Tips to Arrange your Living Room

living-roomLiving room is an area of the house which usually located near the main entrance at the front of the house. This area is used for relaxing and socializing such as for leisure activities and entertaining guests. Living room may contains furnishing such as sofa, center table, chairs, television, coffee table, bookshelves and other furniture. Other function of living are watching television, listening to music, family activities, get together with friends, and children’s playground.

When lay-outing your dream house, it is important to take a look for your living room to know if there is enough space for your guests, family activities and place for furniture.

Here are some tips to arrange your living rooms

  1. Make sure to buy a sofa that you and your guests feel comfortable in.
  2. Don’t forget to install proper lightning.   Proper lightning can give good ambiance to your guests. Space should have variety of lights such as on walls, ceiling or hanging fixtures.
  3. There should be enough seating on your living room for accommodating the number of guest and family members to fit.
  4. Organize place of your television, books, videos, CD’s, etc. Adequate storage is necessary but make sure to put it in the right place.
  5. Get rid of all the mess. Remove and hide-away all messy objects and unnecessary stuffs.
  6. Coordinate colors in your living room. Make sure that the color combination is in harmony. Keep on matching colors in the area to those colors such as your curtains, sofa cover, etc.

Lighting ideas for your Home

lighting controlToday, many are houses uses lights as part of their interior designs. Architects and interior designed have been using lights in their plans and designs. Lights play a role in creating enjoyable and comfortable home. When good light position is properly applied, it will create a good ambiance inside your home from living room to kitchen, bedroom to comfort room. Red and orange colors will increase the cheerfulness and warmth of the room

There are variety of choices used for lighting such as LED lights, lamps, overhead lights, chandeliers, accent lights, and many more. Using these type of lights, you can set the scene for any style you want.

Lighting is use to entertain your friends, visitors and loved-ones. Bright color will create a cheerful mode and inspire activity and alertness. People do not want to sit in bright and direct light so your lighting should be focused on walls and points of interest. You can use light to accent a piece of artwork or interesting design element of your home. It is a great opportunity to welcome guests. You can show off artwork and architecture by accenting it with direct light. Lighting is very effective if it’s not overdone.

It is also a good idea to have lighting control in your home to set what mood or scene you want. Using control, you can customized lighting scenes for every room in the house. From party lighting to romantic dinner is as easy as a press of a button.