Apartment Ideas - How to Decorate Your Living Room

Define your decorating style!

You want to work hard at getting it right but the result has to look as though it's been thrown together in five minutes!

Your living room is the place where family and friends sit when visiting, so you should make a special effort to create a comfortable harmonious environment.

Creating the prefect living room - Do's and Don'ts

Do:

•Use magazines for inspiration. Tear out pictures of furniture items, rooms, colours and patterns and create your own mood board which you can use as a point of reference.

•Use borders or fringing to revitalise curtains or furniture and to pick up colours from an focal item from the living room.

•Have furniture of varying heights to add interest to a room and create a homely effect.

•Place lighting at different levels in the room. Using a combination of uplighters, table lamps and standard lamps will add warmth and atmosphere.

•Keep lampshades up to date, either by replacing or customising. Shapes change regularly!

•Consider having curtains made to measure if your budget allows it. Apart from the obvious benefits of being able to choose the fabric and colours, they will fit your windows exactly.

Don't:

•Have single chairs in a room used for entertaining, as it invites a person to sit alone and this can make other guests feel uncomfortable. Instead group chairs together in pairs or use sofas if space permits it.

•Hoard old, worn accessories such as saggy cushions and curtains. Mend or update with new coverings or fillings if possible. If not, it could be time to start on a fresh again.

•Worry about what your friends will think - it is your apartment and only you have to live there.

•Don't Be afraid of colour or patterns. Experiment and have fun – you can always change it again.

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