| Rooms are easy to furnish, but are they welcoming? | | | | Flowing Curtains When picking a curtain, you need to |
| Have you ever stepped into a dimly lit room with a | | | | think length, and you need to think light colors. White |
| large gray couch and a dark table? Surely it seems | | | | curtains are extremely charming, but are kind of tricky |
| there's enough room for everything, but they won't be | | | | maintaining. A bonus though for those willing to maintain |
| fitting for a large group to stay in. Here's some helpful | | | | it, is the benefit of natural cool light entering your room. |
| hints. | | | | Did you know the more natural air and light you have |
| Light and Soft Hues A room looking hip is typically a | | | | flowing in your room, the less sweaty and musty your |
| matter of the walls. In a small living room you can try | | | | room will smell. Heavy drapes hold in all kinds of scents |
| painting it with 'cool' colors like blue or green. Make sure | | | | for indeterminate amounts of time, they are definitely |
| the shades in the room are of darker color, to | | | | something to avoid. |
| compliment the entire room. If you follow those rules, | | | | Coordinating Colors One of the most key things to |
| you can actually give the appearance of a higher | | | | remember when decorating your living room is to |
| ceiling. | | | | coordinate all the wall colors with the furniture colors. |
| Tips with Window Treatments If you have window | | | | You're going to have to do a little research and look |
| treatments, you can use them to give the appearance | | | | into what combinations are best. For example, light |
| of height. To accomplish this feat, just have them | | | | green goes well with white, it's bright and soothing. All |
| move up towards the ceiling. Definitely worth a try. | | | | kinds of combinations suit a variety of personalities. |
| Oversized Objects Oversized or over-scaled pictures | | | | Amazing Reflective Surfaces You can pull off some |
| can be paintings, picture frames and patterns. With this | | | | stunning visual effects just with some mirrors. A small |
| visual trick you can make your living room appear | | | | living room can suddenly look twice as large. If you |
| bigger than it is. | | | | have a big plain wall at your disposal, you should add a |
| Hold on to the Necessities It's important you leave | | | | huge mirror with some artificial lighting. What this does |
| space in your living room. Sometimes the best thing | | | | is create a very rich and large living room layout. |
| you can put in a room is space. The more space in | | | | Light makes Space Strangely enough, light fabrics |
| your rooms, the more free and clear it will feel. Now | | | | make the room appear larger. In the past, lighter fabrics |
| don't take this the wrong way and empty out the | | | | were only for the wealthy, but now anyone can have |
| room, but skinny furniture can not only give a hip look, | | | | light sheets. This is a great technique because it just |
| but help free up some room. | | | | looks clean in the end, and who wouldn't want that? |