| The living room is an important area since you spend | | | | remove all clutter in the room. This will make the room |
| considerable time in this area with your family or just | | | | look bigger and spacious. |
| relaxing. It has to be comfortable, inviting and should | | | | Apart from small living rooms, decorating of a budget |
| reflect personal style. Redecorating the living room can | | | | can also be a problem. However, you do not need to |
| transform it to cater for all these factors. When | | | | dig into your bank to ensure a stylish space. There are |
| decorating it, the amount of space you have will be a | | | | certain cheap decorating ideas you can use to |
| great determinant of how you go about it. If you have | | | | overcome this. You can add style to it by using |
| a small living room, too many accessories will leave it | | | | attractive and unusual light shades. Your local flea |
| crammed up. | | | | market should have antique light stands and shades |
| For small living rooms, there are certain techniques you | | | | that you can use for this purpose. These should be |
| can use to make it appear large and more spacious. | | | | placed in a corner or on the coffee table to give a |
| Installing large mirrors on the walls is the first major | | | | special area that can even be used as a reading area. |
| step to make the room appear larger. The mirror also | | | | You can also accentuate your living room by having |
| serves the purpose of reflecting light leaving the room | | | | one wall painted a deep color to complement the other |
| a bit brighter. This will be achieved best if the mirror is | | | | walls. For instance, one of the walls can be painted |
| placed opposite to a window. Another trick you can | | | | turquoise blue while the other walls can be painted |
| employ to make the room area appear more spacious | | | | white or beige. You can also paint the ceiling a |
| is the use of hanging ceiling mounted curtains. | | | | different color from the walls for a similar effect. |
| Lightweight curtains should be used on the windows | | | | However, for the ceiling this needs to be a brighter |
| since heavy fabric curtains will make the living room | | | | shade. If your living room couch is worn out, you do not |
| appear constrained and small. Install different types of | | | | necessarily need to upholster it or buy a new one. You |
| lighting to change the look and feel of the room. Using | | | | can give it a makeover by simply buying new cushions. |
| overhead lighting only will make the room look very | | | | You can mix cushions of different shapes, colors and |
| clinical. Use of table lamps or lights with dimmers will | | | | designs. The color should aid you in choosing the |
| create more warmth in the room giving it a cozier and | | | | cushion colors. If its light colored, orange and jade |
| ambient feel. To avoid spoiling your decoration efforts, | | | | cushions will work well to brighten up the room. |