The living room is perhaps the most important anda popular room in the house. It is in the living room that it is customary to spend long family evenings, celebrate various special events, welcome guests and simply relax after a long day at work. However, in order for this room to be truly comfortable, functional and beautiful, it is necessary to know how to properly in the living room.
The correct arrangement of furniture affects comfort,style, functionality of the room. The correct arrangement of furniture in the living room is a rather difficult task, for the solution of which it is necessary to have certain skills, knowledge, connect all your imagination and sense of style. However, for beginners in this business, modern interior decorators give several useful tips on how to arrange furniture in the living room.
Basis of the basics, the beginning of the beginning
Wondering what the furniture arrangement should beshould be in the living room, it is necessary to first determine what functions this room will perform in the future. This is especially important for owners of standard apartments, where the number of rooms is strictly limited and rarely exceeds three. A clear understanding of the room's purpose will help you figure out what furniture to buy for the living room, how to decorate its floor and walls, and how intense the lighting should be. There are several basic types of living rooms:
The living room-library requires book shelves and several comfortable floor lamps.
You can separate the space of the kitchen and living roomwith the help of a bar counter. But regardless of what additional functions are assigned to the living room, its main tasks are always comfortable rest and communication with friends and loved ones. For this reason, it is necessary to approach the arrangement of seating in the living room with all seriousness. The sofa, armchairs and ottomans should be positioned so that all interlocutors can not only hear each other perfectly, but also see the faces of everyone present in the room. Trying to make your living room as comfortable and functional as possible, you should not overly clutter it with unnecessary furniture and decor. Remember that for a comfortable pastime in the living room there should be enough free space left so that you can freely move around it without fear of hitting or breaking something. In addition, you should not place massive pieces of furniture near the door. This will not only make your room less comfortable, but will also create unnecessary obstacles in the event of a fire or other emergency. Return to contents</a>
Ways of achieving the goal
The first thing you need to do to get it rightto arrange furniture in the living room - this is to carefully measure all the walls of the room with a tape measure. This will allow you to correctly zone the living room, which serves as a bedroom, kitchen or office. In addition, it will help to determine the proportions of the room and place the necessary accents in it. Thus, thanks to small decorating tricks, an overly long room can be turned into an almost square one. And as you know, this is the most comfortable shape for a person. Measuring the room will help you correctly place the existing furniture and determine what size and shape you should buy the missing furnishings.
The bedroom-living room can be divided with the help ofrack shelf. At the same time, you should strictly follow the most important rule for arranging furniture in the living room, namely the proportionality of all elements of the room's interior. In other words, a massive sofa and armchairs will look ridiculous in a small room and will make it too cramped and uncomfortable. A small fragile table will simply get lost in a room with a large area. In addition, all furniture elements should be ideally combined not only in size, but also in style and color. To make it easier to arrange furniture in the living room, you should make a plan of the future interior, which should indicate not only large objects, for example, a table or sofa, but also smaller ones, such as lamps. In addition, all doorways and windows in the room must be present on this plan. In addition, it would be useful to mark the location of all switches and sockets. On the finished model of the room, you should arrange furniture cut out of paper. By moving it, you can determine the most suitable place for this or that piece of furniture and find a suitable place for all the components of the decor, for example, carpets or floor lamps. The comfortable arrangement of each zone in the living room should begin with its central piece of furniture, namely, the dining table in the kitchen, the TV in the recreation area, and the desk in the living room-study. Return to contents</a>
Final touches
Of great importance in creating a cozy andcomfortable environment in the living room has the right lighting of the room. It should never be too little or too much. The light in the living room should be bright enough, but not too intense and blinding.
Living room furniture layout.According to the taste of the living room owner, the general lighting in the room can be either a large chandelier located in the center of the ceiling, or a multitude of spotlights installed in the suspended ceiling. In addition, when arranging the living room, it is very good to use various additional light sources: table lamps, floor lamps or sconces. They should be placed in the appropriate zones, for example, a floor lamp is ideal for a book area, a sconce for a bedroom area, and a table lamp for the working part of the living room. Using individual lamps while reading a book or working with papers is much more convenient than general lighting. This helps to create the necessary cozy atmosphere, and also not to disturb other residents of the apartment. To complete the decoration of the living room, you can hang paintings or posters on the walls. They will help not only make the interior more lively and bright, but will also be a wonderful addition to the overall composition. The same applies to any other decorations, for example, a beautiful wall clock, which will perform not only a decorative, but also a functional task. Return to the table of contents</a>
Little tricks
The lighting in the living room should be sufficient.bright, but not too intense and blinding. In addition, there are several simple but very useful techniques on how to quickly and effortlessly transform any room. Before laying one large carpet or several small rugs on the living room floor, you need to know one important rule, namely: all small pieces of furniture, such as coffee tables or ottomans, should be placed on them completely, and large ones, for example, a wardrobe or sofa, only with their front legs. To properly zone a room, you can use several popular techniques: fence off part of the room using various building materials, put up a beautiful screen, install bookcases or hang a fashionable curtain. When choosing the most suitable option, you should first of all focus on the purpose of the future partition. Trying to correctly arrange furniture in a small living room, you should pay attention to various types of corner furniture: sofas, wardrobes and bedside tables. They will not only help save a considerable amount of space, but will also look less bulky in a small room. To create a feeling of special coziness and hospitality in the living room, furniture should be placed in small groups in each of the separate zones. But placing furniture strictly along the room walls will help, on the contrary, to create a more strict and formal atmosphere in the room.
