The living room is the most frequently used room in many households and its furnishings also reflect the personalities of its inhabitants. It is this that is most often expressed through its decoration. But someone in a new apartment may not know how to decorate, so here we are with a few hints on how to decorate a wall to make your living room distinctive and original.
What affects the decoration of the room
Every room is a little different, but when thinking about what to put on the wall, you should always take into account the overall layout and appearance of the room, the placement of furniture in it, the chosen style and colour scheme and, of course, the personal tastes and preferences of the inhabitants of the household.
It is also important to consider how much space you have available. Some living rooms are pass-through, so there is a minimum of large walls. Windows in older homes with bay windows and alcoves can be equally restrictive. That's why when choosing decorative elements, you need to think about the size of them, depending on just how big a wall you'll be placing them on.
Furniture
The dominant piece of furniture in a living room is usually a sofa, or at least a sofa or armchairs, and also a bookcase and other storage spaces. Ideally, these are in one style and design, but a living room composed of all solitary pieces that are disparate in style but still fit together can look beautiful.
It all depends on the taste of the individual owner. It's a bit like clothes. Not everyone is suited to distinctive pieces, just as not everyone has the courage for unusual designs. Sometimes an interesting shelf or other piece of furniture, a mirror, a distinctive clock, but also interesting switches, metal hanging decorations and other accessories can work as wall decoration.
Television and other electronics
The most prominent feature on the wall directly opposite the sofa is usually the television, stereo, home cinema, speakers or other electronics. If you buy such equipment new, pay attention not only to its technical quality but also to its design. If you buy the parts separately, they should match in colour and style so that your wall doesn't look like an electronics store of all brands and styles.
Lighting
Appropriate lighting is also something that will greatly affect the overall look of a room, whether it's wall lights, a floor lamp in the corner of a room, or modern LED lighting that is used to illuminate a TV screen to reduce eye strain when watching TV in a dark room, for example, or as decorative lights above a bar. In the evening, appropriate lighting can highlight a piece of art on the wall, such as a sculpture or painting. You can also use light to emphasise the division of the living room into different zones.
Flowers
Cut flowers and plants in pots and planters can not only complement the interior, but can also be a decoration in their own right. For example, a bouquet of live flowers in an original vase can attract attention to the wall in front of which you place it. So do distinctive plants in original pots.
You can also create a separate partition in a room with a flower wall combining a wooden or metal structure with a large number of plants. Decorations made from dry flowers and other natural plants are also popular with many people. Wicker wall decorations, for example, combine beautifully with them. Flowers can also enhance wooden and other natural wall decorations.
Alignment or contrast?
When choosing a wall decoration for your living room, you should not forget about the overall style of the room. It's the same as with colour - either tone on tone or contrast, i.e. contemporary to new, historical to antique, naive or folk art to rustic, or a combination of the seemingly mismatched.
Thus, modern elements are suited to modern furniture, but equally, a distinctive piece of historical art can dominate the blank wall above a modern cabinet if given enough space to stand out. The size of the wall decoration should be similarly proportionate in size, colour and number of individual decorative elements. A room cluttered with furniture should have fewer decorations and vice versa.
Personality as style
For many people, what matters when choosing wall decorations is how they feel about them. This could be pictures from their grandmother, gifts they have received, souvenirs they have brought back from their travels around the world, creations from family members, or even natural objects collected on trips. The possibilities are endless, you just have to choose.
The most common types of decorations
We've already mentioned some of the elements, but it doesn't hurt to summarize them all. These can be:
Furniture, lighting and accessories
Shelves
Clocks
Mirrors
Lamps and candlesticks
Works of art
Paintings
Sculptures
Metal, wooden and other sculptures
Photographs
Carpets, tapestries, textile paintings
Wall hangings
Glass and ceramics
Other
Posters
Reproductions of paintings
Family photographs
Souvenirs and personal mementos
Flowers, stones and other natural objects
Candles
Anything that you enjoy seeing every day
Original or replica?
You can get reproductions of paintings for a few hundred, originals by lesser-known artists for a few thousand, and works of art for hundreds of thousands or millions just the same. It just depends on your taste and budget. The spectrum of home accessories is equally diverse - from mass-produced and thus cheaper items to solitary pieces of furniture and other elements.
You can sometimes find real treasures at flea markets, junk shops at estate sales, or even online auctions. Just don't be afraid to look. Sometimes you can find real treasures for a fraction of the price. If you have a limited budget, you can combine one more expensive decoration with less expensive but matching elements. Try going to an antique shop or gallery, maybe something will catch your eye.
And don't forget to decorate your windows appropriately, you can put decorations in them all year round to fine-tune the overall décor of your home.
At the same time, you shouldn't neglect the walls themselves when decorating your rooms. Quality and fresh decorations have a great impact on the overall feel of a room. New decorations will also greatly enhance the décor of your premises and as a result, fine tune the overall feel of the room. If you would be interested in having a redecoration done, definitely don't hesitate to try Adam's painting services.
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