Big Mama's House » Living Room http://www.thetexasmama.com Mama's tips on home improvement Tue, 27 Jul 2010 10:02:26 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.6 en hourly 1 Living Room –The window to your Personality http://www.thetexasmama.com/living-room-%e2%80%93the-window-to-your-personality/ http://www.thetexasmama.com/living-room-%e2%80%93the-window-to-your-personality/#comments Fri, 18 Jun 2010 10:00:17 +0000 Big Mama http://www.thetexasmama.com/?p=76 The living room is the most important part of our home because it is the only room where we welcome the outside world into our private space. Based on the decor of this room our personality and style is often judged. The best way to enhance the look of the living room is to restrict the use of decorative items like showpieces plant stands and lampshades.

The decor should idly be in a subdued color, with appropriate lighting arrangement so that every corner is highlighted. Furniture should complement the colors of the walls and curtains. It is always wise to minimize the use of furniture and leave more open spaces. This makes the room more airy and comfortable.

It is important that the sitting arrangement of the living room is carefully chosen. Relaxing sofa along with certain modern entertainment devices like plasma TV, home theatre system, DVD stands is important to complete the picture of an idle living room.

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A good range of visual balance needs to be created between both the types of spaces that are used and not used. An additional occupancy space is needed in case guests drop in uninvited or in case you are having a party at your place. Ventilation is another huge issue that should be kept in mind and it is advised that you do it through natural as well as artificial methods.

Color schemes are yet again another important and dull color schemes can absolutely mar your rooms while well chosen color schemes can really brighten up your room.

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