The interior in a small living room (photo)

Creating the interior design of a small living room

A small living room always confuses owners of dwellings, especially if it is a room in a two-room apartment. Any owner wants to have a spacious, cozy living room in which they could comfortably receive guests and relax themselves.

The design of a small living room, in addition to placing a bed, also requires a coffee table, a wardrobe, a fireplace, bedside tables for books and things, shelves. Correctly issue a guest can be determined in advance the most appropriate lighting, color and placement of furniture in the room.

Color selection

The choice of colors of a small living room requires a special approach. Perfectly suited for the interior of a small living room wallpaper in bright colors with a rare miniature pattern. They will visually expand the space of the apartment. In rooms with low ceilings, it is best to glue wallpaper with vertical lines. So it will be possible to make the room wider. Wallpaper with horizontal lines, on the contrary, will narrow the living room, making it smaller.

Photo: mirrors in the interior of a small living room will help you visually enlarge it.

It is possible to avoid facelessness using colored dark accents for the interior of a small shapeless living room. This can be the design of the walls using the combined multi-colored wallpaper. If you want to make a narrow living room wider, you can use the idea of ​​displaying the opposite wall by hanging a mirror at the planning stage. The design of a small living room can be changed if you divert attention from the small space of the room and low ceilings with bright panels.

Choice of furniture

When the color of the walls is chosen, you can start the selection of furniture. The design of a small living room is best done in a minimalist style. It is more expedient, instead of a set of upholstered furniture in the form of a sofa with two armchairs, to purchase a double sofa or several folding chairs with poufs. This will save space by making it easier for residents to move. The interior of the living room in a small apartment suggests a minimum of furniture. It must be compact, compact and multi-functional.

Photo: glass table by American designer Isamu Noguchi

The choice of lighting

To narrow living room seemed wider, you must choose the appropriate lighting. In bright light the room will seem more spacious.

Chandeliers, wall lamps and sconces are recommended as lighting devices.

Natural lighting is provided by light curtains. It is worth saying no to massive curtains, because they only “steal” excess space, and opt for Roman curtains, which give the room additional centimeters of usable space.

A narrow one-room apartment can be expanded by combining a living room with a kitchen. In this case, it suffices to apply the method of zoning space, dividing them into two zones by an arch.

Photo: kitchen combined with living room

Photo: Roman curtains in a small living room.

Recommendations for creating a small living room design

The interior of a small living room implies two main tasks:

• the correct location of the furniture;
• arrangement of decorative fireplaces;
• maximum expansion of space.

Small living room - a room where there is no need for massive upholstered furniture. Therefore, compact folding double or triple sofas, shelves, low cabinets, TV cabinets will fit perfectly into small interiors for small rooms of living rooms.

When creating a design for a mini living room, you should adhere to the following rules:

• compactly place the furniture in the interior of a small living room;
• make out the room in bright colors;
• use white background and bright accessories in the form of flowerpots, paintings, carpets, pillows with the aim of avoiding the “boring” design;
• use simple geometrically correct forms (this applies not only to furniture, but also to walls, ceiling, floor).

An original solution may be the use of glass furniture in the room or furniture made of durable plastic (provided that there are no small children in the house or apartment). Glass furnishings significantly increase the space of the room. Despite the fact that they also look like ordinary furniture, the living room seems to be much lighter and more mobile.

Choosing, for example, a set of furniture "two chairs + sofa", in the room decreases the free area, but at the same time, compactness is acquired. When choosing a corner sofa, keep in mind that in this case permutations become impossible, but more space appears. Pay attention to the massiveness of the corner sofas. A great option - the acquisition of a compact bed.

Among other things, the interior of a small living room can be decorated in a miraculous way, if you do not take a seat near the window. It's easier to put a bedside table under the window. If this cannot be done, it remains to arrange a bed there.

Do not be afraid of heat from the batteries. Furniture will not be damaged if you put it on 30 cm further from the heating. In the case of such an arrangement, a cozy living room design is created, the fourth wall is put into operation, the distance from the eyes to the TV screen becomes acceptable (up to 3.5 meters). Unusually it will look in a small apartment replacement of centralized heating with a narrow fireplace.

Photo: competent placement of the TV in a small living room

Photo: a visual increase in space due to the striped Palace

The option of placing a sofa in the center of the room saves space and attracts the eye with its originality. Here the focus is on the window. In no case should you put furniture on it. The design of windows with drapes with the addition of light tulle and curtains of light shades is welcomed.

Do not need in the living room curtains, if the owner wants to hang Roman curtains. Today they are very popular, easy to maintain, stylish, elegant.

In the case when the owner is the owner of a small living room in a one-room apartment on the first floor, it is recommended to use Japanese curtains for wishing to change the style to a modern design.

In general, the walls and window of the guest room should not be overloaded. All that is needed is to create the interior of a small living room in an unobtrusive style without unnecessary draperies and quilling, since their excess makes the already small guest stuffy.

It is more expedient to arrange the design of a narrow living room with the addition of shelves with open or transparent shelves, visual examples of which can be seen on the photo of sites offering repair services. Thanks to the so-called "artificial" voids improves the overall look of the room.

Looking through the photos of modern interiors for small living rooms, you can notice the following feature: the design of the walls with plain wallpaper, the installation of modern energy-saving fireplaces, the expansion of the room by painting the ceiling.

Tip: plain wallpaper or painting the walls of the living room - ideal for visual expansion of the space.

The possibilities of interior design are very wide, but they are not limitless. You should not try to make a royal room out of a narrow room of 18 square meters. The classic design of a small living room is the absence of draperies on the windows, solid furniture in dark colors, patterned wall decorations, and dark carpets. Remember that they are designed for large areas of 40-50 squares and not for the interior of small living rooms.

Ease of design and bright light - this is what will turn a narrow guest in a spacious comfortable room.

In a small living room you can create a wonderful design. You only need to choose the right elements of decor to expand the room and create a style at its discretion.

To increase the area of ​​the living room can be due to:

• color solutions;
• successful arrangement of furniture;
• the right choice of decorating elements (paintings, fireplaces, figurines);
• universality of lighting;
• optimal layout.

 Tip: The right combination of colors has a positive effect on mood, well-being, and performance.

Designers recommend to combine in the design of the living room no more than five colors.

Yellow color in a small apartment is considered unique, since symbolizes wealth. Combining it with fresh shades of green, the host enhances the activity and vitality in the room.

For a small living room when decorating the walls fit plain light wallpaper. The easiest way to pick them up, given the configuration of the room. For example, wallpaper with photos give the opportunity to extend the guestbook. As for the decor elements, they must be of the same style and must be combined with each other.

Remember that the most important thing in creating a living room is to create a space in the apartment, ideal for yourself and accessible to guests.

The color scheme should be made with a certain taste in order to focus on some "more profitable" areas of the room and to hide other ("less profitable") zones. In general, the guest design should be made in soothing colors and adjust to a comfortable full rest.

The TV should always remain the determining factor in the interior of a small living room. It is only important to install it correctly so that it fits well into the angle.

Today, the owners are increasingly choosing the design of a small living room in a modern high-tech style, trying to turn it into a spacious cozy resting place.