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Your Living Room is the Centre of Attraction of Your Home!

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Our houses are more than just bricks and mortar. They are a library of memories, liveliness, and everything nice. So are the rooms within and especially the living room. The living room is the most memorable of all rooms because some the best moments of your life are spent here; sleepover with cousins when the bedrooms are occupied with other guests, playing board games with family and friends, long conversations with family over tea and snacks, and it goes on.

This is also the room where you receive guests and entertain them. Thus, the living room is room for all. There are no restrictions in that room. You can be yourself and have the time of your life there. Thus, extra care must be taken to furnish it, to give it character, and personalise it. Let us look at how to do that properly.

5 Common Mistakes of Living Room Decor

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  • Creating a showpiece living room: Stores selling furniture tend to arrange them in a way that they would be in a home. In a sense, the showrooms of such stores are like a collection of faux rooms, and the furniture for sale is laid like they would be in an actual room. Some of us make the mistake of being heavily influenced by such an arrangement and imitate it in our own homes. As such, our living room looks like it is one of those faux rooms in a furniture store. Not only do they lack aesthetic but also do not look unique and homely. Thus, it is essential that you mix and match furniture from different eras, types, and make it look personalized.

  • Incongruous furniture: The biggest sin in living room décor (or any room) is mismatched furniture. There must be some uniformity in the style, colour code, size, and design of the furniture. It looks comic when you pair a small sofa with a large coffee table, or you pair colourful plastic chairs with a wooden table. You can, of course, go for a fusion look, but fusion is an art where various objects are blend together through proper setting; it does not mean dumping furniture of different types in a room. The room must have a single personality, and the different furniture must be in tune with it.

  • Wrong layout: Just having good looking furniture is not enough. You need to lay them out in proper order. The furniture layout depends on the size and shape of the room. The design must be such that it does not inconvenience anyone, is sensible, and doesn't make the room cluttered and congested. The living room is the space where you entertain your guests. So if you have decided to install a television in that room, make sure there is a comfy sofa opposite it. A wrong layout of the furniture is a dampener in every aspect and must be avoided at all costs.

  • Cheap art: Many of us are guilty of this crime. Art is the best ornament for walls. Painting not only makes the walls colourful but also gives the room a cultured characteristic and proves that you have good taste. It is also soothing to the soul to look at a painting. But we commit a grave mistake while using paintings to decorate our living room; sometimes, we opt for cheap art by amateurs or poor imitations of famous paintings. Murals are generally expensive, and those of famous painters are more so. Thus we try to do a living room décor with cheap paintings and imitations that look downright ugly.

  • Harsh lighting: People do not give much thought about the lighting in the rooms, but they have a significant role in how the room looks. Low light can put most of the room in darkness, and it won't be in full view of the onlooker, while harsh lighting can be painful. Nobody would be able to appreciate your décor if half the room is in darkness or if they have squint because of the harsh lighting. Thus, it is important to light the room properly. Install soothing LED lights in unique lamps and brackets to ensure proper lighting.

10 Best Home Decor Items For Your Living Room

Zephyr Storage Coffee Table

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A coffee table is a must in a living room. It has high utility value as the living room is used for entertaining guests. This storage coffee table is the best choice to grace your living room. It combines utility with elegant design; thus, besides serving its function, it adds to the aesthetic appeal of the room.

The coffee table is made with sheesham wood and has a mahogany finish. The product dimensions are 356 mm x 798 mm x 549 mm. It has a spacious tabletop, and two drawers and an open shelf underneath. The tabletop can be used to keep books or to have a round of beverage or to play board games on. Space underneath can be utilised to keep magazines, coasters, etc. This coffee table comes for Rs. 17,599 on urbanladder.com.

Handmade Carpet

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Carpets give a royal look to any room. They are like ornaments to the floor. They also feel good under your feet. This carpet features a modern design; it shows multi – coloured leaves on a grey background. The dimensions of the carpet are 5 feet x 8 feet. The material is 100% wool, and it is handmade. The handmade factor gives the carpet quality, durability, and a great texture. It comes at a price of Rs. 18,400 on carpetmantra.com.

An Elegant Painting: Village Childhood

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Paintings are the best embellishment of walls. They are soothing to the eye and make the room look artistic. Though what type of painting that you will hang in your living room is completely up to you yet if you need a suggestion, then a genre painting would be the best choice.

Genre painting is the type of painting where an aspect of everyday life or daily activities are depicted. Such paintings have an emotional appeal and are more than just a physical object. This genre painting depicts the village's childhood of the 90s. Thus it has a nostalgic element. It is hand-painted on vertical rolled canvas of dimensions 22 inches x 15 inches. The type is realistic, and it is painted with watercolour. The price of this painting is Rs. 8,400, available on indianartzone.com.

Set of 3 Engineered Wood Hexagon Shape Wall Shelf in Wenge Colour by Driftingwood

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Wall shelf is another great embellishment for the wall. They can be used to showcase small showpieces or simply left vacant if the wall shelf itself is of dynamic design, like this set of 3 wall shelves. They are hexagonal in shape, and each of them is of the dimensions 7 inches x 7 inches x 3.5 inches. Each weighs 2.5 kgs and comes in a henge colour. They are priced at Rs. 1,479 pepperfry.com.

Garcia Fabric Lounger in Grey Colour by HomeTown

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A lounger is important in a living room because not only does it provide seating space but can double as a makeshift bed. In case you have to entertain an extra guest, it can come in useful. It comes in grey colour, and the frame is made of pine wood. The upholstery is of polyester material. You can get it in both left and right-hand coordination, whatever you prefer. A lounger is an extremely comfortable seating arrangement and is best when a group of friends plans to sit around conversing. This lounger is perfect for such a purpose and comes at Rs. 1,39,000 on hometown.in.

Corner Table

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No furniture arrangement in any room is complete without a side table. Side tables are versatile have many purposes. You can use it to keep house plants on for room decoration or use it to keep small items of daily usage like keys, phone, the book you are reading, and the likes. This side table has a unique and elaborate frame in the shape of a Z and is made of teak. It is of the dimensions 18 inches x 15 inches x 21 inches and is lightweight. It has a glass top surface and comes at a price of Rs. 5,899. Make your living room more attractive with this striking looking side table. It’s available for purchase on urbanladder.com.

Blue Blackout Cotton 7 Feet Rod Pocket Door Curtain by Solaj

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Some believe that curtains are products of utility and not of embellishment. They have a purpose of blocking unnecessary sunlight from entering the room and to keep the room more private. And this perception is both true and untrue. There is truth in the fact that curtains are products of utility, but like most products, they are also made, keeping in mind the aesthetic factor. If that was not the case, then we would not have as much variety in colour and form of curtains as we do have.

This curtain is a majestic looking one and will elevate the look of your living room. It is made of cotton and is of the dimensions 88 inches x 42 inches. It is dark blue in colour with patterned lines running horizontally along the length of the curtain. It has rod pockets and strings to hold the curtains in place. It comes at a price of Rs. 1,199 on pepperfry.com.

Yellow Light Cane Lamp

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A cane lamp has a unique appeal. They can make the room look sophisticated. This wicker lamp is shaped like those traditional Japanese lamps and can be hung from the ceiling like a pendant. It is 40 inches in length. The best use of such a wicker lamp is as a night lamp. The soft glow of the bulb emanating through the wicker pattern looks divine. It comes for Rs. 3,500 on indiamart.com.

Antila White Acrylic Chandelier by Casacraft

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This chandelier is unlike any chandelier that you have seen so far. This acrylic chandelier is white in colour and has an eye-catching geometric design. It is of the dimensions 31 inches x 21.5 inches x 3.1 inches and weighs 3.8 kgs. The soothing white light of LED goes perfectly with this chandelier. The design makes it most appropriate for a living room with modern décor. It comes at a price of Rs. 23,999, available on pepperfry.com.

Antique Wall Clock

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Most people do not think of the wall clock as a part of home décor. It hangs obscurely in some part of the wall away from attention. But that need not be as wall clocks with elaborate and attractive designs are available, like this particular wall clock. It has a vintage design and is two-sided like the ones that used to hang in railway stations of yesteryears.

It is of the dimensions 25 cm x 25 cm x 40 cm and weighs about a kilogram. It can easily be affixed on the wall. It is made of plastic that has moisture-proof and dust-proof. For those who have a penchant for the classic, this antique wall clock will be perfect in your living room. It comes at Rs. 5,000 on funkydecors.com.

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There are Many Aesthetics, Rules and Regulations to Decorating Your Living Room Properly!

Most of us think that room décor involves just decorating the room with fancy furniture and objects, and there is nothing much to it there. Well, you can't be more wrong. Room décor is decorating the room, but it's not a child's play; there are many aesthetics, rules, and regulations to it. Most of us are not aware of those and tend to make mistakes when arranging our living room. If we are to do something, it's best if we do it the proper way!