Ditch the tech
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In most living rooms today, you can see a TV as the focal point. Everything else somehow seems to just revolve about this single almighty item in our home and lives. Still, top-notch designers are never happy with abiding to rules; after all they are there to be broken. With this in mind, try to make your living room as much tech free as you possibly can. This of course doesn’t mean that you should simply ostracize all technology from your life. What you should do is make this single tech-free oasis in your home, where you and your family will be able to appreciate the good old art of conversation in peace. Instead of TV use fireplace as a central point, and transfer your phone to the hallway (however inconvenient this idea may seem).
Pay attention to lighting
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Now, as for the lighting, you should try and experiment. Sure, you can always go with standard atmosphere-oriented ambience lighting, or even try something a bit more daring. For example, if you are into the idea of exhibiting a collection, or focusing strongly on some points of your home, you can always go with ascent lighting and intensify illumination there where you feel you should. As for the lighting source, your options are wide open and you have to choose from various chandeliers, pendant lightings, tall lamps and even subtle downlights. Seeing how this step can make or break all your efforts so far, it is always wise to go with appropriate designer lighting.
Focus on color
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Next thing you need to know how to do is turn the color of the room into your greatest ally. It is a known fact that different colors affect us differently. Now, in 2016 the strongest focus is on natural and neutral colors. In other words, yellow or light green are ideal for you kitchen, violet, silver and grey for your bedroom, while for your living room you can experiment as much as you like, although rose quartz and serenity are rapidly gaining momentum. Unfortunately, painting your entire home can be quite expensive, especially if you are to hire commercial painters. To remedy the situation, you can either learn how to paint on your own, or simply just paint one wall per room. You would be surprised just how much difference can it make, but please just do it right or don’t do it at all.
Mixed materials
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Now, we talked about collections earlier so if you are a great mineral enthusiast there is no reason for you not to exhibit them in your living room. Same goes for metal structures and items, 2016 is all about mixing materials. Speaking of which, the line between outdoors and indoors cloth is blurring away this season, which only serves to give you more options when dressing your furniture. All in all, this may seem a bit confusing but more options is seldom a bad thing. Simply come up with a way in which all of this goes with your home and what you have is a winning combination.
In the end, what matters is the final impression that your home makes. Even the most esteemed designer is bound to fail from time to time, while a complete layman can sometimes make miracle happen. No one knows your home better than you do and no one knows its needs and cravings like you do. Simply find a way to answer all of them in accordance to some of these rules and you will certainly be on the right track.
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