The living room is the room in the apartment whereall family members gather and invite guests. Therefore, the owners try to place the most beautiful furniture, souvenirs, paintings here, decorate the windows and doors with original curtains. But such details are the final stages in decorating the interior. The starting point in decorating the living room with your own hands is decorating the walls. There are many ways to do this, including combining different types of wallpaper, vinyl stickers, stucco, graffiti, photo wallpaper.
Often, all family members and friends gather in the living room, so the interior should maximally satisfy the needs of residents of all ages.
Wall decoration and stucco decoration of the living room
Graffiti exists as an alternative to vinylstickers. In this case, you need the help of a professional designer. First, you need to make a sketch of the drawing on the walls, and then apply fluorescent paints to it. Not everyone will undertake to do such work on their own. Photo wallpaper will give the room a certain style, and improvisation with various photo images leads to absolutely amazing results.
Image 1.Unusual decor of the ceiling and walls can be done with the help of flexible moldings and cornices, and invisible lighting can be placed under them. Stucco molding looks great both on the walls and on the ceiling. It is usually done in a classic or Victorian style. The material is building plaster, which can be replaced with polyurethane. The decoration of the living room should be done immediately after the renovation of the entire apartment is finished. It takes a certain amount of time to complete the decor, and with limited time it is difficult to focus on the final details of the interior. A large area of the living room allows you to install columns or pilasters. With their help, you can visually reduce the space and divide the room into several zones. A decorative column is usually unloaded. However, if necessary, a plaster column can be reinforced, and a hollow polyurethane column can be placed in a metal cylinder. Sometimes columns are used to hide inconveniently located risers and pipes. The upper part of the column is called the capital, the base is the base, the middle is the trunk. The trunk is decorated with flutes - characteristic decorative grooves. Columns are made in a variety of styles: Corinthian, Ionic, Tuscan, Doric. Decorating the living room gives the room a finished look, and with the help of individual details, you can achieve original optical effects. Decorative elements such as moldings, baseboards, cornices create the appearance of "infinity" and depth of the ceiling. They also help to correct mistakes made during surface repair. With the help of ceiling plinths, you can hide the resulting cracks. The joint lines of ceilings and walls are covered with cornices, and moldings are suitable as borders. Non-standard decor of the ceiling and walls can be done with the help of flexible moldings and cornices, and hidden lighting can be placed under them (image 1). Return to contents</a>
Decorative niches in the interior
Image 2.Recessed shelves in the living room walls are arranged for illumination and decoration with souvenirs. Garlands and medallions made in a technique imitating plant and flower decorations are used as wall decorations. They are fixed above the cornices and in other upper areas of the room. Window and door openings are framed with decorative trims, figured pediments and moldings for panels. The elegance of niches, bookcases, bars is achieved with the help of spectacular finishing with standard sections of arched framing. To give a festive atmosphere, the surface of the walls and doors is decorated with overlay panels. Recesses in the living room walls are used for illumination and installation of souvenirs. Overlay niches are fixed on the wall surface and frames are selected for them. Such an improvised small display case is decorated with bright lighting, shelves, paintings or picturesque figurines (image 2). The central wall will be decorated with a free niche, where you can place a TV, and install a fireplace or decorative built-in shelves below. Arched openings and stucco decoration on the ceiling will suit an oblong and narrow living room. Stained glass windows inserted into interior doors look much more impressive than ordinary glass. Return to contents</a>
Pictures, photos and carpets for the decor of the living room
Image 3.Family photos on the walls of the living room look very picturesque. Often, instead of wallpaper, the walls of the living room are covered with water-dispersion paints. However, this looks rather boring and monotonous, it seems that the renovation in the room is still ongoing. Photo wallpaper or graffiti look more picturesque on the walls. If fluorescent paint for applying a picture turns out to be too expensive for the family budget, then it can be replaced and the picture can be applied with acrylic paint. Reproductions of paintings by modern masters or classics are placed on the walls. But family photos always look much more impressive. For such photos, you need to choose frames in the same style, and place them in a group or as a collage. Image 3. A beautiful carpet is a picturesque addition to. When decorating a living room, you should consider its shape, color and size. A dark room will be enlivened by a carpet in light colors with an attractive pattern. Accordingly, a dark carpet is suitable for a living room with light walls and furniture. To visually enlarge the space in the room, you need to choose a light carpet, but avoid geometric patterns. The beauty of the furniture in the living room can be emphasized with a plain carpet. In this case, it will serve as a background, and the interior items will come to the fore. To set the atmosphere in the living room with the help of a carpet, you need to choose the color of the walls to match the furniture. For example, beige furnishings in the room combined with bright curtains and a carpet will fill the living space with a sense of celebration and joy. A cozy and comfortable living room will be created using pastel colors. A striped carpet and plain curtains will add dynamics. In this case, the color of the stripes on the carpet should match the color scheme in the design of the curtains. Return to contents</a>
Effective and simple ways to decorate the living room
When designing any room, you shouldn'tforget about the elements of living nature, as well as its inanimate component. You can buy several vases made of stone with glass and metal inclusions. Decorative glass and sea pebbles look great in the interior and remind you of a summer vacation.
Image 4.A monotonous living room interior can be enlivened with exotic plants. Rare unusual plants can play an independent role in the decoration of the living room. A tall indoor tree, in addition to its decorative function, can change the idea of the height of the room. Plants hanging from the top of the wall visually slightly reduce the height of the ceilings, so do not use this in a low living room. A cozy atmosphere is created with the help of unpretentious indoor flowers, paintings and cute trinkets. An exotic plant with original leaves can be added as a decor to a discreet living room interior. It is necessary to choose one suitable place for it and not move it unnecessarily. Usually, such flowers cannot be tolerated when they are moved from place to place (image 4). The simplest and most effective way to decorate any room is sofa cushions. They can be purchased in a store or sewn by yourself, but in any case, the color should be in harmony with the color of the walls, curtains, furniture, paintings and other elements. Colors can be contrasting or reflect the shades that reign in the interior. Too calm an environment can be refreshed and the design can be diversified with bright decorative pillows. Mirrors are great for decorating a living room. You can hang old mirrors on the walls, inserting them into new contrasting frames. Such an element should introduce a little chaos into the overall design image, so the finish of the mirrors and their style may not match each other. To escape from the bustle of the city, you can buy an artificial fireplace and decorate it to your taste using pieces of plasterboard left over from the renovation. The fireplace will add a certain zest to the overall decor of the living room and bring a feeling of warmth and coziness to evening gatherings with guests.
