• Use open or see-through shelves to expose books or decorations without overfilling the space.
• Add a discrete mirror to a room to make it feel more open, whether it is full length or smaller, hanged above shelves; it will add space to the room.
• Decorate the room by adding plants to otherwise unused space (in a corner or on top of a shelf) to give a fresh look and personality to your living room. With the right colour scheme and a design patterned pot it with become the focal point of the room.
• Replace heavy curtains with light semi-transparent ones to bring more natural light and space to a room.
• Use durable fabrics if children often play in this room such as a leather couch, plastic chairs or a lacquer table.
• Add a touch of colours like yellow or orange to give more warmth to an otherwise neutral coloured room.
• Use area rugs to define the different rooms within a large open space. By respecting the flow of the room and how your guest will enter from one room to another, you can use a recurring pattern.
• Low furniture enables you to create this feeling of openness and minimalism for an uncrowded living room.
• A large clock can become a nice piece of decoration as well as being practical.
• Prepare a space for your television screen in the original planning of your living room, with enough space to hide wires.
• Match certain pieces of your furniture together to create a mix and match effect.
• Add a dark accent at the opposite of the colour spectrum to an otherwise pale room to make it pop.
• Think about the style you want to give to the room: rustic, country house, minimalism, Scandinavian, maximalism, Bohemian...
• A coffee table or couch colourful or different from the rest of the furniture can become a nice centrepiece to the room.
• Having a colour or pattern theme or throughout the house will help to unite the different styles of the house, such as pastels soft colours or a stronger palette or even pairing soft colours with muted prints in the same palette.
• Paint the fireplace to renew the look of your living room for traditional to modern. By painting it accordingly to a feature wall it creates a sense of unity between the modern-traditional style of furniture.
• Match your wooden floor to a specific colour scheme of furniture.
• Using a patterned carpet linked with other subtle parts of your decoration, such as pillows or art, will give a unity to the room.
• Replace a big bulky sofa, with a softer smaller one paired with armchairs in different parts of the room for a more convivial setting.
• By coordinating the structure of your furniture you can have a clearer look, for example, privilege a largely rectangular furniture scheme with only a few round pieces
• Think about the flow of the room.
• To be able to change the design of your living room about twice a year or with the seasons and special events, start with an all-white canvas and change easily replaceable furniture (rug, decorations, additional seats or flowers) to the atmosphere of the season.