Today we will introduce readers to smartdecorations and useful tricks that will add more dimension and personality. A small living room can feel too heavy and cluttered. After you have furnished it with all the necessary furniture, try to get rid of one or even several of them. Now add some large decorative accents that will visually enlarge the room and make it more harmonious. Cover the walls with darker paint, ignoring the assertion that light colors visually make the room wider and higher. However, when using dark colors, the boundaries of the room disappear, creating the same effect. To counteract the gloomy walls, place light furniture pieces with metallic and reflective surfaces, such as the coffee table and lamp in this room.
Advice:
There are several shades of black,Therefore, before painting the entire room, experiment with one wall, choosing what you like best: cool or warm tones, glossy, matte or velvet-like coatings. If you cannot choose on your own, consult with professionals at your nearest hardware store.
Add additional details.For example, stools and poufs look great in small spaces, as they do not interfere with moving around the room and will never be superfluous when there are a large number of guests.
Advice:
If you can afford to hiredecorators, order unique handmade ottomans. Ask for them to be soft enough to rest your feet on, but sturdy enough to hold a tray with several cups of coffee. And there should be space inside to store a blanket or books. If you prefer to carpet the floors, use durable, quality materials. Make sure the rug does not look more luxurious than the sofa or ottomans.
Featured Wallpaper: A bold pattern on the walls of a small room distracts attention from its size and gives it an interesting personality.
Advice:
This finishing material has come a long wayperfection, so don't skimp on choosing the best wall coverings at the moment. Another original trick is to stick wallpaper with different patterns on adjacent walls of the same room. Moreover, you need to choose patterns and colors that are not complete opposites and do not look ridiculous. In addition, it is best to stick wallpaper close to the ceiling.
Change your furniture style. Try replacing the giant sofa in your living room with a couple of small couches that are easy to move from one place to another. They take up less space and make the interior lighter.
Advice:
If your guest room is capable ofIn principle, only one sofa will fit, when friends come over, collect all the various chairs, stools and poufs you have from around the house, creating a cheerful and relaxed atmosphere.
Decorate the window with an extra seat,which will be a bonus for your living room. If you have a window, you can maximize the window sill and cover it with a soft mattress - even if it is not a bay window. Organize additional storage space under the seat, which will never be superfluous in a small apartment. By the way, the seat should be soft, comfortable and made of high-quality material.
Advice:
It is much more practical to use the built-in onefurniture without backs, which takes up less space than regular pieces. Recently, by the way, poufs and pillows have become especially popular as additional seating.
Hang your curtains from the ceiling.Any curtains, draperies and blinds attached directly to the ceiling visually make the ceiling higher, and cornices located slightly lower draw attention to the drapery, making the room more elegant and cozy.
Advice:
Use vertical stripes to emphasize the height of the space. However, in this case, only a pattern with a wide stripe will give this effect.
Do you have a small apartment or a modest home?a cottage outside the city? And you don’t have a separate bedroom for guests? But at the same time, you often receive friends and relatives within the walls of your own home. You can place them in the main salon, free up the children’s room or your bedroom, and also create pleasant and comfortable conditions for a peaceful sleep and rest. Today we will introduce you to a unique solution to this problem – a “guest room in a box”.
Nautical Bedroom by ColumbineAntiques & Decoration Ltd. Numerous friends and relatives should feel warm and cozy within the walls of your home, so nothing should spoil their stay at your place. Try to allocate a suitable corner in your unusual house for accommodating people. This can be a children's room, a main boudoir or a TV room.
Gorgeous interior by Taylor Shead
Nautical Boudoir by Tom Stringer DesignPartners Before accommodating guests in your own apartment, take care of its cleanliness and impeccable order. This will create a pleasant impression of their stay within the walls of your home.
Original decoration in fusion stylePut bedding and towels for relatives and friends in a separate closet. This way, you can quickly find them if needed. However, make sure that they are located in a place inaccessible to pets and children. Wash the linen once a month to give it freshness and an updated appearance.
Photos by Alison Hodgson If you wish, youYou will be able to buy new textiles, napkins, pillowcases, blankets and duvet covers if the previous sets were ruined by mischievous kids or a cat and dog. Choose a snow-white shade, which is associated with impeccable cleanliness and order. Since there is no extra bedroom in your miniature apartment or cottage, you will have to place these accessories in a closet or on the shelves of creative furniture so that if necessary you can get all the things and create a cozy corner for relaxation and pleasant pastime.
