Furniture for a small living room: optimizing space

The living room is the main room in which all family members gather, so its design should be given a separate place. If the room is small, you need to arrange the interior so that it does not create a feeling of tightness, which causes some difficulties. Repairing a small living room will take less time than working on a spacious hall, and you can save money on the purchase of materials. Using simple techniques will help turn a cramped space into a cozy and stylish one.

Light shades are best suited for small spaces. And in recent years, there has been a fashion for interiors with a dominant white color. Different color accents can be placed against the white background. It does not tire the psyche and makes the room brighter. In order to visually increase the area and add paint, pictures, collages, panels are placed on the walls. Only one color accent is needed, otherwise the room will seem overloaded with details.

Popular combination of white with natural wood texture or a certain shade of brown. If the windows face north, add red or yellow. Adherents of the Scandinavian style should pay attention to the blue and blue colors. Don't choose pure black furniture or combine more than three different shades.

A versatile style that suits any small living room is minimalism. This direction involves the use of simple geometric shapes, a minimum amount of decor, basic colors. Books, dishes, jewelry and other trifles should be stored in closed cabinets, there should be no open cluttered shelves. Then a feeling of spaciousness and light will be created, an atmosphere of comfort and hospitality appears.

Other styles are also applicable, if some nuances are taken into account when decorating:

• Provence - pastel colors, milky furniture with aging effect. Adherents of this trend, it is advisable to avoid excess floral prints.
• Classic - traditional solid wood furniture, expensive finishing materials, often dark colors. Curtains with flowers and birds, crystal or bronze chandelier.
• Eclecticism - a mixture of different styles, for example, modern modular furniture combined with a baroque chandelier and plastic chairs.
• African - minimalism with the addition of ethnic elements, warm colors. The walls are made white or, on the contrary, dark, but it is better not to use black as the main color. Several masks on the wall, zebra skin, white or ocher walls under the clay will bring the atmosphere of a distant continent.
• High tech - metallized surfaces, strict forms, the style is close to minimalism. Shades of gray and silver are often used. This style is quite austere for the living room, but you can add color accents. For example, today hang one painting on the wall, tomorrow another, or put an avant-garde sculpture.

In small apartments, compact furniture looks good, which does not clutter up the space. It is worth avoiding massive cabinets, in comparison with which a small room seems altogether tiny. A feeling of lightness will be created by hanging shelves, with the help of which you can also correct the imperfections of the room.Long horizontal modifications visually expand the space, and vertical ones make the ceiling taller. There are now many ways to attach shelves to walls besides the usual brackets. There are designs that give the feeling that the shelves are just floating in the air.

However, if possible, it is better to move the storage section to the corridor, and in the living room, the sofa will take the main place. If you want to highlight a seating area, you can choose upholstered furniture with bright monochromatic upholstery. To accommodate all guests, it is convenient to put a corner sofa, which is at the height of fashion in the new season.

Furniture on the floor eats up free space and darkens the room. Therefore, the most suitable option for a small living room is furniture raised above the floor. These can be wall-hung dressers or cabinets with legs. To prevent the table and chairs from dividing an already cramped room into parts, you should take a closer look at models made of transparent glass or plastic.

Most people combine a living room with a dining room or bedroom in the same space. But in a small room there is not enough space for all tables, chairs and other things. Therefore, it is worth purchasing transformable furniture, which, when folded, practically does not take up space and at the same time copes with the functions assigned to it.

These include folding computer tables with chairs included and hidden book racks built into door frames.

When the living room also serves as a sleeping room, you need to purchase a folding sofa bed, and choose a folding table with wheels. Compact furniture can be quickly removed and unfolded at the right time.

Colored pillows, blankets, bedspreads are suitable to create a cozy atmosphere. They can be used to decorate sofas, armchairs. It is better to buy curtains in plain colors, without ruffles and frills, which look advantageous only in spacious halls. Long curtains starting from the very top will help to raise the ceiling. That is, the distance from the eaves to the ceiling should be minimal.

Carpet is a classic means of creating warmth and comfort.

There is not always room for vases and figurines on the shelves, but when the walls are plain and light, they just need decor. It is convenient to place framed photographs or paintings in an abstract style on them. Thus, the space appears to be more spacious.

To emphasize the beauty of furniture sets and upholstered furniture, the rest of the interior details should be combined. Beams and other decorative structures eat up the space; they are of little use for a small living room. An ordinary white ceiling is the best way out. Moreover, the white ceiling will match any furniture.

The style of the decoration of the upper part of the room should obey the general concept. If the room is minimalistic, or, conversely, overloaded with details, it is best to make the color of the ceiling neutral.

Painting with regular acrylic paint will do. Better to choose the import option.Such paint will hold for a long time, it can be washed, if the ceiling is poured from above, you can simply erase these marks or touch up the problem area. Which paint - matte or glossy - choose based on the idea. Glossy will reflect light better, and matte will look more relaxed and natural.

Stretch ceiling will be more expensive than painting, but it provides greater sound insulation. Hides irregularities if there is no way to plaster or patch up the ceiling. If the mini living room is made in a classic style, you can order a stretch ceiling canvas with antique themes. With heavy carved oak furniture, a picture on the ceiling in the style of a palace painting will look great.

As for the floor, light laminate or carpet is preferred. The abundance of light surfaces that reflect the light flux will create the effect of a more spacious and airy room. The colors of pine, cherry, bleached oak will not only create a comfortable space, but also emphasize the purpose of the room - comfort, warmth, and an inclination to communicate. A well-chosen floor covering will accentuate a successful choice of furniture.

Another important point is sound insulation. If you plan to install a karaoke or home theater in the living room, sound-reflecting or sound-absorbing panels are mounted on the ceiling, walls or floor. Upholstered furniture with large seating is also an excellent means of absorbing noise.

The lighting design must follow the general concept. The harsh directional light will increase the feeling of being cramped, so it is advisable not to use a single high-power light. The light should be scattered, not concentrated at one point, creating dark corners. Therefore, one of the most convenient and economical options is spotlights that can be distributed over the ceiling surface and used to illuminate shelves.

A floor lamp on a long leg will visually increase the height of the ceilings, these lighting fixtures look especially impressive if they are placed parallel to each other. The floor lamp should match the rest of the furniture.

A proven way to visually enlarge a room is the placement of mirrors. If possible, a large mirror is hung on the wall, near which there is no furniture.

False windows look good in low light. Glass with a landscape applied to it, behind which a lamp is located, will visually increase the space.

Reflective stickers that are attached to cabinet doors will help you quickly transform the living room. Glossy surfaces are often used - lacquered furniture fronts and glass elements.

Zoning allows you to make the room more comfortable, but you should not clutter up the room with blind partitions. The best option is to mark a certain area with contrasting wallpaper or put sofas with backs to each other.

It is not so difficult to create a cozy and inviting living room in the "Khrushchev". The main thing is not to overload the space with furniture and bright colors, use the advantages of a particular room and see suitable samples.

Large windows can be decorated with exclusive curtains; in a high room, you can use the entire surface of the wall for placing paintings and photographs. Folding furniture, which can be removed or transformed, will save space.

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