The living room is the first impressions of your home if you receive visitors. Apart from entertaining guests, people warm themselves in the fireplace located in the living room, watch television, do homework, relax, and even eat in the living room.
With such an array of functions, the living room should be a beautiful place to be. You can create your ultimate living room without breaking the bank by following these ideas to give it a facelift. You should know when to invite professional remodelers to do the work.
1. Changing your living room array
A facelift doesn’t always have to be expensive. Sometimes, it is as simple as changing the order or arrangement of things. A living room revolves around a central place such as the fireplace or the television. You can shift the TV from one side to the other and shift the furniture to look in that direction. Don’t worry about the wiring because you can do it without too much hassle.
You can move the living room to another room, but if it was centered around the fireplace, there’s nothing much you can do. Just rearrange the furniture.
2. Paint the living room
Color is aesthetic, and people have come to associate different colors with different emotions. You can transform your living room by painting it. It is upon you to choose between painting the entire house or one central wall to act as the focal point. The color you choose to paint above the dado should contrast with the one below it. You can create a line three feet above the floor using painter’s tape if you don’t have a dado rail. Paint the areas below and above it with contrasting colors to get the same visual effect.
3. Remodel the Flooring
Just look at your floor and think how a retouch would look good on it. Change the carpets or replace damaged tiles. Get a new set of carpets from your local dealer. As for the carpet tiles, there is a wide range to choose from, including pocket-friendly varieties, for example, wooden tiles and vinyl laminates. Modern floor finishes come with the advantage that they can be installed on the existing flooring.
4. Change or renovate the furniture
A set of new furniture will give your living room a fresh look, but if you’re not in a position to buy new ones, you can always renovate the existing ones. Renovation is not only cheap but also environmentally friendly. However, it would be best to renovate those with good frames and are still standing.
If you cannot renew your current furniture, all is not lost. You can always go for a new loose covering. A loose covering over will hide your stained or damaged upholstery and give them a new look.
Painting the furniture can also give your furniture a magical change, as is the case with the walls.
5. Add accessories to your living room
You can easily judge that adding the accessories is one of the quick and easy ways to add a fresh new look to your living room. Watch the latest trends for each season and pattern your accessories after them. For example, you can replace the warm woolly blankets you were using for winter with cotton throws in summer. You can also replace your pillows often.
Changing floor rugs can also add color and pattern to your living room, though not as cheap as other accessories. For instance, a jute summer rug will be a suitable replacement for a woolly winter rug.
6. Consider the lighting
Lights are a crucial factor when recreating your living room. Choice of lighting can change the mood and add to the ambiance. For elegance, consider incorporating floor lamps and several well-placed table lamps. Mount picture lights close to the specific pieces of art or the gallery wall.
A new chandelier or pendant light will easily replace the central lights, thus giving your living room a professionally finished look.
Lampshades that match seasonal accessories will undoubtedly give your living room a dynamic look.