come and go. There’s no need to change everything in the living room, simply hang new artwork.

Little Changes Can Offer Big Results

As you can see by these tips, sometimes all it takes is a few little changes to get big results. Updating your living room may be easier than you thought.