To visually expand the area of the living room, you can use design techniques that, with the help of optical illusions, create the impression of a spacious, sunlit room.
With the right selection and design of the furnishingsa small living room, you can visually increase its size. The correct design of the living room in a small house, the windows of which face north, allows you to visually enlarge the room by combining the play of light, color and its shades. Visual expansion of space is achieved by the correct selection of wallpaper, using reflective mirrors, sources of natural and artificial light. The location and selection of furniture play a major role in the correct organization of space and its visual expansion. Interior items such as curtains also play a role in lighting the room and creating the illusion of space. Correctly selected tulle, roller blinds, curtains can help to push the walls apart. Textiles, with the help of which the stylistic features of the room are combined into a common harmonious picture, are of great importance in solving the design concept. Lighting design expands the space of the room and allows you to equip the living room in a modern style.
Arrangement of artificial lighting
General lighting scheme for the living room.Using artificial lighting in the living room will help create a cozy atmosphere. To do this, two light sources are created in the room where all family members and guests gather: the main and the accent. It is best to separate them and use the accent light in moments of silence and solitude, when you want to relax in a cozy living room from the hustle and bustle and worries, and the upper one - when celebrating family holidays. The main lighting design is used when creating a plasterboard ceiling. Cornice light sources in the form of small bulbs scattered throughout the ceiling space are used as overhead lighting. Such a lighting device for houses makes it possible to get bright, but not blinding the eye, uniform lighting. The system consists of fluorescent lamps with warm light tones. When installing it, the ability to adjust the brightness of the light flux is used. Accent lamps are designed to decorate one section of the room, emphasizing interior elements or illuminating a separate area in the front room. This type of lighting allows you to use accent light sources individually and create multifunctional zones in a small house. They are built into the floor, walls, and furniture. LED lamps or strip systems are actively used, they are economical and practical.
It is perfect for artificial lighting of the living roomwall lamps located under the ceiling will do. In living rooms, complex lighting equipment helps to create fantastic combinations reminiscent of the starry sky, a space filled with sunlight, and other pictures of nature that relax the nervous system of a person tired during the day. The lighting design of the living room should be done by a specialist who has access to such work. He should be able to correctly develop a lighting project, carry out technically competent wiring and connect everything into a circuit so that the elements function without short circuits. Artificial light streams should have a positive effect on the emotional mood of the people present. Return to the table of contents</a>
Increase space with natural light
Maximum use of daylighthas a positive effect on human health. Natural light filling the living room of the house not only affects the visual increase of space, but also the mood, feelings and emotions. In daylight, the living room should be well lit. To achieve this, a large window is made in rooms facing the north. Modern construction technologies allow such luxury. A properly installed frame allows natural light to penetrate in full, but will not let in cold air flows. Curtains in such a room should be light and transparent. If the room is on the first floor, then you can close yourself off from prying eyes with light-colored roller blinds. Blinds help create the impression of light and space in the room. Return to contents</a>The role of the mirror in the design of the living room
A mirror can become the focal point of a living room, giving itcompleteness and individuality. Mirrors placed in the room on the wall, ceiling, create additional volume, creating a fantastic feeling of infinity. The main secret in their location is that they should hang vertically. No distortions are allowed, because the image in them is distorted. Do not install mirrors so that direct sunlight falls on them. Sunbeams, blinding the eyes, create discomfort, and the surface of the mirror becomes dull and covered with spots. To visually increase the space in dark rooms, a mirror is hung opposite the window. There is no sun there and there is nothing to fear. In small rooms on the south side, it is placed above the chest of drawers, behind the lamps. The light of its lamps, reflecting, will create the effect of additional space. By placing a mirror opposite an interesting element in the interior of the room, you can focus the guest's attention on the bright details used in the design of the living room. A huge mirror on the entire wall will be able to push the wall in depth, and a small living room will become much larger and brighter. Return to contents</a>
The art of decorating the walls to visually expand the living room
The easiest way to visually enlargeroom - is to paste the right wallpaper. When choosing wallpaper for a small dark living room, pay attention to light, single-color wallpaper. It is allowed to choose a small floral pattern with plant patterns under chintz. Such wallpaper will significantly increase the overall volume of the room and make it light. The rules for pasting wallpaper to visually expand rooms recommend avoiding horizontal borders, which visually reduce the area of the ceiling. Low ceilings in the room require abandoning floral motifs and purchasing wallpaper with vertical stripes. They have the unique property of visually increasing the length of the walls. Combining wallpaper can also solve the problem with the volume of the room. If the upper part is light, and the lower part is slightly darker, then this visually expands the room. Furniture plays a huge role in the interior of the living room. Correctly selected and arranged furniture contributes not only to the visual expansion of the rooms, but also to the real one. By selecting furniture of standard sizes, the same height, arranging it to a minimum, you can achieve excellent results in the arrangement of a small dark living room.
