Modern living room design is a rich arsenal of techniques for decorating the public area of a house or apartment, intended for receiving guests, holding family celebrations, gathering and relaxing for all household members.
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To create the living room of your dreams, it is important to use it wisely, choose the right style and realize the idea with the help of a professional designer.
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The living room is, first of all, a front room, the face of your home, forming the image of the family in the eyes of visitors. But for household members it also has an intimate character. It is here, in the heart of the house, that intimate conversations are held, intimate secrets are confided and important decisions are made at the family council.
Design features
Designers highlight several interesting nuances and design subtleties that need to be taken into account in the interior:
- When creating a future living room project, you should decide in advance on the semantic center of the room. For example, for those who prefer to spend the evening watching TV, the main elements will be a home theater and a sofa with armchairs.
- No less important is the competent organization of lighting, which affects the atmosphere in the room. Large windows in a private house provide sufficient natural light. If installing panoramic window openings is not possible, you need to equip the room with additional lighting sources.
Planning and zoning
For a living room, a square-shaped room with the same length and width is best suited. A room of this configuration allows you to highlight functional areas using any partitions. For a hall in a private house, an area of 50 m2 would be ideal. You should think in advance about how many window openings will be located in the room. To provide good natural light, the living room should have two or three windows.
The photo shows the zoning of the bar counter in the combined living room.
In the interior of a large living room, you can perform zoning and select several separate areas. Functional segments are purely individual, depending on the specific preferences of the family. However, there are universal areas in the form of a place for watching TV, a fireplace and a fireplace, as well as a corner suitable for relaxing or reading.
The most common is zoning, which does not require complex redevelopment and major repairs. You can highlight areas through contrasting colors, light, finishing materials, decorative walls, arches, mobile screens, furniture items, or different ceiling or floor levels. For example, in the interior of a hall combined with a kitchen, the working segment for cooking is placed on a podium or separated by a bar counter, shelving, sofa, dining table or glass partition.
An excellent solution would be to delimit the space with lighting; the recreation area can be equipped with devices with a dim light flux, and more intense and powerful light sources can be installed in another part of the room.
The photo shows the layout of a small living room with a bay window in the interior of a private house.
How to choose a room color palette
The choice of colors depends on your preferences, the natural light in the room and the chosen style. Thus, the Scandinavian style is characterized by light colors, while the loft style is characterized by dark colors.
The color basis of the interior is set by the largest objects in the room - walls, floor, sofa, set. You can choose two similar shades (lighter and darker). Then 2-3 additional shades are selected that combine with the main color or, conversely, contrast with it.
Effect of natural light
If the living room does not face the sunny side, it makes sense to choose warm, light shades in the interior design. Visually they will illuminate the room. Conversely, cool color combinations are well suited for south-facing rooms.
Consider artificial lighting options - chandeliers, sconces, floor lamps, spotlights or LED strips. The number of lamps and their location depends on the functional areas.
Neutral colors
Neutrals are calm, muted colors in grey, beige or brown tones. These shades give the room a cozy feel. Bright accents can be added by accessories - photographs, posters, table lamps, etc.
Cool tones
Cool shades are more suitable for living rooms with good natural light. These shades include blue, gray, silver, blue. Cool tones give a feeling of vigor and saturate with vitality.
Warm colors
Warm colors include gold, yellow, orange, red, beige and other colors. Such colors calm and awaken positive emotions. To decorate your living room, you can choose one main warm color and 2-3 additional shades that go with it.
Finish options
The walls in the living room are covered with inexpensive paper, luxurious vinyl, expensive textiles or comfortable wallpaper for painting.
In a hall in a country house, it is appropriate to use wooden and plastic wall panels. Materials with a leather, fabric or mirror surface are also suitable. Stone masonry is quite popular in decorating the living room. Natural rocks, porcelain stoneware or tiles with imitation stone are used. Panels made of bamboo and reed or cork are used as original and exotic cladding.
You can achieve a beautiful relief texture using decorative plaster. Thanks to this finishing material, homogeneous drawings or subject illustrations are created on the walls, giving the atmosphere extravagance and uniqueness.
The photo shows a white suspended ceiling with beams and walls decorated with decorative bricks in the design of a living room in a private house.
To create a neat and stylish design for a living room in a private house, the floor is covered with natural wood parquet. A no less aesthetic surface is represented by laminate with imitation of valuable wood species.
The heated floor is tiled. Carpet will help add warmth, comfort to a room and increase the level of sound insulation. Cork and self-leveling coating will look unusual on the floor.
The photo shows a guest room with a marbled ceramic tile floor.
A variety of tension systems fit perfectly into any style of living room in a private home. Since cottages in most cases have high ceilings, there are a huge number of opportunities for creating an intricate multi-level design.
The ceiling in the house is sheathed with plasterboard, glossy PVC film or fabric with photo printing is used as finishing, and the ceiling plane is also decorated with stucco or painting.
A harmonious addition to the country style will be decorative or real wooden beams, which in color and texture will echo other interior items made from natural materials.
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- Gothic style.
Aged or artificial stone or wood with a textured pattern is used as flooring. The walls are lined with imitation stone masonry, which is complemented by inserts of wood and silk wallpaper. The windows are wooden with stained glass painting. Tones: black, brown, dark red, yellow and blue, white.
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- Eclecticism.
Multi-level ceilings with spotlights. Stucco molding on walls and ceilings. The floor is made of wood with a variegated texture.
Living room arrangement
Several real examples of arrangement.
Choosing furniture for a living room in a country house
In the interior of the hall, the central elements are a fireplace or a TV. Depending on their location, other objects are placed in the room. The sofa for the living room is selected taking into account the aesthetic qualities and style of the room. The size of the model must correspond to the number of people living in the house. A spacious living room can be complemented with a corner model with a pouf or a furniture set with two sofas.
A sofa structure equipped with a minibar is suitable for a guest room. Laconic chairs on thin metal legs will look beautiful.
A regular or multifunctional folding table is installed next to the upholstered furniture set. The construction material must be combined with the style of the surrounding interior of the house.
The photo shows a living room in a Mediterranean-style house, decorated with wicker upholstered furniture.
The living room is equipped with different storage systems, the selection of which takes into account the number of things and the overall design concept. Modern interiors are equipped with compact shelving and built-in wardrobes with good spaciousness.
Taking into account the lighting of the room
In the hall of a country house, general lighting and local light sources are installed in the form of small wall sconces, floor lamps or table lamps.
A large room can be decorated with an elegant chandelier, and the fireplace area can be emphasized with symmetrical sconces or a floor lamp with a subdued light output.
For design, the choice of lighting fixtures of a simple and lightweight form is encouraged. In a modern living room in the house, original chandeliers in an industrial style or lamps with adjustable lighting levels and colors would be appropriate.
The photo shows the lighting design of a spacious living room in the interior of a country house.
In a private home, reception with a second light is considered very relevant. An open room with the maximum amount of natural light looks much more spacious and airy.
Selecting accessories and decor for the living room
The interior of the living room is decorated with designer decorative items that attract attention. The room in the house can be decorated with large floor vases, figurines or original wall clocks.
It would be appropriate to place candles, live plants or flowers on the shelves, and decorate the walls with paintings, photographs, posters and mirrors in a wide variety of frames.
Curtains and textiles
For the hall in the house, textile elements are selected from natural linen, cotton, silk, dusted velvet and denim materials. Floral patterns are very common and fit especially harmoniously into the interior of a wooden house.
Velor, tweed, velvet or soft wool upholstery is suitable for the sofa. It is relevant to use plain textiles in gray, brown or beige tones. A combination of dissimilar materials in one color palette is encouraged. For example, a sofa can be decorated with pillows and a blanket of the same color, but with a different texture.
The photo shows a living room in a house with panoramic windows decorated with white translucent curtains.
Using textiles, original design experiments are realized. Dark fabrics are combined with delicate and neat pastel patterns, and plain textiles are combined with bright geometric prints. It is appropriate to complement Scandinavian style, rustic country or chalet with fur or its high-quality imitation. The skins will look great on the floor, in the design of a sofa, armchairs or chairs.
Choosing furniture
The main interior detail, without which no living room can do, is the sofa. His choice must be approached with all seriousness. It is important that it matches the style of the decor as a whole, has a beautiful appearance, is comfortable and stylish.
When choosing a model, you need to take into account the size of the room and the number of people who will use it. The best option would be a three-seater sofa.
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Since stains form on upholstered furniture quite quickly, it is better to opt for products that have removable covers. Dark or colorful upholstery fabric is considered the most practical.
But, if at first sight you are captivated by a sofa in light shades, you should not refuse it. Today, manufacturers offer many high-quality products for cleaning sofa upholstery.
If we talk about resistance to wear, then leather is the most resistant to wear. Also, when choosing a sofa, you need to take into account the possibility of transformation.
In addition to the sofa, the living room contains several armchairs, a coffee table, poufs, and in the living room-kitchen version there is also a dining group.
Hall design ideas
The main decoration of the living room design will be the fireplace portal. It is finished with stone, mosaic, brick, plasterboard, wood or gypsum stucco. The shelf above the fireplace is decorated with all sorts of accessories and decorative elements.
The photo shows a fireplace trimmed with stone in the living room of a country house.
In the large guest room you can install a pool table and equip part of the room as an entertainment area.
The photo shows the design of a modern living room with billiards in the interior of the house.
The color design of the hall in a private house is associated with nature. The use of natural wood, stone or leather shades is appropriate here. It is better to replace acid, neon and glossy paints with muted halftones and matte textures. Such colors will create a calm, relaxing atmosphere in the room, setting you up for a pleasant stay.
Use of natural materials
During renovation, the owner must immediately decide on the material of the floors, walls and ceilings. When decorating a living room from scratch, it is best to use natural materials that not only look great, but also last a very long time.
When choosing a floor, you can use cork or parquet; the walls can be decorated with bricks, boards, wood panels and beams. Wall paint should be environmentally friendly, and textiles should be natural, without synthetics.
Living room interior in various styles
Minimalist design is characterized by free space, functional furniture pieces and a lack of decorative details. The room is kept in neutral colors, furnished with low furniture with strict straight lines and decorated with practical textiles. In such a living room you can relax and forget about the frantic pace of life in a noisy city.
The photo shows a small living room in a Norwegian-style house.
A hall in a private house in the village is simply created for a rustic or country style. Walls made of eco-friendly timber or logs are the main characteristic elements. To enhance the effect, the decor is complemented with wooden chests, simple shelving, open shelves and interesting accessories.
The sophisticated classic style features a warm and natural color palette that adds a special softness to the environment. Light brown, beige or olive backgrounds are sometimes mixed with purple, silver, turquoise, gold, purple or blue accents. The walls are covered with plaster, covered with expensive wallpaper or decorated with frescoes. The hall is furnished with high-quality furniture made from natural materials, which gives the main room a sense of splendor.
