Interior Design For Your Living Room – From Bari Furniture

Your living room is one space that almost every guest to your home will not only see but will probably spend quite a bit of time in, in fact other than the kitchen it is probably the most important entertaining room in your home. To make the most out of your living room, follow the interior design guidelines that make your living room more comfortable and functional.

Proportion and Scale

The proportion of your room is the size of individual pieces in relation to each other. Scale refers to the relationship between the items in your room and the size of the room itself. When selecting furniture and other pieces for your living room keep the proportion of the other pieces and the scale of the room in mind. You don’t want to dwarf other furniture with an oversized piece and you don’t want to lose smaller furniture in a too large room. Use a scale model on paper or your computer to help you determine the right sized furniture for your living room.

Balance

Balance means exactly what it sounds like, you want to look at your living room interior design and get a sense of balance and evenness. If you have too many items on one side and not many on the other your room will not have a sense of balance. In addition, you can offset the balance of a room with elements other than furniture and accessories. If you have an accent wall and a dark couch on one side the darkness of that area will make it seem heavier than the other side of the room.

Many first time designers make the mistake of thinking that to get balance in a room everything needs to be symmetrical, i.e. one end table on one side of the couch and one on the other and each with exactly the same accessories. This is completely unnecessary as you can create an asymmetrical sense of balance by using furniture and accessories that have a similar visual balance. You’ll find that the asymmetrical decorating scheme is more exciting and visually interesting.

Contrast

Which brings us to contrast, which is bringing in enough variety in style, color, pattern and size to create visual interest. This is really where the skill comes into play in interior design. Not everyone can creatively combine different elements to get a somewhat harmonious appearance and feeling of unity yet enough contrast in the room to keep it fresh and interesting. Hone your creative flair by studying interior decorating magazines and looking for their contrasting elements and then look for the connection between the contrasting elements and the rest of the d