How you arrange the rooms in your home has an immense effect on how comfortable you feel while spending time inside. You could feel completely at place and enjoy your leisure at home, or you could always feel like something’s off.
If you want your place to gleam and impress with style, you have to know how to arrange the interior elements like it’s an art.
If it sounds complicated, don’t worry. It’s all a matter of a few simple steps, which we will be revealing to you in this article.
How to Arrange a Designer-Worthy Room
You don’t need an interior designer to be able to arrange the rooms in your home as if they were in a magazine. All you need is a plan and the knowledge of how to properly create that plan.
Before you start ordering furniture and then wondering what the best placement for them is, create an outline and a list with all the necessary steps.
Below is what to pay attention to while planning a room arrangement.
Determine a Focal Point
The number one rule of stylish arrangement that is pleasing to the eye is to have a focal point in the room. Whether that would be the TV set, the furniture around a coffee table, a reading spot, or else, choose an area to accentuate.
Use lively patterns there, and if there are any bright colors in your palette, keep them for the focal point and leave the other areas colored in mostly neutral hues from your palette.
If you have a fireplace or architectural features that are a natural focal point, then your job is made easy.
Place the TV in the Right Spot
Most people nowadays have TVs, and their proper placement depends on factors such as their size and model.
Try to find a spot that is not so much affected by direct daily light to place your TV, and make sure the spot you’re placing it is not in front of an area where people pass through often. After all, you wouldn’t want people passing to prevent you from blissfully enjoying your favorite shows on a relaxing evening.
If you own a fireplace, think about mounting the TV over it, but do your research on how to properly do it, so that watching the TV can be truly enjoyable.
Leave Space between Furniture and Walls
Try not to stick all the furniture next to the walls and incorporate some creative arrangements in which there is some space between furniture and walls. That will bring some air inside the room and make it look bigger.
Depending on how big the room is, you can leave just a few inches between the furniture and the walls, but if the room is larger, you could bring a sofa to the center of the room and create a leisure spot that way.
Balance the Furniture
You might be wondering what type of furniture should you choose so that the space doesn’t feel clogged. A good general piece of advice that is good in any situation is to choose furniture of varying sizes, but make sure you don’t place all the small furniture in one part of the room and the large ones in another, as that will create an unbalanced feeling.
Leave Enough Passing Space
While planning the arrangement of the room, identify what are the areas where people are mostly passing. If it’s a living room, for example, there should be easy access between the entrance and the exit to another room.
After you identify the traffic areas, make sure you arrange the furniture around them in such a way that leaves enough space for people to pass freely.
If you really want to get a big coffee table, but it will prevent people from passing with ease, then it’s better to skip it and get some other piece of stylish furniture that won’t interfere with traffic patterns.
Use the Right Size Decorative Elements
If it’s a large room, using too many small pieces of art, tiny cushions, and miniature rugs won’t do you any good. Small interior elements will be sort of eaten by the large room and they will create an uncomfortable feeling.
Consider the size of the room and choose appropriately sized elements.
Separate Areas
Separating the room into different areas is a key interior design strategy and also a way to invite coziness to the room.
If it’s a living room, for example, create a conversational area, an area for reading and relaxing, and an area for watching TV. Try to use different lighting for all areas and use furniture to clearly separate them.
Allow people to talk to each other comfortably at home and place the sitting furniture around a center like a coffee table.
My name is Scarlett Mitchell and i am an author and editor in the home topic website – FemCasa.com.
I’m just an enthusiast who wants to share her visions, ideas and advices, when it comes to decorating every part of your home until it becomes the perfect relaxing place for you and your family.