How To…. Design Your Living Room

Easy accessibility

The access to the living room should be hassle free. The movement around it should be carefree. The space planning should be simple and also made easy for specially abled or old age members of the house, if any.

Choose a theme or a color

Select a theme (make it a hyperlink to go to that article) for your living room. It can be warm and cozy, bright and patterned or classy and crisp. Or you can simply choose a base color to play with.

Take a cue from your context

Your surrounding has many hidden messages for you. Bring your outside environment, into the indoor. If you live around a beach, then bring in the sandy smell and cool breeze. In Indian context, you can get a wide range of aesthetics based on where you live geographically. For instance, the royal Rajasthani, the Lucknow nawabi, the vibrant Guajarati and a lot more.

Comfortable seating

Living room is where most interactions of the house takes place. Make sure that the seating is comfortable and easy to maintain. If you have a small living room, you can opt for foldable seating space or seating element that can fit in your extra things. If you have a bigger living room, you can set up more than one sitting areas.

Experiment with coffee table

The coffee table is complementary to the seating. It should be easily accessible from the seating and should be spacious to accommodate magazines, a few mugs of coffee, specs and a vase. It can either be next to the sofa or in the middle of the seating. You can also put up more than one tables.

Play with scale

Use a few disproportionate elements to enhance the look of your living room. But be careful that it doesn’t overpower the entire space. Tread on with caution!

Introduce a focal point

A chandelier or hanging lights or a hanging chair. The presence of such elements can change the entire look of your living room with minimum effort. These can reflect the latest trends or chic classics.

Showcase your collection

Booklovers, show everyone what you have got! Indulge your guests in taking a peak into your personal collection of antiques, miniatures, posters or books.

Know the difference between clutter and collection

This is a very important difference to understand. Don’t stack up things in a messy way, it can totally ruin the way your living room appears. Get rid of anything that’s unnecessary and in excess. After all, as said by Hippocrates, “everything in excess is opposed to nature”.

Installation of electrical points

The electrical points should be installed wherever necessary, so that the wires are not lying around the living room. The switch boards should also be in accordance with the color, theme and ambience of the space. 

Fuss free flooring

The flooring should be easy to clean and slid proof. You may have a wall to wall carpet or an exclusive rug bringing in a lot of attention of the visitors. Wooden flooring is gaining a lot of popularity in today’s times. 

Choosing the right fixtures

Select appropriate fixtures for the living room. The lighting fixtures as well as the add-ons enrich the entire space with minimum effort. Make an elaborate entry to your living room with fixtures like key holder, shoe rack, etc.

A living room is the most public space of a house. Designing it, should bring together the family. So just distribute the work amongst yourselves or lead the way if you are hiring any agency and make your house feel like HOME!