Living room of a modern apartmentis a multifunctional room where not only the whole family gathers for rest or holidays, but also receives guests. Often, it is the living room that is the place where there is a cozy corner for handicrafts or home work. During the day, children play here, and if the area is large enough, a cozy dining area is equipped. In order for the room to become truly comfortable and stylish, it is necessary to carry out the renovation of the living room in full compliance with the basic rules and requirements. Attention should be paid to the choice of decoration and color scheme; if the room is small, you can use a variety of techniques to visually increase the space.
When renovating a living room, you should pay special attention to the ceiling and floor.
Wall decoration in the living room
When deciding how to make repairs, attention is necessarypay attention to the walls, they will be the basis of the interior. It is necessary to remove the old coating, inspect the general condition of the walls, level them or seal the cracks. Then the base is prepared for decorative finishing, you can use various options. Increasingly today, plasterboard is used to level and prepare the wall surface. The wall turns out to be even and smooth, if necessary, it is immediately insulated. Engineering communications are easily carried out behind the plasterboard sheets. A modern living room today is finished with various materials, wallpaper can be glued to plasterboard, decorative plaster can be used. Return to contents</a>
Floor and ceiling: finishing rules
Stretch ceiling installation diagram. When renovating a living room, attention should be paid to the ceiling and floor. The following options can be used for ceilings:
The living room is a room with a high traffic volumewhich is quite large, so the floor repair should also be taken seriously. Leveling and insulation are required here. Usually a concrete screed is made, after which laminate, solid board, parquet can be laid on the surface. Carpet or linoleum are used as relatively inexpensive coverings, they do not require additional methods of surface insulation. A special underlay is required for laminate, which will not only insulate the surface of the concrete screed, but also extend the service life of the material, make the covering soundproof. Return to contents</a>
How to choose a color scheme?
Selecting a color scheme for the living room.If the living room is small, then the color scheme for the decoration must be chosen carefully. Light shades are great for such rooms, for example, gray-blue, light green, pearl gray. It is better not to use pure white for this room, prefer beige, pinkish, pale blue instead. For a large room, you can choose any color scheme, it is allowed to use saturated dark shades. Pastel colors are great for the living room. They will give the room a ceremonial look after the renovation. It is important that the color scheme matches the purpose of the room, matches the rest of the rooms in the apartment or house. Finishing materials should be selected based on what kind of furniture will be used, what is the level of natural light, the general style of the apartment. Return to contents</a>
Visual receptions for the living room
If the living room has smallIf the room has any layout defects (too elongated, poorly lit, has inconvenient niches), then during the renovation you can use visual techniques that increase or decrease the space. For example, when choosing wall decoration in a room with low ceilings, it is best to prefer coverings with vertical stripes. This will visually raise the height of the ceiling, but the overall volume will be slightly reduced. When the ceilings are too high, it is necessary to select a finish with horizontal stripes. This will eliminate the disproportion, make the room visually wider and more comfortable. If you need to increase the space, then you can use wallpaper with large patterns and designs for a blank wall. To increase the volume of the room, you can use plain light wallpaper or coverings with an inconspicuous small pattern for one of the walls, preferably the one farthest from the front door. If the interior requires the ceiling to seem more massive, then checkered wallpaper is used for the walls. This will give the decoration and the room the necessary features, but visually the volume of the living room will be slightly reduced. Diamonds instead of a cage will make the room look bigger, but when choosing this option, you need to pay attention to the careful selection of colors. These are not all the visual effects that can be used. Curtains and lamps can be used as additional elements. But this is no longer about repairs, but about interior work. Repairs in the living room are an exciting process that must be treated carefully. This applies not only to the choice of materials for repairs, but also to the competent construction of works, compliance with the sequence of technological processes.
