The living room is often a place where the whole family can relax and spend time together. However, if it is furnished with objects left by previous residents or with objects from previous homes, it may not create a welcoming and homely enough environment. Functional furniture with smart organization solutions in the living room ensures enough space for all family members and helps to keep the room tidy.
Start by choosing furniture and determining your color palette
“First of all, I recommend thinking about what tasks exactly the room will perform. For example, if this is the living room of a family with children, it could be divided into three zones: a relaxation area, a dining room and an area games. Then you can plan the type of furniture you need: for example a sofa or a sofa bed, how much space you need, whether you need an extendable dining table, solutions for storing children’s toys, etc.” explained Pedro Castro, head of the interior design department at IKEA Estonia.
Then it is worth focusing on the colors. The interior designer added that when choosing furniture, you can choose it in solid colors, but decorations in accent colors are also welcome. The color of the walls can be chosen last, as it is easy to find colors that match the furniture, but rather not.
“If you like natural tones and strands and are not afraid to use different color combinations, you can choose an accent color for the furniture, for example green, and combine it with different natural materials and white interior elements. Once the furniture is in place interior, only then choose the color of the walls, which should be natural, light and warm. By the way, this is one of the new trendy shades of next year, “said Castro.
Use wall space for storage
The most important function of the living room is the storage solutions that help keep the room organized. A furniture combination can be a cute and elegant way to organize all your important things.
“The furniture combination is designed to be adaptable and flexible. You can choose and arrange the parts to suit your space, lifestyle and taste. TV cabinets and other living room furniture should be spacious enough to fit everything The combination can be chosen with or without panel doors, legs, knobs and handles. The TV cabinet already comes with a built-in storage space that keeps cables from your TV and other devices out of sight but within easy reach. Thanks to the Its large drawers allow you to keep TV remote controls, game consoles and other accessories in order,” explains the IKEA interior designer.
He noticed that they are usually afraid of making holes in the walls of their homes, so they put everything on the floor. As a result, a lot of useful space in the room is lost and movement becomes difficult. The interior designer encourages you to attach furniture and shelves to the walls: this way the room will appear much more organized and everything will have its own storage space.
“Next to the furniture combination, you can set up an activity corner for the little ones. Later, when the children grow up and the doll house installed in the children’s corner is no longer needed, the modular storage system or other shelves can be expand them,” suggested the interior designer.
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2023-12-16 05:30:00
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