5 Components To A Comfortable Living Room
The living room is probably your favorite place to spend enjoyable hours with your loved ones. Because of this, and because this is where you will be entertaining visitors, you will want to go above and above with the décor. This area of the home provides a first impression, so make it appear warm and welcoming. Fortunately, you don’t have to spend a lot on it; just ensuring that your living room has certain key items is totally enough.
A Clean Palette
Investing in a paint job is the easiest method to brighten up your living room and make sure it’s truly comfortable. A vibrant color scheme gives warmth and improves the atmosphere of the whole area. There are a wide variety of bold color palettes to choose from, ranging from dark blues to deep charcoal, berry hues, fiery orange, and earth tones. If you want to keep things subtle, go for earth tones with texture and add accents with through art pieces and a graphic textile or two.
A Great Sofa
This element is unmissable – summer or winter, you will want it to be the centerpiece of the place. This is why it’s important to take your time deciding on the ideal sofa for your living room. It not only needs to look good and match the style of the rest of the room (and potentially the rest of the house if that’s what you want), but it needs to be somewhere you’ll be happy to rest for a while. An uncomfortable sofa means you can’t enjoy the room as much as you might like.
If possible, go and visit sofa showrooms if you can rather than just buying the furniture online. It’s best to test them out and see what you like best. Remember, comfort is more important than style if you have to choose, and by adding a throw to the couch, you can hide any design elements you’re not so keen on.
Area Rugs
Area rugs over plain flooring provide warmth, softness, and texture while also improving the aesthetic attractiveness of the living area. Choose a size that extends from just under the front legs of the couch to under the coffee table. Smaller ones can be put around the corners. To give a touch of sophistication to the space, choose neutral hues and subtle patterns.
Ideally, the flooring under the rugs should be attractive as well, otherwise you’ll simply be drawing attention to it rather than hiding it. Invest in some Daltile RevoTile for the floor, and this, combined with a great rug, will turn the comfort levels up dramatically.
A Fireplace
A fireplace can make your living room incredibly cozy and comfortable, regardless as to whether you use it for heat or not. Plus, it doesn’t have to be a big installation to add one if you don’t already have one. These days, electric fires look incredibly realistic, and they throw out a lot of heat, so when it’s cold outside, you’ll still be comfortable in your living room. Another option is an LED fireplace to give all the cozy vibes without a huge energy expenditure on your part - or utilities.
Adjustable Lighting
The more control you have over your lighting, the more control you have over the atmosphere in general. Whether you opt for dimmers or just a few table and floor lamps for lighting variations, adding options for how you light your living room will make it feel warm and inviting no matter what time of day it is. Natural lighting counts too - diffusing direct light or tweaking shades to allow for more can make a huge difference during the daylight hours.
