Narrow living room: interior design features
Narrow rooms, unfortunately, are far from uncommon, although they introduce certain limitations when developing a design project. Here, of course, everything depends on how narrow and long the room we have to convert into a living room.
And if for the kitchen this form of room is quite acceptable, then for the living room, of course, it is not particularly successful.
The interior of a narrow living room needs to be created with special care and understanding of space. It’s good when this room is bright enough and filled with air, because it’s quite difficult to transform a long dark corridor into a cozy living room, although even this is possible.
Selection criteria
Sofas in the living room interior are an important detail, so when selecting this piece of furniture it is important to use certain rules. First of all, the corner structure must be made of non-toxic, high-quality materials.
In addition, the corner sofa should be comfortable to sit and relax on.
Quite often, this type of furniture serves several functional purposes at once and is the only sleeping place for household members. When selecting a sofa, it is necessary to pay attention to the reliability of the folding mechanism in order to guarantee the longevity of this furniture element.
Corner sofas include four parts: frame, folding mechanism, upholstery, filling. Let's analyze the specifics of selecting each part.
Design of a long narrow living room: how to save the situation
The best solution for a long, narrow living room may be a functional corner sofa placed in the far corner of the room, next to which there is a round or square table.
In general, when designing a narrow living room, it is better to use less long shapes of objects, for example a wall the entire length of the room. Undoubtedly, it will be very roomy, but at the same time it will make the room even longer and narrower, “killing” it completely.
So the designers have ideas, as well as practical solutions, and everything is not as scary as it might seem at first glance.
A good solution for such a room would be to visually split it into two parts. In one of them you can place a comfortable sofa with a low coffee table, and closer to the middle of the room you can place, for example, a table for board games.
Sometimes it looks especially good to place a TV on the far wall, surrounded by racks or shelves, and you can put a sofa in the middle of the room, but in order to still have room for maneuver, you cannot “block” part of the room.
What criteria do you use to choose a corner sofa?
When purchasing an expensive item, you should approach it according to the “measure seven times” principle. A model chosen in a catalog, and even more so in a showroom, can catch your attention with its style, and then simply not fit in its intended place. Therefore, before purchasing, we strictly set the criteria:
Of course, the folding mechanism also influences the choice of sofa, but it does not correlate with the size of the living room, so we will not consider the range of mechanisms.
Advice. The best mechanism is considered to be the “dolphin”: we take hold of the special loop handle, and with a slight movement of the hand the sofa turns into a spacious double bed.
Design of a narrow living room: choosing the color of decoration and furniture
When you need to hide the unfortunate shape of a room, a good solution is to choose a light-colored design. In such a room, the boundaries of the walls visually move apart and become blurred. This is a good solution for a small space with an imperfect shape.
You can choose, for example, light walls and furniture, but a dark floor: the game of contrasts will benefit you. Or place dark furniture in a completely white room - this will also look good. Even completely light interiors with bright spots of textiles and decor look great.
Varieties
With corner sofas you can easily turn your living room into a comfortable bedroom and vice versa.
This upholstered furniture stands out effectively against the general background with its non-trivial design and unique style.
It clearly occupies the allotted space, saving free space in an already small living room. Decorative pillows made in a wide variety of colors can add individuality to the sofa you choose.
If you want to purchase a corner sofa for your living room, then you will initially need to take into account the following:
Let's take a closer look at each of these options.
Narrow corner living rooms are a good solution for poor room shapes
An ideal design option for a narrow room could be a corner living room. Here the main semantic load falls on one corner, where a massive corner cabinet or rack is installed, and upholstered furniture with a table (or without it) is placed around it.
This is a good option that allows you to direct attention to one corner, thereby visually transforming the space to suit our needs.
It’s good if accents are placed on massive objects - with special lighting or the color of the facades. If everything is done correctly and different design solutions and tricks are used, the room will no longer seem imperfect in its form.
Material
Not only the aesthetics and attractiveness of the furniture, but also its practicality and ease of use depend on what material is used for the upholstery.
Textile upholstery
Upholstered furniture with textile upholstery is most often used in residential settings. The soft and pleasant-to-touch covering makes the sofa comfortable and relaxing.
Most modern models are equipped with upholstery that has been previously treated with special impregnations that can:
Such materials, characterized by increased wear resistance, include artificial suede, flock, flock velor, boucle, chenille, microfiber, Teflon flock, velor, courtesan.
If you have small children or there are often a lot of people in your living room, then we do not recommend choosing a plain fabric for upholstery, because even the smallest stains and abrasions will be clearly visible on it.
An excellent option for you would be a canvas with a convex or pronounced pattern that can easily hide such defects.
Textile models will fit perfectly into laconic modern interiors. For hi-tech or minimalism, upholstery in laconic gray-blue tones, white and black fabrics is suitable.
Simplicity should also be present in lines and shapes: straight backs, armrests, clear corners, possible wood inserts.
A cover with floral motifs will fit beautifully into Provence and country.
For classic and modern solutions, you can safely choose ornate designs with the addition of golden thread. Many of them are equipped with removable covers, providing ease of care and expanding design possibilities.
Leather sofas are not only an interior item, they are a sign of luxury and wealth for the owners of the house. In addition to the aesthetic aspect, they are endowed with many advantages.
Enviable practicality and ease of care is one of the most significant. To remove most stains, simply walk over them with a damp cloth. The service life of such furniture reaches several decades.
Even if natural abrasions appear on the surfaces over time, which will be especially noticeable on dark skin tones, you should not worry too much. Now your sofa has become a shining example of vintage style.
What designers are trying to recreate artificially, you can achieve with normal use. Hypoallergenic and environmentally friendly are another advantage of this choice.
Modern technologies allow you to paint leather in almost any shade, so you can easily choose decent furniture for your own home.
But most of these sofas look quite voluminous and bulky, that is, they will look advantageous in spacious living rooms. They can overload small rooms and make them visually even smaller.
But if you still want to purchase such soft products for a small room, give preference to models that are devoid of excessive pretentiousness and volume.
The color scheme should be chosen lighter. Laconic pastel shades are ideal.
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Folding mechanism and frame
To purchase a reliable, high-quality, long-lasting model of corner furniture, you need to take into account certain nuances.
When purchasing a non-lifting design of corner upholstered furniture, you will become the owner of furniture made from chipboard. Professional stylists consider upholstered furniture made from solid beech to be the ideal option.
For those urban property owners who are planning to purchase a sofa with sliding or folding mechanisms, it is advisable to have information about how to implement it. Currently, manufacturers use various types of mechanisms in the manufacture of upholstered furniture, which have their own advantages and disadvantages:
Kitchen corners
Kitchen corners became popular furniture in the post-Soviet period, but then they were of the same type. Furniture models were limited to a few types. For a small kitchen, compact corner sofas are still indispensable. Their model range has expanded significantly.
Corner structures made of artificial leather are quite practical, they do not get dirty and are easy to clean. You can choose the color of the upholstery. For example, a light beige or white sofa looks elegant and does not seem bulky. An additional advantage is the utility niche, which is often included with kitchen corner sofas.
The kitchen sometimes serves as a mini-living room where the whole family gathers for dinner or lunch. The corner fits perfectly into this concept. Small corner sofas are an ideal solution for small apartments and houses. Thanks to furniture designers and new types of upholstery materials, they have become a beautiful, comfortable element of the interior.
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Selection of filler
The quality of the sofa's filling directly determines the comfort of rest, as well as the duration of its service life.
Professionals consider the main advantage of using a spring block as a furniture filler to be durability, convenience, and reliability of structures. But such fillers also have certain disadvantages.
For example, a spring unit includes a plurality of springs, each located in a separate cell. A sofa with a similar filling is quite soft, so it can be recommended for older people.
Let us note that its reliability and ease of use depend not only on the number of springs available in the design of a corner sofa. There are many other factors, for example, the density of the material, its wear resistance.
For those owners of small apartments who plan to save material resources on purchasing new upholstered furniture, professional interior designers advise choosing models with synthetic filling:
If you plan to purchase corner upholstered furniture for a short period of time, it is quite possible to choose a model with solid filling.
Despite the fact that many manufacturers of upholstered furniture currently choose synthetic materials as fillers, among them there are wear-resistant and reliable types:
Lighting issue
In addition to natural lighting, which was mentioned earlier, you also need to take care of artificial light.
For these purposes, it is best to purchase spotlights. They, as a rule, have an acceptable cost, and in the case of a suspended ceiling, it is impossible to think of a better option.
