Right now you know your living room feels small and you're not sure what to
do. Some of you may live in a house and some of you may live in an apartment and
you're sitting watching TV and you just feel like your house is collapsing on
top of you because there's not enough space to do your activities and put your
feet up. Imagine that all you need to do to make
this space seem bigger is to rearrange a few things. In this video,
we're going to cover a couple of useful tricks that will make
your living space feel bigger, brighter, and homier.
There are five steps to planning your layout that will show you how to make
your room look bigger. Get a good paint job. Invest in primary multifunctional
pieces. You're going to have to find your focal point and flow. Utilize accessories
and most importantly keep it simple so as I've stated in the five bullet points
prior the first one we're going to talk about is paint color. A good paint job
can go a long way I recommend choosing lighter colors because they reflect
light and make your space feel more open. If you want to make your room seem
larger you would probably want to stay away from darker colors. Darker colors
can absorb the light and make your space appear smaller so the second bullet point
we're going to talk about is your primary and multifunctional pieces. These
are going to consist of your sofas and your entertainment consoles because they
are the most utilized pieces in your living space so these need to be
stylish and functional. Another good investment is going to be an ottoman
instead of a coffee table because that gives you extra seating it can kind of
bring in some color and a print to your space. If you prefer a coffee table I
recommend getting something that is multifunctional.
For example, a nesting coffee table so you have your two tables that slightly
fit underneath the coffee table or you can pull them out so you can have your
snacks and appetizers or kids can do their coloring and puzzles on the coffee table.
These are gonna be your focal points and your most important areas for your primary and
multifunctional pieces. The third point is going to be your flow and focal
point of your living space. This is going to be your decision. It's going to be
what you want your focal point to be and that could be a beautiful art piece that
you love. It can be your fireplace. It can be or 70-inch TV or something that you love
and so what you'll do once you find your focal point is you're going to rearrange
the furniture that sits in front of your focal point or has direct view of the
focal point when you do that it is going to create the flow of the space
and it will keep your flow from room to room whether it's going into your formal
living room your kitchen or a second bedroom and then that will get to our
next point which will be your accessories this is one of the most
important parts of redoing your living room to make
your space feel bigger. You would think having accessories is going to fill up
your space and make it look smaller but in fact it makes your space look
complete. Utilizing mirrors with your accessories is one of the most important
factors of it you can put a mirror above the fireplace you can put a mirror above
the sofa what the mirror is going to do it's going to attract light coming in
from your windows and it will make the space look visually appealing and give
that visual eye that your space is much larger than it actually is that's why I
always recommend maybe doing a floor mirror if you have the space or having
the mirror above the fireplace and it doesn't matter if the mirror above your
fireplace just reflects the back wall or reflects just a window or something else
it's going to make the room in the fireplace feel bigger than it actually
is. The last but not least and fifth bullet point is keep it simple. The more
pieces you have in a room the more cluttered it will feel.
Avoid using busy patterns and bright colors because they can overwhelm a
space. This means don't go crazy with your patterns or your colors. We want to
keep it clean and crisp so that means just keeping it simple keeping it to a
minimum a good example is not having too many knickknacks around the house
however if those are sentimental to you I recommend putting them on an etagere or a
bookcase or putting them in your entertainment console so that way that
could be your focal point if you don't have one already but other than that you
know just try to store all of your important stuff or your meaningful
things in a nice bookshelf and then keep it simple. Now that we went over the five
steps in planning your new living room you are that much more closer to
creating your spacious beautiful living room if you liked what you heard please
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