Nothing in the world creates as good an impression as your living room. While your kitchen and bedroom are the more private spaces in the house, the living room is something that is common and accessible to anyone. This is why you need a great interior design and decoration idea for this room. The more you focus on the beauty of your room, the better the impression you would be able to create on the visitors. We are sure that you have had a tough time in finding the right kind of décor for your living room. It takes a lot of thought. However, we have a very soft and appealing idea that is inspired from the Georgian and cottage style home design ideas that would certainly prove to be a good option for you. Have a look.

As usual, we would start with the walls of the house. These need to be painted with a very soft shade of green. A light shade of leaf green would be a great choice for the room. Green makes you calm down and would be quite helpful in relaxing your nerves and making you feel really great. Think about the color of a cucumber smoothie. This would give you a good idea of what exactly is needed by you. Don’t go for accents as they would not be helping the room stand out in any way and are largely unnecessary.

However, if your room is designed in such a way that accents would become necessary, just go for a darker hue of green and you would be able to manage the look. Now, we think about the windows and door colors. You can go for a pastel shade of blue or dry a deeper shade of the cucumber green color that you have used on the walls. Team them up with beautiful floral curtains. They should, again, be a different hue of green and must have flowers in contrasting colors like red. You can also add one sheer white curtain along with this.

Now, go for bright sofas. They need to be thickly padded and must be as fluffy as possible. However, this fluffiness must only be maintained in the looks. As such, the sofas should be very firm. The color can be carrot red that comes with floral or feminine designs. Make sure that it instantly catches your attention and provides a soothing contrast to the color of the walls. Add an ottoman with a similar look.

You can also add one fluffy but firm stool near the window to get the right amount of seating necessary in the room. To accentuate a Georgian appearance after you have added the cottage feel, simply add one beautiful warm honey brown serpentine chest that comes with antique looks and you would be finding the perfect combination for yourself. Add a couple of lamps on the top that must also be in deeper shades of green and you would be finding the perfect living room you have been looking for.

Architectural details in the house definitely make it look more glamorous and beautiful. However, as an average homeowner who has galleries that remain empty, hallways that lead to nowhere and a staircase that comes with an empty space, you know how much trouble these vacant spots can create. In general, a house becomes a home only when it is decorated with the right kind of furniture and accessories. It is quite possible that these empty spaces in your house look quite irritating. You must never stick only to the specific rooms when it comes to home designs. You also have to make sure that you use the leftover space wisely and create more value in your house. But how do you do that? Let us have a look at some simple tips that would ensure the same.

• Look for storage options in the space- one of the things that bothers homeowners the most is the lack of storage space. You might think that chests and cupboards are only meant for the bedrooms. However, this is not true. You have the option of keeping storage furniture like big cupboards and chests in this empty space. It would help in decorating your room and would also make sure that you are paying enough attention to the storage space issue. Keeping a big closet here is always a great idea.
• Look for seating options in the space- this can be one of your new spaces for coffee tables. If it is under a staircase or if there is a big open window in whatever gallery you are using this, then it can become a great place for your coffee table. You can even place a settee or a sofa in this space to make it look attractive. Other options may include some statement chairs that are bought from the local discount furniture store would look great here as well. This space would usually be a quieter space, therefore, you can even keep a bookcase here and arrange for a table and a couple of chairs and make it a small study or reading room.
• Utilize old furniture in the house- it is so easy to buy new furniture for yourself. However, when it comes to discarding the old furniture, it definitely becomes a problem. We understand that changing your living furniture at regular intervals can be a necessity at times. Therefore, we suggest that you take the older furniture, add a few tweaks and try to re-fabricate it and use it in these empty spaces. Sometimes, they can come in really handy when there are many people in the house. Moreover, you would never have to discard a furniture that isn’t bad, but just out of fashion.

Decorate these empty spaces just like you would decorate other rooms in the house. If not, it would simply look like an ugly store room with no personality of its own. Whatever you add here, just add a little bit of furnishing details and you would get a perfect space.

How would you describe a living room? Is it a place where you can entertain your guests? Is it a place where you feel the most relaxed? Is it a space where you can connect with your family? No matter what you chose, it is quite obvious that the living room is the liveliest place in the house. Therefore, you have to make sure that it remains that way. However, when you are entertaining your guests formally, you can’t expect to do so in a brightly colored living room. The room design idea that we would be talking about today is based on a simple, elegant, luxurious and classy theme that would give a very modern look to your home. It is designed especially for an urbane setting but can be used pretty much anywhere that you like. Let us get started.

The most important thing that you need to focus upon in this room is the furniture of the house. Therefore, we would first start talking about the furniture. You need to buy a big fluffy sofa for your living room. Make it a cottage style thickly padded sofa that would help you in making sure that the room retains a very earthen look. The sofa should seat three and must be provided with both large and medium sized cushions. While the sofa must be in an oyster white shade, you can chose the cushions in a complementing pattern. This would help in maintaining the theme of the room. The armrests must be simple and not very high. Keep moss green colored sofas on either side of the 3 seater sofa. These two must follow the contemporary designs but must have a high and straight arm chair. These sofas need not be very fluffy. Just keep them firm and comfortable. It can also come with accents of deep chocolate brown color. A bench with textures and similar moss green colors would complete the look.

The table that you must keep in the room should be rectangular in shape and must have a glass tabletop. Keep a small flower vase on the table but keep only yellow flowers here. This is because it would match the theme of the room. Keeping red flowers is also okay but it would hardly do anything to accentuate the look and feel of the room. Keep side tables that are chunky and stand exactly at the height of the armrests of your couch. Add lamps and flowers here to complete the furniture part of the room. You must ideally have large French windows here. Use solid grey and sheer white curtains with patterns. The room must be painted in an extremely light variety of moss green. This would help you in keeping the room looking light even after using heavy furniture over here.

Remember, you don’t have to use anything that is too heavy or too dark in the living room otherwise it looks quite boring. Keep it light but make sure it looks fairly elegant.

Patios are really special parts of your house. This is because it is the only space after the living room where you can socialize with the others. A good patio is a necessity for you home. Therefore, you must always pay attention to making a great seating and socializing space in your backyard or a big lawn if your have one. So, what are the important things that you must focus on when you are getting a patio built for yourself? Basically, you must be focusing on the usage and the size of the patio. This and other things are mentioned below in detail.

• First of all, decide what would be the purpose of the patio if you are planning to get one built for yourself. Many people like their patios to be very private spaces where they sip in their beverages and just look at the stars. There are many others that want the patio to be a space for socializing out in the open. There are many others who want a multipurpose patio. Therefore, you must first decide how you are going to use that patio. Once this is decided, rest of the things would become easier.
• Decide the size of the patio. The size of the patio would largely depend on the size of your backyard but is entirely a matter of your personal preferences. Therefore, be very sure of what you want with that patio. Socializing spaces would obviously be bigger while private patio spaces would be smaller. Therefore, keep these things in mind and make sure you don’t budge much more the size that you have decided for the patio.
• Decide about the decoration of the patio. You might want it to look extremely natural. For this, you have to focus on growing a few plants around it. You can even opt for decorative flower rails all over the patio. Some might want it to look simpler. If this is the case, then you can simply go for carvings. If you are still undecided and don’t even wish to go over the top, just use some fancy lights on the patio. This would help you in making sure that it looks trendy and elegant at the same time.
• Decide the furniture that you would be using for the patio. You have three options. First, is metal. This material is generally used in patios that are more relaxed and provide a good way to get relived of all the stress in life. If you want to use it for a personal space and would only socialize with a small number of people, metal would be a good option. Wood is certainly an evergreen option and it can be used in both casual as well as formal settings. Finally, we have wicker and rattan furniture. It looks quite good and would be providing a very casual and laid-back appearance to the patio. Many people also opt for plastic furniture at this space. You can decide as per your wish.

Buying a furniture item is quite an expensive task. You would be spending anything between $300 to a few thousand dollars in buying furniture for your house. In this case, you would definitely have to save some money for at least 6 months or even a year and make sure that you are able to buy a really great piece of furniture for yourself. However, you can never know if the furniture that you wish to buy would fit in your budget or not. Therefore, for an average homeowner, buying furniture is quite a tricky task. Therefore, you need to buy some alternatives for yourself when it comes to furniture items.

A great furniture option can be plastic. Yes! Most of the homeowners might get not really take this idea in a very good way. They think that plastic is not something that they can depend upon when it comes to furniture. Well, if you would think plastic furniture would be using the same variety of plastic that is used in food packaging, you are mistaken. Plastic is a man-made material and its strength, color etc. can be changed as per the wish and need to the makers. When it comes to plastic furniture, the material is given a lot of strength and its flexibility is reduced.  It is provided with many bright and different colors as well. This makes sure that you are getting good quality plastic for creating furniture items. They do not crack or break easily and would not be very flexible and malleable like the usual plastic things we come across every day.

The best thing about plastic is that it is available in a huge variety of colors and designs. You can be getting anything and everything that you like in plastic. The plastic furniture items can be used in any kind of weather, both indoors and outdoors. There is no effect of sun, rain, sand or any other corrosive agent on the plastic furniture. Therefore, you would be seeing that plastic provides a great opportunity for you to buy cheap and durable kind of furniture for your house. Plastic is mostly used by people in their outdoor spaces like patios and in their kids’ room as well. However, it can be used almost anywhere that you like. There are plastic coffee tables, plastic dining tables and much more available to the buyers. Therefore, there would be no question about the lack of furniture in the house.

Some of the best quality plastic furniture is also available in very hard quality because of which it looks and feels exactly like wood. You would now be able to make sure that you get the same hardwood quality and looks as feels exactly like hardwood only. Therefore, you would never be compromising on looks, even if you are buying for a far lesser price than a hardwood furniture. Therefore, always make sure that you buy only the best. Plastic is in and it would be for a fairly long period of time.

You know what is the best kind of furniture wood available in the market these days? All of them. Yes, when we think about furniture, what we first think about is a wooden item. Furniture is actually a synonym to wood itself. No matter how many new materials we have seen in the past, there is nothing that beats the charm and glory of wood furniture and this is exactly the reason why we all love to keep wooden furniture in our homes. It is more elegant, more beautiful and definitely has a very charming appeal that cannot be avoided by anyone. Therefore, buying wood furniture is definitely an essential for your house if you are looking for really appealing home design ideas.

When you are buying wood furniture, you have to focus on the fact that the furniture that you are using can be made of many different kinds of woods. Therefore, it is essential that you focus on the fact that you only get the right kind of wood for the right use and the right room. Each kind of wood would be different in terms of looks and characteristics. If you are willing to buy furniture for your bedroom, you must definitely be buying mahogany and teak. These are two of the woods that make bedroom furniture look really chic. They are true to type hardwoods that are highly durable as well. If you have a classic furniture design, then you must definitely be looking for these two woods. However, you must always remember that these are exotic wood varieties and can be very expensive as well.

There are many varieties of wood that can be providing you the same looks but not as huge a quality. These woods are grown domestically. They may not be as good as teak or mahogany, but they are definitely durable enough and would be providing you a great cost effective measure to buy furniture as well. There are many varieties that either match the exotic woods in looks or in strength. Therefore, you must make sure that you are buying good quality wood only. Some of these varieties are exported from china and sold in the name of domestic or even exotic wood. Do not fall a trap to these tactics. If you must buy, buy from the most genuine dealers only. The domestic wood can include both softwood and hardwood like oak, maple, ash, walnut, cherry, poplar, pine, redwood and many more.

You must usually opt for softwood in wood as many of the hardwood furniture is out of the reach of the common homeowner. You must also look out for other alternatives in wood. There are many more alternatives to softwood and hardwood. One of these is composite wood, particle boards, plywood and pressed wood. They are made of wood particles as well polymer which keeps them light and durable as well. It is also very cheap to buy and is available in any number of colors and varieties that you can think of.