Room by room makeovers: Large rooms for Great Living

Gone are the days of formal living rooms and salons, now we are all living literally in the great room! It is often integrally tied to the kitchen and sits in the middle of the house. It is the starting point for all activities and entertaining both family and friends. Whether it is to watch TV, play, do homework, project, wrestling with the kids, curling with your SO for a movie, or just kicking back, feet high and cold in the hand, is the big room where it happened. SoLet's look at some easy ways to make it really great!

Let us do the hard wood! It is always seems funny to me, if a builder creates an island of carpet for the big room, rather than continue the elegance and durability of hardwood. What is hardwood? Not only that provide greater continuity, but by a large pile carpet with pattern and color will hide much more than the typical sins of white carpet. The carpet is also used as a springboard for your design.

Crown molding is a must! If youdo not have it, add it. If you have it, you might want to add a piece for a closer look and give the ceiling a boost in height.

Accent color on the back of the shelves! Many large rooms have built-ins flanking the fireplace. While these have to match the trim, the back of them add a real punch in an accent color, maybe a rich Cabernet, a warm gold and a fresh sage. It can either mimic or complement the walls, but definitely not the good old white.

HighBlankets need color! In today's are airy, vaulted ceilings often detached homes in the area 15 'or more above the room, they are wrapped in color. If you are 10 'ceilings, plus they can easily get the same shade as the walls or a shade lighter, but they need color to pull it all work together and show-off with the architectural form of the mass.

Keep flexible! Go with a sofa and two chairs, instead of a sofa and loveseat or a sectional. It is much more flexible and everyone tends to liketheir own space. With two chairs, you can basically a couch and even third accent chair or bench.

Tables are a must! So often I see room for half finished, a lack of important tables and these essential areas for a drink, a book, a phone, too. Mix your shapes, rounds, squares, rectangles, triangles, too. Cut off for tables, the bigger the better, and keep the edges or rounded. Life and people move quickly, and we often run into corners, eliminating the most dangerous!

Give lightHeat it! Lighting is crucial, not rely on a Swiss cheese ceiling downlights (Do not Do It time!), Or the glare from the repelling fan bracket (I normally lead to the banished anyway!). Lamps are the answer - one at each end of the sofa, not appropriate unless you are so formal and have matching tables, and one between the chairs. More light may be obtained through a well-placed Torchi (read uplight) into a corner. The right lamp height is when the ground is the shadow within 2 "-4" of yourEye level when seated. All should be three-way and support-50-100-150-watt light bulbs for optimum lighting.

Soil texture hides! When you print your center of gravity during quiet upholstery fabrics with lots of texture to hide the ground, in the durability, easy maintenance, and will not tire of a busy. Hold down the busy for pillows and accents can change quickly and how your mood changes.

Do clothes! Large windows have to be shaped and softened with fabric and color. Do not ignore it and woodenBlinds or shutters. They are another hard surface and will only serve to complicate and acoustic echo. You do not have to cover the windows, provided only with the context, think of a large wooden rod with rings and not move stationary () panels on the sides. This is softness, color, add a little pattern and acoustic pads.

© 2005 Melissa Galt

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