Small living room design - interior ideas

The task of arranging a small space, of course, is not easy. After all, you need not only to place all the necessary furniture and objects, but also to try to leave free areas. The best design of a small living room includes many ways and tricks to visually expand the space. Only an integrated approach, from the choice of furniture and wall decoration to the optimal color scheme, will help to create the illusion of space. Taking into account all the factors, you can get a stunning result, the most important thing that meets their own needs, and photo-examples of miniature, but such different and in their own attractive interiors will help to determine more accurately.

Common room multitasking

The small living room has its advantages - you can comfortably communicate, enjoy comfort, watch TV comfortably. The main thing is to decide whether the living room will be for guests with enough accommodation or for you, reflecting individual tastes and preferences.

The common room should be comfortable for all family members. The number of objects and segments that are ready to take a place in the interior of a small living room directly depends on the way of life. In addition to the recreation area is often necessary dining area, working. But to put everything and immediately harmoniously fail when the footage is too small. Additional cabinets, walls, dining table - you have to sacrifice something, and the standard principles of zoning for small rooms do not work - screens, partitions are excluded.

By setting the priorities correctly, you can allow a bit more. For example, a small fireplace area is a perfectly acceptable thing, only adapted modifications are used. They look absolutely not pathetic, they will add warmth and comfort. But practical experience suggests that TV over the fireplace - not the best solution. These are two different zones, and only without crossing, deliver maximum pleasure.

The key to a successful interior is a small but cozy living room:

• the use of the most appropriate stylistic direction;
• subtleties of color perception;
• rational approach to the choice of furniture,
• moderate decoration.

There are restrictions: the choice of style

Not every style can be fully implemented in a small area, especially if the task is to increase the external space. A popular design technique is used - only the best and necessary from the style you like is taken and favorite things are added; originality is given, the nature of the room is taken into account.

It will not be difficult to use:

• Minimalism. Virtually no small decor, everything is extremely concise. White, gray, slightly dosed black glass. The basis is simple forms.
• High tech. Suppose a bright accent color - blue, red. Metal frames for the sofa group, modular furniture, attention to the TV area.
• Provence. Dairy, pastel shades, pale green, pale blue, diluted with pure white. Calm colored blotches. Expressing it in a small area is not easy, it is important not to overdo it with floral, plant patterns.
• Modern. Some coldness, impersonality is easy to eliminate the elements of decor, textiles, houseplants.

Surface finish

The side background is the largest in terms of the occupied area; the perception of the room as a whole depends too much on it. Professionals advise not to neglect the following rules for the choice of materials for wall decoration, if the goal is not to turn the hall into a casket:

• Ideally - to completely eliminate the pattern, even contrasting, silk-screen printing. The texture is better as smooth as possible: plain wallpaper, paint.
• The print on the walls is permissible only in the form of a small pattern.
• Strip - horizontal or vertical, depending on the configuration of the room, the height of the ceiling. A bold design move - alternating on different walls of the vertical (short walls of a rectangular room) and horizontal stripes (long walls). Only it should not be too colorful, narrow.

The floor area is small, but the choice of material can seriously affect the budget. In priority parquet, lined with Christmas tree, but the laminate of light wood will help to expand the borders, successful imitations of wood texture - linoleum.

The oblique arrangement of the flooring pattern is not suitable for a long narrow room.

The preference in favor of a dark color for the floor, various rather original self-leveling options, is justified when the walls and ceiling are neutral white.

Smooth and white - the best solution for the ceiling in a miniature living room. All non-uniform performance, massive chandeliers reduce the height, thereby reducing the area. I want a distinctive, non-standard techniques - a combination of matte stretch surfaces with mirror. The latter used for the entire ceiling - an amateur.

Light color nuances

Only light shades are able to give lightness and lightness, sparkling purity and a special tenderness that even photos transmit. Nothing among the interior solutions can so clearly expand a really small area of ​​the living room. A variety of styles, from Scandinavian to modern suggest a very convenient and comfortable design.

But there are several factors stopping from making a seemingly too cardinal light design:

• Prejudices against too light shades for all components of the interior are inspired by the impracticality of the solution. But the light walls are easy to refresh, if you choose a structural wallpaper for painting, sofa upholstery - in the form of a removable cover of high-quality material that can withstand a lot of washings and dry cleaners.
• Danger to get bored in such a living room for active, creative people. Easily solved by adding bright, fashionable colors, only in a small amount and no more than 3-4. Individual items express the individuality of the owner of the room.

With the advent of good detergent-cleaning products, household steam cleaners, the problem of using white and brand in the interior has been solved.

With the main white color, you can not be afraid to make a juicy accent wall, a picturesque photo printing, a colorful mural. Another argument in favor of using white for decoration is that any colors are combined with it, there is no risk of being mistaken with the selection of shades of accessories and decor. An additional argument is the relevance, fashionability of such interiors, and designers predict not only for this season.

Great choice for small spaces.

The main rules for the selection of furniture for small rooms - miniature, height, compactness, ergonomics. Having abandoned bulky items, use:

• double, triple sofas, as close as possible to the wall;
• small chairs, better on legs;
• low furniture - walls, racks (height to the ceiling is 80 cm), stretched horizontally;
• tall shelving for books, knickknacks with a missing rear wall;
• the absence of large deaf facades - preferably a wall of modules with space between the sections;
• more glass and gloss in surfaces;
• necessary closet - an angular model with a mirror is very roomy, but able to mask the dimensions;
• you will have to make a choice: only an ordinary small sofa with chairs or an angular model of the sofa;
• transforming models.

It is necessary to abandon the cumbersome, complex shapes, all kinds of curvature. But the lack of free space suggests "soft" corners, especially if there are children in a family:

• slightly smoothed protruding corners of the shelves;
• large wooden armrests are excluded;
• an oval table in case of need for a dining place;
• glass models of the coffee table are adequately replaced by modern transparent plastic.

Secret area

In the small living room to the maximum use the useful space. The window area can become a full participant in the interior, which is successfully demonstrated by the design techniques.

1. Sofa under the window in a rectangular room - placing the TV on the opposite wall. Such a tandem will allow you to become larger than the diagonal of the TV (after all, the distance to it will increase) and the soft group (plus part of the room will remain free).
2. The work area is a practical, sound solution. The tradition to leave the approach to the window free should settle in a larger room.
3. Advanced window sill, made according to individual sketches, can not only hide the battery. Carried out in any colors and under any texture, it becomes a significant place in the interior, has backup functionality.

A sufficient level of illumination should be for you personally. If the blinding light of office lamps causes exhaustion for a whole day, then there is no point in recreating such an atmosphere at home. Of course, the central lighting (only not in the form of a bulky chandelier) has the right to exist, but attention should be focused on the choice of suitable lamps, floor lamps. Modern LED systems allow you to light the corners - to expand the boundaries in the evening.

Curtains and other decor

The general rules for decorating the window opening, the selection of curtains, should be adjusted to the location of the room itself. Trendy, entourage Roman curtains will not please if the apartment on the first floor, or the windows of the new building opposite, look into yours. Perhaps the combination with light tulle.

Use at the same time two types - dense color and translucent day. A similar exit for double Japanese curtains.

The choice of colors used standard:

• The same range with the overall design, only slightly darker, a minimum of drawings.
• Accetual bright color, echoing in other objects - cushions
• Strip - a popular print of curtains, when the room is decorated in white with bright additions.
• Support for a special, authentic interior - the use of non-standard materials: straw, bamboo.

Perception of space directly depends on the number of décor. Design recommendations:

• a mirror in an easy simple frame;
• bright single pictures, photos;
• aquarium - flat modification;
• minimum floor decor - preferably wall.

It is necessary to adopt the psychological aspects. High shelving cells with several completely empty cells seem to hint that there is still space.

The combined use of all the recommendations will allow to turn a mini-living room into a full-fledged room, both in a visual and functional sense. But you should not sacrifice your own comfort and coziness to please a free and spacious interior, especially if the hall in your understanding is a common room for a family.