If you want to give your house a new look, there are some tips you can follow to change any space drastically. You can rent new furniture to restore and give a different air to your home, add something to your current decoration or just change the arrangement of your furniture. Maybe you want to impress your visitors or just live in a cozier environment. Just by applying this simple ideas you can decorate your house like a pro.
Put your sofa in front of your chairs
Arrange your sofa and chairs in a group, putting your sofa and chairs in a U shape with the sofa and front of it two chairs facing each other and a coffee table in the middle. You can also put them in an H shape with the chair facing the sofa and a coffee table in the middle. This arrangement invites conversation and makes the room feel more intimate and balanced.
Avoid pushing furniture against the wall
It is recommendable to not push all the furniture against the wall. Some people do it thinking it will make the room look bigger but it actually has the opposite effect. It is better to put them away from the wall to make the room feel bigger.
Put a least one mirror in each room
A mirror in a wall is like having a fake window that duplicates the space and makes the room feel larger. It also makes the room brighter because they bounce the light and spread it around the room. It is important to put them perpendicular to a window and not in front of it because it will bounce the light back to the window.
Change your artwork
You can put in new artwork or change the position of the ones you already have. They must be hanging at eye level, and be balanced with the wall. For example, on a big wall, you can put one big piece or a group of small pieces, trying to not put them so far apart, 2 or 4 inches is more than enough.
Put a rug big enough to fit a group of furniture
If you want to put a rug in the living room it has to be big enough to fit at least the front two legs of the sofa and chairs on it. It is important to put a rug big enough in the sitting area to make the room look balanced, a too-small rug will make everything look out of scale.
No furniture can be alone
Any surface of your tables or other kinds of furniture must have something that gives them a plus, it is not about overcrowding the surfaces but complementing them by adding a little detail. Taking into account the size and use you can put a lamp, vases, candles, etc, on it.
These are some ideas to improve your spaces, you can rent different types of furniture and decoration, and adapt your home to your particular needs.
