How To Decorate Your Living Room

In the home, the living area , or the receiving room , is one of the busiest rooms . It's also the room guests initially see and form a lasting impression about the home. Hence, the living area should be well- decorated , well-laid out and inviting to guests and family members. It should project a homey, comfortable yet elegant image. The Greeks were inspired by lofty ideals of beauty. And these same ideals can be imitated and applied to create and decorate an elegant home, an elegant living area in particular. With a combination of imagination, good taste, statues and lamps, any living area can be transformed into one that exudes elegance and cosiness at the same time.

There are several ways you can decorate your living area to create an inviting place and cause a lasting impression to your guests:

REARRANGING FURNITURE. Your lifestyle or taste determines what the focal point of your living area is. If you have a fireplace, you can arrange your furniture around it. Or if you have a piano, and this is the focal point of your living area, your furniture could be set around it.

When rearranging your furniture, also consider traffic in your living area. Does the arrangement of your furniture allow free movement and flow? Does it give an uncluttered look?

It is always good to arrange furniture in off-square angles. This makes the room warmer and more casual. And instead of placing large sofas directly against the wall, why not place it a foot or so away from the wall and put a lamp or plant behind it instead?

COLOURS TO CREATE WARMTH. Colours have psychological effects on people and their moods. When applied in your living area, colours can intimidate, invite or irritate. Decorating using colours is also an inexpensive way of decorating because it only involves painting or papering walls.

You want your living area to be warm and inviting, and one of the warmest and most relaxing colours is green. Green has several shades and it's one of the most flexible colours around. But whatever colour you pick for the colour of your walls, make your carpets and furniture coordinated.

MIRRORS FOR SPACE AND DEPTH . Create space and depth for your small living area by positioning a mirror on a wall. Your mirror should reflect something pleasing to the eyes. If you have more wall space, try adding small painting on either side of the mirror.