What is a living room? This is a meeting place when the whole family gathers on a large comfortable sofa, people drink tea, talk about the events of the day, exchange opinions. This is a place where everyone is comfortable and warm, where you don’t want to leave and where you want to return as soon as possible.
And the living room, whose windows face the north side, experiencing a constant lack of natural light, should be designed in light warm colors.
In addition, light or almost white walls visually push the living room walls apart, which is very important if the room is not too spacious.
Fans of experiments, creative people and just cheerful people will like today's fashion for bright interiors, but the traditional look at the design of the living room has not lost its fans. Neutral beige and cinnamon shades will help create a calm, relaxing interior. By the way, noble shades of gray, from almost white to anthracite, are at their peak today.
Previously, in most living rooms you could see only one ceiling chandelier. Such lighting was not enough, because a single spot of light did not capture most of the room. Today, in the largest and most crowded room, it is proposed to use not only central lighting, but additional light sources built into the ceiling. All kinds of sconces, floor lamps that have returned to fashion, and table lamps are also actively used, allowing you to feel comfortable in all corners of the living room in the evening.
Lamps should match the chosen style of the room and not stand out from the color scheme of the room.
As for natural lighting, in order to save and increase the precious rays of the sun, which do not always fall in abundance, it is useful to use daytime translucent curtains and mirrors that reflect light.
The choice of the style of the living room depends only on the taste preferences of the people living.
The fashion for the classics is unchanged, there are lovers of historical styles: pretentious baroque and rococo, elegant modern and sharp, graphic constructivism. It is quite possible to see the design of the living room in an oriental or oriental style. Fans of home comfort, colorful textiles and wooden furniture can recreate the interior in an elegant country style.
The technological revolution has given rise to styles, hi-tech and minimalism, where the main thing is technology, industrial elements, glass and metal. Such interiors are not replete with details, they are concise and transparent.
The loft style that has recently come to our country is gaining more and more fans. Oddly enough, but it arose after the war, when the former offices and workshops of factories became housing. Today, the predilection for open spaces, a minimum of partitions and assorted furniture reminds of that era. This style is characterized by the use of brickwork textures in the interior, open communications and color zoning of space.
Practical Scandinavians, who have always lacked sunlight and warmth, came up with their own Scandinavian style, which has long spread around the world. White walls and the same ceiling, erasing the boundaries of the room, plank floors, furniture of simple shapes and numerous bright spots of decor items, do not let the look get bored. You want to live in such an interior, it is simple and comfortable.
It is more correct to choose furniture based on the style of the room, but what you cannot do without in any living room is without a spacious sofa and all kinds of cabinets and shelves. Looking at the photos demonstrating the different design of the living room, you can see that a lot of attention is paid to the soft group: sofas, couches and armchairs. Indeed, this is the main place where the evening life of the family is concentrated. If the area allows, it is reasonable to put a large corner sofa or a combination of a sofa and chaise longues suitable for the layout of the room.
It should be noted that in the living room there are always a lot of things that require warehousing and storage: books, magazines, women's needlework, children's toys and other accessories. If the living room is used as a guest room, then here you need to have a supply of bedding. Therefore, when planning the situation, you need to take into account the presence of a modern, spacious storage system.
To use the entire space of the room, and not just a small part near the wall, where the sofa is usually placed, it is necessary to move the soft group to the center of the living room. This will allow you to organize a family evening without the hassle, meet guests and just look into the eyes of all household members.
The decor of a room can be easily and quickly changed using modular furniture that is easy to swap, move and create unique designs that give the room a unique look.
