Decorating your Living Room by Joy Ofili-Yebovi

Your living room is the most popular place in your house. This is where you entertainment guests. It is also where you and your family come to relax after a tiresome day  to enjoy  television programs together. In most cases this room is on the main level of a home and welcomes quite some activities. This is why it is necessary to decorate this area to create a welcoming atmosphere for your guests and your family.

When planning a living room design, the most important factor to note is the purpose of the room. When designing it, you must remember that it is an area where you will likely spend a lot of your time, so you must like the style of decoration. The magic touch that will bring your living room to the near perfect state is hidden in accessories.  

An interior without accessories lacks personality and a sense of individuality. Walls and floor coverings, furniture and window blinds provide the body of a room. However, it comes to life when its personal stamp is added through accessories. Clever use of accessories can make beautiful, fine furniture come alive or give a low-budget interior excitement and sparkle.

Accessorizing a room can make or break all of important previous efforts. So you have to be extremely careful when adding accessories to your living room. Besides adding life and interest to a room, accessories can help balance visual weight, colors and textures. It can  help provide the style and design where necessary.

For a grand style living room, selecting and arranging accessories is one of those skills that must set in. That is why most decorators will readily agree that while furniture selection and arrangement are of great importance, they probably spend just as much time choosing and arranging accessories to ensure the perfect results. But sometimes, it is quite a task because one will have to mix new accessories with previously owned or selected items, heirlooms, collections and keepsakes. This usually is more difficult than starting from scratch and selecting each accessory based entirely on its contribution to the total scheme. However, it is achievable with the help of decorators and your home will express the friendly atmosphere you intend to create for yourself, family and guests.

Joy Ofili-Yebovi is a furnishing expert. She is the founder and managing director of Simplinteriors and Décor, one of the leading office and home furnishing company in Nigeria. If you need assistance with furnishing in your home and office, then call Joy Ofili-Yebovi on +234 803 201 7258  or mail:info@simplinteriors.com. you can also visit the company’s website:www.simplinteriors.com