The ability to find positive moments where at first glance there is one complete disappointment, this is the optimism that helps to go forward, overcome difficulties with a smile. If you decide to make repairs in your small living room, and it disappoints you with the size, just find the necessary design solution to the problem, rejoicing that you have it.
And judging by the numerous photos, there are quite a few such solutions for the design of a small living room. 2019 offers a sufficient number of modern creative ideas, it is only important to keep abreast of new trends and choose what will make you feel happy in a comfortable cozy nest.
In this review, we present the newest, but already managed to become popular, options for improving a small living room. In addition, we briefly describe the styles that will help solve our problem and visually expand the space in the room, which is the owner's business card.
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Modern tendencies
In the world of room design, there are no special, breakthrough ideas; the trend is still the same, incredibly popular, requirements:
- open space;
- high degree of illumination;
- minimalism;
- elegance of forms;
- functionality;
- comfort.
These trends are at the peak of popularity for a dozen years, or even more, but they are only perceived as lively and enthusiastic.
The redevelopment of apartments, where possible, is under way, as well as the relentless search for solutions to increase volumes, albeit not by much, and even visually, but by increase.
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Overhaul Ideas
The modern technological level of the overhaul using the most modern materials, coupled with the creative ideas of modern designers, can work miracles by pushing walls and increasing space.
Such an idea as combining a small living room with a kitchen, a covered balcony or a loggia, of course, is not a novelty, but from this it has not lost its relevance, in the most cardinal way, solving the problem of a small space.
Raise the ceiling
At the repair stage, you can also lay down a visual solution to the problem of a small living room, using, for example, the possibilities of ceiling design, its modern fresh ideas of 2019 (photo):
- multi-level gypsum board ceiling;
Purely visually, this is an excellent opportunity to "raise the ceiling", due to which the volume of a small room will increase. The absence of clear boundaries on the ceiling, the difference in heights, will create the effect of a high ceiling, which can be enhanced by the choice of light colors.
- we install ceiling lights;
Distributing the lighting around the entire perimeter, and it should be bright enough, designers ensure that the center of the ceiling is not illuminated and is not visually fixed, and once a clear boundary is not fixed, the volume visually increases.
- painting the ceiling in color with the effect of removal;
Any specialist in room design knows that cold tones, especially blue, have this effect, visually expanding the space.
- mirror ceiling;
The effect of infinite reflection can also be used to solve this problem. The only problem is that it is an incredibly expensive pleasure, which really has an affordable replacement - the use of mirrored plastic panels.
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- stretch glossy ceiling;
The effect is similar to a mirror effect, the visual perception of space expands significantly, and is one of the simplest and most effective design techniques that you should definitely use if you have a small living room.
- vertical lines;
Visually raise the ceiling and vertical lines will help in everything, no horizontal lines, if possible. At the repair stage, we choose a wallpaper that matches this idea, with clear vertical lines, but not too contrasting, since any manifestation of color contrast in the interior of a small living room instantly “eats” the volume.
Walls
Some popular design ideas of 2019 regarding walls will also help to visually expand the space so that the design of your small living room meets the requirements of modern fashion (photo), and also does not “press” with its limitations.
Of the most popular techniques can be distinguished:
- we paint the walls and ceiling in one color;
Just as in the case with the ceiling, here we also exploit the effect of the absence of borders, expanding the space visually.
- correct color selection;
We give preference to cold tones, but even using them in a saturated bright version is strictly impossible, so as not to make the volume visually even smaller.
White color is also not a very good option, it will not be able to create a cozy background for your living room, creating the effect of a "public place", for example, a hospital.
- glossy wallpaper;
Created specifically in the light of the concept of modern fashion for creating spacious, bright living spaces. The reflective effect is used for visual expansion of the space.
It is also important to choose the right light colors of such wallpapers, but without a cold shade: beige, creamy, peach light; light green diluted.
- photo wallpaper;
A great option for the visual expansion of space, especially since modern technologies allow you to create photo wallpapers with a high expanding space effect. Both the spatial picture itself and the quality of workmanship using gloss reflecting light are capable of providing simply an amazing effect, expanding the volume of the room.
If you choose the right murals and paste them on two adjacent walls, you can get a veranda - a living room with plenty of light. This stunning effect can be achieved by picking up a photo wallpaper with a huge panoramic window all over the wall.
Only for both walls the view in these “windows” should be the same, for example, both “windows” overlook the panoramic view of the city, or of a summer cottage, forest, etc.
- mirrors;
Also, the repair stage is an excellent opportunity not only to correctly develop and place a system of mirrors that allow using the reflective effect, but also to make the entire wall mirror.
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Floor
It may seem strange, but the floor can also actively participate in the creation of a general expansion of the volume of a small living room, and play an important role in creating a stylish modern design, if you use the fresh ideas of 2019.
As has already been emphasized, there should not be any contrasting “spots” in a small living room, only an abundance of light, the use of light colors in the design of the entire interior.
The floor is no exception, at the stage of repair we choose a light floor covering from any modern materials, light but warm tones.
The hit and the opening of the modern season was the use of cream and light beige tones in the decoration of modern rooms and wallpapers, they visually expand the space, at the same time, without creating an uncomfortable cold effect.
For the stylish design of the small living room, the new season has prepared yet another spectacular “trick” - a mosaic floor made of natural stone in light colors, which is located in the area of the sofa and coffee table, replaces the carpet.
Doors
Also at the stage of overhaul, you can win a certain amount of usable area due to the modern solution of the doorway.
In a small living room, a standard opening door is not permissible; it is better to use the following design ideas:
- sliding doors;
The idea is not new, but recently it has become incredibly popular, almost everyone who makes a fresh repair gets rid of classic doors. In addition to the fact that this option looks fashionable, stylish and modern, it still represents a “not plowed field” for the application of creative design ideas.
- creating an arch;
If such a solution does not cause you discomfort, then this is also a great option for increasing the size of a small living room, which will give the room the necessary space and fill it with air and light.
Lighting
The abundance of light in a modern living room is not only one of the main opportunities for visual increase in volume, but also the requirement of modern fashion.
It is unlikely that it will be possible to increase the natural lighting in the apartment by creating a stylish panoramic window, so you will have to “flood” the living room with artificial lighting.
We emphasize once again that for the design of a small living room, a uniform distribution of light around the entire perimeter of the room and ceiling is suitable, without fixing it at one central point. If you look at the photo, the first thing that catches your eye is the modern idea of 2019 on the maximum use of the play of light in the design of the living room interior.
If you want to have lighting also in the center, then you can use a modern creative design solution and install hanging lamps. This option will not visually narrow your room, but will give it a modern sophistication.
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Furniture
Modern fashion and design recommendations, combined in one, present their requirements for furniture for a small living room, it should be:
- small-sized;
- have rounded shapes;
- practical and functional.
In addition, we can safely say that in the light of fashion trends in the design of residential premises, the emphasis is on free space, and there should be a minimal amount of furniture.
Only the most necessary pieces of furniture can count on their stay in a small living room, and then the best option would be to use:
- hinged furniture;
- built-in;
- modular.
The only oversized furniture in a small living room can only be a long corner sofa. Such a sofa, once in vogue, is gaining more and more popularity over time. And designers and manufacturers are happy to "work out" this trend, producing from year to year more and more amazingly beautiful models.
A standard set of furniture for a small living room is allowed.
We got rid of everything superfluous in the living room a few seasons ago, but the trend has solidified and requires the implementation of even more minimalism.
So in the living room may be present:
- a long sofa;
- chair one or two;
- coffee table.
And that’s all, well, except that you can attach a small rounded chest of drawers or a bedside table in the shape of a truncated semicircle to the wall as a decor.
For a small living room, it is better to choose transparent glass models of tables that do not "eat" free space.
All the rest of the necessary furniture, be it a bookcase and containers for various little things, is distributed on the walls in the form of shelves. In niches specially created at the stage of repair, you can also place side or vertical shelves, as well as install stylish elements of minimal decor.
If the living room has an elongated shape, then you can also give it a more comfortable square shape using furniture. For example, on the side opposite from the window to place a stylish fashionable low chest of drawers the entire length of the wall, better than light colors. Inside you will have a useful functional space, and on top of the surface for the location of decor elements.
In addition, it is much more modern to put a long corner sofa not traditionally to the wall, but to the window, if the living room is elongated, then at the same time you will solve this problem.
If you chose a sofa that is not too overall, then it is better to place it in the center of the living room, so the room will look more modern and spacious.
Styles
Before choosing the style in which you want to decorate your living room, pay attention to the super novelty of the season, which is becoming a real trend, we are talking about the fashionable Eclectic style.
Modern fashion in general and the fashion for room decoration, in particular, is literally saturated with the desire to create all kinds of mixes, mixes, create new masterpieces that are pleasing to the eyes on this stylish “kneading”.
Classical styles especially need to bring fresh modern ideas into them, therefore, you can well approach the process creatively and create at home one of the exclusive eclectic trend style options. Why choose a style that you will adhere to and complement it with elements from other styles.
An important rule here is compliance with the measure, as well as the principle of organicity, so that your creation looks stylish, and does not look like a simple heap of ideas, even if modern. Choosing the design option for a small living room, you can use the photo of the latest ideas of 2019.
In addition, you can choose one of the classic styles that do not leave trending positions that are most suitable for the design of a small living room:
- modern functional minimalism;
- Scandinavian;
- shabby is chic.
From modern fashionable styles you can choose for a small living room:
- high tech;
- Art Deco;
- pop Art;
- eco style.
In conclusion, we can say that the work on creating your own cozy nest is incredibly complex and pleasant at the same time, so that the second component becomes dominant, everything needs to be thought out in advance, as much as possible “armed” with information on the topic.
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