Fresh Living Room Idea
Last weekend, i planed to fresh my room. But i have no ideas about decoration. I walked to magazine store and got one a book about home and garden. I found out more styles on the book, but some style may make me over budget. Easy way that i can do, i will change my room with a colour style by choosing a soft color theme add to my rood and increase a lighting to my room. More on style, i am writing any idea to guide who want to change the living room.
Fresh Colour for Living Room
The choice of colour scheme for the living room is more likely to relate to how the room is used than to other criteria. If the room is large and combines sitting and dining areas, then each zone can be used to illustrate the fresh look by using different combinations of the chosen colour scheme, or by separating them entirely. Colour-washes are effective at maintaining the light, fresh feel.
The fresh living room needs to make the most of the concept of spaciousness. To do this, distribute chosen elements of either furniture, curtaining, or carpet to create areas of light or neutral colour, using materials that are white, off white, or the very palest insinuation of your main featured colour. To further the sense of freshness, keep decorative detail and ornamentation simple, clean lined and related to the room’s colour theme. Here where less in more the focus is placed on the composed areas of fresh colour lime green , primrose yellow, rose pink combined with lightweight, simple objects, plants, flowers and furnishings.
Pattern and ornamentation must also maintain this lightness and freshness, therefore intensely chintz, are too oppressive to use. Likewise decorative objects, pictures, and accessories need to reflect the same harmonious colour and lightness of quality as the rest of the room. Natural light helps elevate the fresh quality of colour, greens and yellow become sublimely luminous in clear sunlight, while pinks and violets take on extra vibrancy
This article i found on About.com
10 Ways to Add Color to a Living Room
1. Paint One Wall
You will find that you can add a real punch of color by painting just one wall of your living room. This will really change the focal point of the living room without getting into a major decorating project. If your room has a niche, that’s the perfect choice for extra color. You can choose a bold, contrasting color picked from a floral fabric, or a subtle tone darker than the tone of the other walls. Any change in color will add interest and splash!
2. Throw a Few Pillows Around
Nothing adds color like pillows strategically placed on furniture. Whether you choose solids for a floral sofa or chair, or colorful, patterned pillows for a solid color chair or sofa, these simple additions will add comfort and just the right splash of color.
3. Add a Bit of Mother Nature (even if it means trying to fool her!)
Green plants or flowering ones add color, fragrance, personality, and just good feelings to the living room. If you really don’t have a green thumb, ask your nursery or home center to recommend ones that require little or no care. If you’re gone from home a lot, settle for some of the wonderful artificial ones on the market now. You can find great looking plants, foliage, and flowers that only need to be dusted.
4. Add a Whimsical Lamp
Even if you have a traditional classic living room, you can add a point of interest by selecting a lamp or shade that is colorful or whimsical. How about using an interesting pot or sculpture? You can have the electrical components installed for a reasonable price at a lamp shop. Then select a shade that’s an interesting shape, and glue trim of fringe, beads, or ribbon around the top and bottom to add color.
5. Put Some Color on the Floor
A colorful throw rug, strategically placed in front of a chair or under a coffee table can add color and texture to a living room. It can be put on top of hardwood flooring, painted floors, or carpet. You can choose a contrast color, chosen from fabric you’re using in the room, or look for one with an interesting pattern that ties into the theme of your room.
6. Freshen Up a Chair Cushion
If you have a small chair, such as a desk chair or side chair, consider recovering the seat cushion. Fresh color on even this small area will offer interest and bring life to a dreary corner.
7. Reflecting Color
Try placing a large mirror on a bare, boring wall. Choose an interesting frame or decorate a piece of mirror with cording or braid. If you have an old frame, consider painting it a bright color. The mirror will reflect the color from around the room and add light to the space.
8. Get Artsy
A colorful piece of art placed in a living room not only adds a decorative touch, but also introduces colors and shapes you might not be able to use in a larger area. Try framing simple photos with colorful mats and bright frames.
9. Paint the Back of a Bookshelf
A great touch of color and interest can be added by painting a bookshelf two colors (or even more!) Paint the frame and outside one color, and paint the inside of the piece, behind the shelves, with a contrasting color. You can choose different shades for each shelf if you really want to draw the eye. The color will really help the items on the shelves pop out and look important.
10. Snuggle Up With a Throw
A handmade quilt, nubby woven throw, or cozy, colorful blanket adds interest when draped over the back or arm of a neutral sofa or chair. Choose a color that accents other pieces in the room, as well. And this practical touch can be used for keeping cozy when watching television or reading a book.
All above infomation can more helps me, but i still find more examples style.
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