Any small and non-standard room is thisdesign problem for the owners, especially if it is a living room, because it is where we spend most of our time. How to achieve a balance between space and comfort? What furniture to choose and how to arrange it correctly? Dear visitors, you will find answers to these questions that excite many in this article.
1. Use win-win laconic tandem - mirrors and wallpaper
In a small room, especially one with small childrenwindows, you can feel constrained and uncomfortable. Create additional natural lighting with the help of dim wallpaper and a mirror. If it is possible to place it opposite the window, then this option is simply ideal. Reflected light will disperse throughout the space, and the living landscape will create the effect of the presence of nature.
Furniture arrangement
Place the two-seater sofa togetheroriginal bedside tables, to the wall where the mirror hangs. A wicker ottoman will complete the ensemble, which can act as a comfortable pouf or a tea table. If space allows, you can add a couple of chairs to the decor or place two compact ottomans opposite each other.
2. Enter an additional "secret" locker
Add a side table or ottoman with hidden storage to your living room instead of a coffee table, as shown in this photo.
3. Buy miniature furniture
There are not only bulky headsets, but alsosmaller variations of them, which are not so easy to find today. Expand your search to antique shops - that's where you'll find wonderful furniture that doesn't take up much space. It was half a century ago that the compact apartments we want to renovate today were built. Look for everything that can fit into your little room.
Furniture arrangement
A two-seater sofa is installed opposite the bay window withminiature tables on the sides. A pair of armchairs, made in the spirit of Louis XVI, are placed opposite the sofa. An original ottoman in the form of a suitcase was compactly placed between them. The elegant sofa, which was not there by chance, gives the whole setting a refined elegance. As decoration, they used laconically combined antique recamier and modern landscapes.
4. Look up
If your apartment has high ceilings,then in a small living room it's high time to take advantage of such an enviable advantage. Fill the walls to the full height with paintings. This trick and creative setting will visually unload the space and distract from the small living area.
5. Take a closer look at the corners.
As paradoxical as it may sound, buta small corner in the room can accommodate large, comfortable furniture, thereby solving the problem of accommodating numerous guests while leaving plenty of room to maneuver.
Furniture placement
A large sectional sofa, a cozy table and a pair of leather folding stools make up the seating area, which seats eight.
6. Do not pass by narrow sofas.
In some living rooms the furniture is standardsizes looks bulky and out of place. Therefore, look for their miniature counterparts with simple streamlined shapes and necessarily on decorative legs. They will add lightness to the entire setting.
Furniture placement
A small sofa is placed in the middle of the room opposite the media center. A small armchair and a chic ottoman, which can be used as a table and as a pouf, complete the interior composition.
7. Ottoman is appropriate in any interior.
It is not necessary to put the sofa against the wall, it can bemove it to the middle of the room. But if it is too large, you will only overload the furnishings. Then in this case, pay attention to the ottoman. A comfortable sofa without a back can be used from both sides and be a connecting link between different functional areas.
8. Revive the interior with vegetation
Like wallpaper and mirrors, houseplants add depth and volume to a room. You can’t think of a better place for flowers behind furniture and in corners. Here they create the illusion of a large space.
Furniture arrangement
A backless sofa was placed in the middle of the room. Two comfortable armchairs were placed near the window. And between them there was a miniature table that could be used as a chair.
9. Purchase universal furniture
In a small living room, each piece of furniture should perform several functions. For example, a stylish ottoman or transformable coffee tables.
Furniture arrangement
In this room, they cleverly selected an impeccable minimalist sofa, installed against the main wall, and large poufs, which, if desired, can be tables and comfortable places to relax.
10. Properly organize storage space.
Instead of hanging a lot of things on the wallsshelves or place bulky chests of drawers in the corners, it is better to order one large wall cabinet instead, which will accommodate both books and a TV, and hide things from prying eyes, perhaps it will even hide a pull-out table.
11. Minimize furniture
There are many variations of folding chairs andstools that can be stored in a closet or under a bed. They leave room for movement and can easily be transformed when a noisy group comes to visit.
12. Look at your room from a different angle.
In this bedroom, which is alsoliving room, they abandoned traditional sofas and arranged a comfortable place to relax on the windowsill. They accentuated it with soft pillows and a small table.
13. Do not dwell on the traditional sofa.
Who said he had to be anyway?necessarily in the living room? You can organize a place to relax with a couple of armchairs placed around a coffee table, which can also be a comfortable pouf.
14. Use invisible furniture.
Today, transparent glass and plastic tables have become fashionable. They are ideal for small rooms, as they do not visually take up space and give a feeling of lightness.
15. Feel free to have chairs in front of the hearth.
A couple of small, elegant stools placed right in front of the fireplace will not only add useful space, but will also ennoble this area, bringing coziness to it.
