Sofa, TV and table can certainly not be missing in the living room, but if this is small, how do we let everything fit in with style? Let’s see some tips for furnishing even the smallest living rooms.
The living room is an integral part of the living area of our house and therefore one of the rooms most used together with the kitchen. Not only that, it is the business card ours home since many modern homes no longer have an entrance that is a welcome to our home, so it also becomes the first thing that you see as soon as we open the door.
In the living room we relax, we welcome guests and more and more often it is there room that gives way to furniture of the whole house. As much as we wish we could collect our whole personality in this one environment we always have to take into account the size, especially if these are a lot reduced.
Read also: 50 wonderful ideas to furnish the living room in Scandinavian style
A small environment though he must not of course be synonymous with minimalism. Exist different ways that allow us to furnish with style and in a manner functional our small living room, without having to give up what we like best. In this article we will list 10 furnishing tips for a small living room.
1. The sofa we like
Having a small living room not it means give up the sofa of dreams. Now almost all furniture shops yes. I am adapted to all sizes of apartment and this will allow us to be able to choose the sofa that we want tailor-made for us.
Whether it is with the corner relaxation station or with the peninsula, the choice is up to us According to the needs and tastes. We can make this the highlight of our furniture, the one that captures the attention of those who enter. Precisely with this we must not limit ourselves as it will be one of the furnishings on which we will spend more time.
2. Carpet
It may seem counterintuitive, yet a carpet in a small environment helps to give a illusion of grandeur. This as long as choose the suitable one to our need. For example not we have to think of buy a small carpet because otherwise the space would decrease, indeed, it is the exact opposite.
You might be interested in: 10 things that cannot be missing when decorating in an ethnic style
A large rug, perhaps with colors that recall the furniture or even tone on tone, it will create aillusion of space making the room bigger and, at the same time, will have donated a touch of style to the furnishing of the entire room.
3. Equipped walls in plasterboard
Even if the living room has smaller dimensions it turns out almost impossible to give up equipped wall. This, despite its undoubted convenience, take risks However to decrease remarkably space already reduced of our living room.
If you don’t want to give up, a Advice that allows you to furnish the small living room with style, is that of get one with plasterboard niches. This trick will help us create a storage wall tailored to ours needs and at space available without giving up comfort and functionality own of this piece of furniture.
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4. Multifunctional furniture
In a small space it is important play on multifunctionality of the elements. This trick will allow us furnish with all the accessories that we want, but also of gain more space. In this sense, therefore, we cannot think of furnishing a small living room without some multifunctional cabinet.
We can ad example furnish the living room with a bed pouf which could not only come in handy should we have to host someone in the event, but it could be at the same time a practical footrest, a additional support when we have an extra guest or, if necessary, a coffee table when we want to place something in the immediate vicinity of the sofa.
5. Limit knick-knacks
It almost seems superfluous to say, but the Advice best for furnish any small room is just that of maintain order within it. And the living room is not exempt from this rule. Street so everyone the superfluous elements that, as much as we like them, they just take up space on the furniture making the room optically smaller.
Reduce knick-knacks it does not mean eliminate them entirely! If having too many makes the room optically small, have it too few there makes it cold is impersonal. The right, as always, is somewhere in between. We choose then carefully elements that will furnish the living room giving it our touch of personality.
6. Same furniture as kitchen – living room
In many cases the small living room is synonymous with single room with the kitchen. In this case we must take into account not only what we would like in our living room, but also of how we have furnished the kitchen. To make this room optically larger in fact it is important create a continuity between the two environments.
We furnish the living room with a cupboard which is also a cabinet for the television e we divide the area kitchen from the living one simply with the help of the sofa, but let’s not detach ourselves never give colors and fromfurniture thinking about them like two different rooms.
7. Extendable table
Having a small living room it does not mean having to give up dinners with guests, even if we certainly won’t be able to buy a 12-seater table. The solution then is to buy a extendable table.
Mostly if the kitchen and living room are shared this turns out to be a practical and functional advice for not giving up on dinners with friends. And if we want to dare we can also choose one extendable console, useful for decorating the environment, place some ornaments and, when we need it, how additional table.
8. Color games on the walls
THE colors in a room I am fundamental to give an illusion of grandeur and are an integral part of the furniture. We avoid then to choose too strong colors that optically will reduce in a remarkable way space is let’s give vent to fantasy with neutral colors.
We don’t have to limit ourselves to a single color, but we can also play with geometric shapes that give an illusion of grandeur to the environment. Another tip for the walls of a small living room is to use wallpaper on a wall patterned and we use neutral colors for the others. This trick will also allow us to playing with the colors of the furniture.
9. Lightweight curtains
Also curtain fabrics they play a key role when we decide to furnish a small living room. In fact, choosing fabrics heavy with strong colors and dark shrinks optically space making vain the work done with furniture and sofa.
So let’s focus on light fabrics, soft and delicate colors. The livingroom is a part of the living area of the house, the one that it must be lived with the light, then there is no need to cover this with blackout fabrics that we can limit to the bedrooms.
10. Lighting
Last advice, but no less important, is that oflighting. To furnish a small living room we must pay attention to the lighting inside looking for to create how many fewer dark corners possible.
Let’s place one table lamp on the equipped wall, let’s have fun with bright and above all ceiling chandeliers let’s play with mirrors that reflect the natural and artificial light of the environment. One is enough, at most two, positioned in the right places to create an idea of breadth and brightness.
10 tips for decorating a small living room: pictures and photos
If you are about to furnish a small living room and do not know where to start, here is a gallery of images with 10 tips for decorating your living area.
Sofa, TV and table can certainly not be missing in the living room, but if this is small, how do we let everything fit in with style? Let’s see some tips for furnishing even the smallest living rooms.
The living room is an integral part of the living area of our house and therefore one of the rooms most used together with the kitchen. Not only that, it is the business card ours home since many modern homes no longer have an entrance that is a welcome to our home, so it also becomes the first thing that you see as soon as we open the door.
In the living room we relax, we welcome guests and more and more often it is there room that gives way to furniture of the whole house. As much as we wish we could collect our whole personality in this one environment we always have to take into account the size, especially if these are a lot reduced.
Read also: 50 wonderful ideas to furnish the living room in Scandinavian style
A small environment though he must not of course be synonymous with minimalism. Exist different ways that allow us to furnish with style and in a manner functional our small living room, without having to give up what we like best. In this article we will list 10 furnishing tips for a small living room.
1. The sofa we like
Having a small living room not it means give up the sofa of dreams. Now almost all furniture shops yes. I am adapted to all sizes of apartment and this will allow us to be able to choose the sofa that we want tailor-made for us.
Whether it is with the corner relaxation station or with the peninsula, the choice is up to us According to the needs and tastes. We can make this the highlight of our furniture, the one that captures the attention of those who enter. Precisely with this we must not limit ourselves as it will be one of the furnishings on which we will spend more time.
2. Carpet
It may seem counterintuitive, yet a carpet in a small environment helps to give a illusion of grandeur. This as long as choose the suitable one to our need. For example not we have to think of buy a small carpet because otherwise the space would decrease, indeed, it is the exact opposite.
You might be interested in: 10 things that cannot be missing when decorating in an ethnic style
A large rug, perhaps with colors that recall the furniture or even tone on tone, it will create aillusion of space making the room bigger and, at the same time, will have donated a touch of style to the furnishing of the entire room.
3. Equipped walls in plasterboard
Even if the living room has smaller dimensions it turns out almost impossible to give up equipped wall. This, despite its undoubted convenience, take risks However to decrease remarkably space already reduced of our living room.
If you don’t want to give up, a Advice that allows you to furnish the small living room with style, is that of get one with plasterboard niches. This trick will help us create a storage wall tailored to ours needs and at space available without giving up comfort and functionality own of this piece of furniture.
Do you want design advice on how to furnish? Join the group
4. Multifunctional furniture
In a small space it is important play on multifunctionality of the elements. This trick will allow us furnish with all the accessories that we want, but also of gain more space. In this sense, therefore, we cannot think of furnishing a small living room without some multifunctional cabinet.
We can ad example furnish the living room with a bed pouf which could not only come in handy should we have to host someone in the event, but it could be at the same time a practical footrest, a additional support when we have an extra guest or, if necessary, a coffee table when we want to place something in the immediate vicinity of the sofa.
5. Limit knick-knacks
It almost seems superfluous to say, but the Advice best for furnish any small room is just that of maintain order within it. And the living room is not exempt from this rule. Street so everyone the superfluous elements that, as much as we like them, they just take up space on the furniture making the room optically smaller.
Reduce knick-knacks it does not mean eliminate them entirely! If having too many makes the room optically small, have it too few there makes it cold is impersonal. The right, as always, is somewhere in between. We choose then carefully elements that will furnish the living room giving it our touch of personality.
6. Same furniture as kitchen – living room
In many cases the small living room is synonymous with single room with the kitchen. In this case we must take into account not only what we would like in our living room, but also of how we have furnished the kitchen. To make this room optically larger in fact it is important create a continuity between the two environments.
We furnish the living room with a cupboard which is also a cabinet for the television e we divide the area kitchen from the living one simply with the help of the sofa, but let’s not detach ourselves never give colors and fromfurniture thinking about them like two different rooms.
7. Extendable table
Having a small living room it does not mean having to give up dinners with guests, even if we certainly won’t be able to buy a 12-seater table. The solution then is to buy a extendable table.
Mostly if the kitchen and living room are shared this turns out to be a practical and functional advice for not giving up on dinners with friends. And if we want to dare we can also choose one extendable console, useful for decorating the environment, place some ornaments and, when we need it, how additional table.
8. Color games on the walls
THE colors in a room I am fundamental to give an illusion of grandeur and are an integral part of the furniture. We avoid then to choose too strong colors that optically will reduce in a remarkable way space is let’s give vent to fantasy with neutral colors.
We don’t have to limit ourselves to a single color, but we can also play with geometric shapes that give an illusion of grandeur to the environment. Another tip for the walls of a small living room is to use wallpaper on a wall patterned and we use neutral colors for the others. This trick will also allow us to playing with the colors of the furniture.
9. Lightweight curtains
Also curtain fabrics they play a key role when we decide to furnish a small living room. In fact, choosing fabrics heavy with strong colors and dark shrinks optically space making vain the work done with furniture and sofa.
So let’s focus on light fabrics, soft and delicate colors. The livingroom is a part of the living area of the house, the one that it must be lived with the light, then there is no need to cover this with blackout fabrics that we can limit to the bedrooms.
10. Lighting
Last advice, but no less important, is that oflighting. To furnish a small living room we must pay attention to the lighting inside looking for to create how many fewer dark corners possible.
Let’s place one table lamp on the equipped wall, let’s have fun with bright and above all ceiling chandeliers let’s play with mirrors that reflect the natural and artificial light of the environment. One is enough, at most two, positioned in the right places to create an idea of breadth and brightness.
10 tips for decorating a small living room: pictures and photos
If you are about to furnish a small living room and do not know where to start, here is a gallery of images with 10 tips for decorating your living area.
