| Would you love to redecorate your living room, but | | | | rocking chair you used as a young mother? Do you |
| don't know where to begin? If you've lived with the | | | | need an additional coffee table or new end tables? |
| same furniture, arranged in the same way for a long | | | | Create a floor plan for your furniture. Look for items |
| time, it can be hard to envision something new. Living | | | | you can eliminate and replace with more appropriate |
| room decorating may be challenging, but it doesn't | | | | items over time if necessary. You can always add |
| have to be complicated. | | | | more items; taking them away is what most people |
| The first step to living room decorating is to identify | | | | find challenging. This is why living rooms commonly |
| how the room is primarily used. Knowing the purpose | | | | become cluttered with too much furniture and too |
| of your living room can help you decide exactly how | | | | many furnishings. Remember to plan for open spaces |
| to decorate it. If you have not redecorated for several | | | | as you create your floor plan. |
| years, the purpose of your living room may have | | | | Living room decorating involves rethinking furnishings as |
| changed. What was once a children's playroom may | | | | well as furniture. As you plan, visualize removing all of |
| now be the place where you most like to read. | | | | your furnishings, leaving only the furniture in place. Now, |
| The living room furniture you have in place today might | | | | add back in only those items you truly want to display |
| no longer suit your needs according to the room's | | | | and will enjoy caring for on a regular basis. |
| purpose. Have several of your children grown and | | | | You will probably find many of your furnishings are |
| moved out of the house? Do you still need an | | | | worn or dated; selecting new furnishings can be a fun |
| eight-foot long couch for television viewing, or the | | | | part of living room decorating. |