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Five Bold and Vibrant Living Room Furniture Themes and Color Schemes

Coordinating a room so that it all has the same theme can make it look tied together and tidy. By selecting certain colors and furniture styles, you can achieve a modern, country or time-period look. Take the design of your living room furniture into your own hands to create a theme based off these five vibrant and bold styles.

Nature

The shades associated with nature are soothing and relaxing. If you're the type of person who enjoys the outdoors, you might consider fashioning your space in a theme reflecting nature. To achieve this, pair deep and light greens with wood items. If you have dark wood floors, consider a mossy green rug and a large green painting to hang above a sofa. Since living room furniture comes in all shades and materials, play around until you feel you've created your own personal paradise.

Modern

A modern theme in your home can make you feel relaxed with less clutter and more open space. Opt for modern living room furniture like Japanese inspired sofas and solid colors. While black and white are the most traditional options for modern themes, don't be afraid to play with accents or nude shades for pillows and area rugs. Luckily, modern items aren't exclusively expensive and you can achieve a high-end look on a reasonable budget.

Color Blocking

This is a great way to add flavor and personality to any room. This option is based in selecting solid shades with high contrast. For example, a white sofa paired with orange and yellow pillows and a navy rug would create a color-blocked look. This option gives you the opportunity to pair your favorite colors together and a multitude of other possibilities. This could also be a good option for families looking to include pops of vibrant shades like pink and turquoise.

Country

Country style design is usually typified by warm wood and lots of decoration. If you have a space with lots of light, you might consider a country inspired look. Since this style is less defined than the others, you have more room to experiment with patterns and decorations like vases and picture frames. This theme also widens your search in living room furniture including items like rocking chairs and western inspired rugs.

Time Period

There's nothing more fun than decorating a room to fit a different time period, especially if that period is special to you. Choosing to model a room after the sixties, seventies, or eighties gives you the opportunity to scavenge for vintage decorations and unique pieces of living room furniture. For those who want to go wild, consider painting the walls in a wacky time-related pattern and finding old electronics and decorations like lava lamps or a Farrah Fawcett poster. The sky is the limit with this option.

Whether you're looking to achieve a specific time-period look or a general color scheme, decorating your space is easier than you think. With the right paint and decorations, anything is possible.
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How to Tastefully Use Leather in Your Living Room

Adding leather to your living room can be done in a variety of ways. Leather couches are undeniably comfortable, but an easier way to add a touch of class is to use a club chair. These are not only comfortable, they are attractive and allow for easy decorating. Using leather in your living room can be fun, and it will make your space more inviting. Here are some tips on incorporating leather into your decor.

Choose your Colors

Before you buy any leather furniture, decide on an overall color scheme. This is the first and biggest step in tying together the look of your living room, as combining too many different colors can lead to a serious clash. Depending on your home's design, one color may be better than another; color choice can also depend on your personal preference.

Get Modular

To tastefully decorate using leather, consider buying modular furniture. It can be arranged and rearranged in a variety of ways, and this type of furnishing tends to cost less than buying comparable, separate pieces. The kind of modular set you buy will depend mostly upon the size of your living room and the layout of your home.

Use your Leather as Decorating Inspiration

Decorating around your leather living room furniture is one of the best ways to make it look good, and the process will depend mostly upon the color of the furniture. Try to choose a color scheme and stick with it, incorporating styling cues (like Victorian doors) that catch the eye. Leather furnishings look best in a minimalist décor, so choose just a few elements that complement it. Keeping it simple will help you end up with a tasteful, inviting space.

Choose Soft Fabrics

Leather furniture adds a bold, rugged look to your living room, so try to soften it up a little with some plush fabric. Hang sheer, gauzy curtains, or drape a soft blanket over a leather couch or chair. If you have wood flooring or oak doors, use fluffy throw rugs to add more warmth to your space.

Wood is Good

Wooden tables, oak doors, and other décor will help to balance out those heavier leather furnishings. Use dark brown leather and cherry or maple wood tables to create a classy, library-like atmosphere, or lighten up your space by choosing tables and desks made of lighter-colored woods.

Leather furniture can lend a tasteful, elegant look to your living room. It's durable, attractive, and a great choice for families with small children and pets. To decorate around your leather furnishings, choose varied textures like wood and soft fabric, along with a few splashes of color.
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5 Tips To Improve Your Living Room Without Spending Any Money

The living room is probably my favorite part of the house, it's where I spend most of my time whether it's working, relaxing or enjoying the company of family and friends. So, naturally I am always interested in nurturing this space and following a recent interview that I conducted with an award-winning Head Interior Designer I learnt a few tips that I now want to share and that will make your living room look amazing.

1) The rug dilemma

This is a mistake that almost everyone does.

The role of a rug in a living room is to define the sitting space, not the coffee table area. Instead, many are guilty of using a rug that's too small and which ends up to only section the coffee table.

So, how to set up your living room space correctly?

First of all, have a rug that is big enough for your area.

If you have a 3 seater sofa then the rug should be big enough to cover the width of the entire sofa, and if you have a sofa suite made for example of a 3 seater plus 2 seater plus an armchair, you are most likely to require a bigger rug to ensure all of the seats are enclosed.

The rug must go 6 inches under your sofa or at the very least, the front two feet of all your seating whether it is a sofa or a corner chair, should be comfortably placed on the rug.

This creates a sense of an enclosed space. When you invite someone to sit with you into your living room, this type of setting makes a person feel like he/she is invited into your space, your circle and makes them feel welcome.

2) The coffee table

Square or round the important thing about your coffee table is for it to fit the scale. Huge seating space with a small table or small chairs with a majestic coffee table are no-no's.

Also always look out for glass top tables as they instantly add depth and style to your space.

3) Scale

I already mentioned this, but it is something that I want to stress and that is valid for every room in your home.

Don't buy furniture just because you like it, if you have a small room, a massive sofa has no business being in there.

Keep in consideration the measurements not just from a practical aspect but also from an eye point of view. How would an elephant look into a 4X4 meters room? Out of place, that's how!

Equally for your sofa, your bed, your dining table, anything that goes into your home, always buy to scale.

4) Bold colors

Over the years trends have emphasized different colors and accent walls, however when you look at interior design magazine or features articles about interior designers' homes, you will see that the walls are either painted with a brilliant white or, dark, very dark.

Don't be afraid to paint your walls dark, the darker the wall the better your colors and your accents will truly stand out.

Dark colors are also creating a sophistication and mysterious effect, so even if you haven't got a big budget to spend on furniture, colors can help you create the elegant and stylish look that you may be after.

5) Accents. Use colors accents cleverly with pieces that can be easily retired and don't cost a fortune to change.

Think table runners, lampshades, throws, cushions covers, sheers curtains (which are back with vengeance, by the way!!), all these are fabulous ways to add smart splashes of color without overwhelming the room.
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Stylish Living Room: Make a Large Living Room Feel Cozy

A large living room is an ideal place for entertaining and relaxing with family and friends, and anyone with a small living room would probably be happy to trade up for a more spacious version. But wide open spaces can seem cold and impersonal. If you’re lucky enough to have a great big living room, you can make it seem welcoming and cozy with a few decorating tips.

Step 1

Warm It Up with Color
Rich warm colors will make a space feel more intimate and inviting. Deep tones of burgundy, umber, mango and apricot will envelop the space with warmth and ambiance. Sample jars of paint make it easy for you to test a color in a small area or on a piece of poster board before committing the entire room to a particular color.
When choosing furniture and accessories, add contrast with complementary hues in warm tones. While closely related shades are a good idea when you want to expand a space, providing contrast in a large room will minimize its scale. Choose warm shades, such as paprika and gold, and use black to unite and ground the colors. Repeat your accent colors throughout the room in bold swaths of color in curtain panels and window treatments, pillows and throws, lamps, lampshades, wall art and accessories.  
Oversize pieces, such as tall urns and vases that can accent a corner or sit on an open soffit above, will help bring the room down to size and make it more human in scale.

Step 2

Add Depth and Warmth with Wall Decor
Continue the warm palette in wall décor. Metal wall art will add contrast and dimension and another opportunity to display splashes of your accent colors. Choose metal wall art with bold graphic designs in a contemporary space and classic motifs for a more traditional look. Wrought iron wall art will add definition to a large expanse of bare wall that would otherwise leave a room feeling empty and cold. In rooms with high ceilings, semi-circular or rectangular wrought iron wall art can accent bare space above entries and windows. From Old World and Mediterranean influences to casually inspired decors, any living room will gain style and richness with the addition of metal or wrought iron wall art.

Step 3

Define Space and Get in the Zone
It’s natural to feel overwhelmed by a large expansive space that is continuous and unbroken. Create ‘zones’ in your large living room, delineating conversation areas, entertainment areas and so forth.
•    Use area rugs to define spaces. Choose a patterned rug that pulls your color choices together. Use rugs to anchor a space, arranging furniture around the perimeter.
•    Pull furniture in toward the center of the room. Create a conversation area by defining the space with your area rug, then arrange a couch and love seat and/or side chairs in an inviting diagonal arrangement that encourages conversation.
•    Use a table and chairs on another end of the room anchored by an area rug for casual dining, game playing or impromptu gatherings – you have the space, now enjoy it!
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