Makeover Tips for Living Room

Changes in a home can bring a fresh life to you. New appearances always make things refreshing and novel. There are many reasons one might want to perform a quick living room makeover. There may be family coming into town, or you may be having a party or event in your home. You may even just be ready for a change. Minute renovations and shifting of furniture or replacing of some decoration pieces can really give a new look to your house. Here are some ways you can change your living room quickly and easily.

Mood
The Best way to have a quick change in the room is to change the room’s mood. The mood of the room could be altered by adding or softening lighting, or by installing dimmers. Wall hangings can also change the mood of the room. Bright colored abstract art can energize a room while a soft, romantic oil painting will lend relaxation and sophistication to a room. The larger the piece is the bigger effect it will have on the room. But always keep in mind the area of the living room so that it shouldn’t give messy gaze.

A subtle and an easy way to give your living room a quick makeover is the change the smells in the room. Purchase candles with pleasant and relaxing scents, or add seasonal items to the room like flowers, or cinnamon scented pinecones.

Color Themes

Colours play an important role in our lives and affects on our mood too. The wrong selection of colour or mis-match of the colour scheme is always a big turn off. Dull shades on the walls or very bright shades too can fade the charisma of the living room. Dress us a bland or boring room by changing the color scheme. This can be accomplished in a single shopping trip to your favorite department store. Pick a family of colors that coordinates with your current décor, and purchase throw pillows, throw blankets, new curtain panels, or a curtain scarf to top existing panels. You may want to purchase an area rug as well.

This is also a quick and inexpensive way to decorate seasonally. In the fall, you can purchase these items in rust and yellow colors, during the holidays you can use cranberry, and green, in late winter, you can use silver and blue. For spring, you can purchase your accessories in greens and yellows, and bring in whites in the summer. Select the colours and contrasts according to the furniture placed which can easily go with it.

Eco Trend
Eco-friendly interiors can also give an alluring appearance to your rooms. Previously eco-friendly interiors was more functional than luxurious, however a new wave of eco-friendly designers have demonstrated that eco-friendly doesn’t have to mean boring. If you do choose to buy a few eco pieces for your bedroom continues it throughout with textured materials and fabrics; aim to bring the outdoors in. Use lightweight fabrics on your bed linen, curtains and cushions. To accessorize don’t be scared to experiment with unusual items such as contorted pieces of driftwood or shells, and layer up bed and chairs with heavy wool or cashmere blankets. Plants in the corners can change the whole look and can give more refreshing look. Natural and simple looks can also be given to room for sometime.

Cover Smash up Things

Modify the looks of living room by eliminating all signs of damages from the room and furniture. You can hide worn upholstered furniture by hiding the problems using slipcovers. If the furniture still looks like it sags after the slip covers are put on you can put a board under the pillows and use padding in needed areas. If you have broken wood furniture items, repair them. What cannot be repaired, you should probably throw away and replace. For table tops, side tables, and other wood items that are scratched and damaged, you can cover the damage by painting the item or even adding tiles to flat surfaces or by covering them with table covers.

Severe changes
If you desire for the extreme changes in your bedroom go for paint. You can choose a bright colour to energize the room. You can select sea deep colour to make the room cozier. You can choose a soft pastel colour to lighten the room and give it a bigger feel. To make the room more sophisticated, do a faux finish treatment on the walls as well. Another drastic change you can make to your room is to purchase new furniture. Of course, this is not a cheap choice, but furniture changes, even one piece, can cause the room to take on a new personality. Add one or two retro pieces to make the room more fun, or add a few carved pieces to bring a sense of formality to the room. New flooring such as a new carpet, are rug, or adding wood floors will make your entire room look brand new.