7 Stylish Design Tips For A Modern Living Room Interior

7. Setting A Room’s Mood With Color

Color psychology is a fascinating subject that many interior designers delve into, as color sets the tone for how people feel when they step into a room and heavily affects the ambiance of a room. The colors you curate for your living room interior will affect how guests feel the moment they step inside the home. Colors can easily energize or relax the space, depending on how intense, how warm or cool your chosen palette may be. Homeowners may make the interior their own via choosing colors that reflect their preferences and desired feelings. Color not only influences your feelings but has the power to visually change the appearance of your furnishings as well as the shape and size of the living room interior.

Here’s an example of a warm, cozy and vibrant living room color palette, try dolling up your living room walls with shades of orange and warm neutral tones. Orange simply exudes energy, aliveness, and warmth. While warm neutral colors such as beiges, tan shades, and cream colors provide a cozy, uplifting feeling throughout the living room interior.

6. Create a Focal Point

Having a focal point anchors the living room and helps draw you into the space. A gorgeous outdoor view or a stunning piece of art can serve as the focal point of a living room. In this modern luxury living room interior, the television is the center of attention, an essential tool for helping adults unwind, keeping the kids entertained, and facilitating cozy movie nights. Even though the television may initially seem like a plain black rectangle, our designer created an impressive statement scheme around it that is luxurious and chic, featuring bespoke carpentry such as open display cabinets, a custom-built TV console and a stunning marble feature wall that stands at two storeys high.

5. Make Your Living Room A Social Space

As living rooms are gathering spaces for both household and guests alike, you can utilize furniture arrangement to promote conversation and interaction, creating a relaxed space for easy socialization. Arrange seats to face each other, or to be in closer proximity. In this cozy living room interior, a comfy L-shaped sectional sofa frames the room, while stylish chairs and ottomans are pulled into the group as needed to expand the circle and still keep the intimacy and closeness of the space.

4. Inviting Lighting

When it comes to lighting up your living room, think about creating a relaxed and welcoming mood. Consider how the living room lights will reflect off the various materials in the room such as glass or marble, as well as think about what you wish to draw attention to; is it an intricately designed feature wall? Or do you wish to draw attention to an impressive art display? Aim for well-curated layers of lighting fixtures, from soft recessed lighting to vibrant LED strips, resulting in an overlapping arc of illumination that brings comfort to the home.

3. Adding Depth With Textures

Often overlooked, texture is just as important as color and pattern when it comes to living room design. Texture is a vital ingredient to every interior design to get our sight and touch senses going. Try mixing and matching a variety of different textures such as natural linens or soft velvets, or even wools and faux furs. Upholstery, rugs, throws and even textured feature walls can work in tandem to add lots of depth and invoke feelings of coziness in the living room. Even if you are working with minimal colors incorporating plenty of lush textures will result in an inviting and visually interesting living room interior.

2. Hide Unsightly Wires & Cords

In nearly every modern living room, there’s no running away from technology, whether its routers for Wi-Fi access, entertainment systems or speakers for ambient background music. Excess wires and cords will end up making your living room appear cluttered and cramped so try investing in cord-concealing solutions such as subtle handle-less cabinets that can blend in easily with the TV wall design, or a bespoke TV console that’ll keep your entertainment systems and remote controls well-organized.

1. Accent with Metal & Marble

Modern style living rooms can work surprisingly well with metals and marble textures. Abstract sculptures, reflective coffee tables, as well as marble flooring and feature walls can add character, style and elevate your living room interior. Take a look at this exquisite living room design example, using an elaborate combination of stunning marble and metal surfaces of varying textures, our designer created a multi-layered visual feast for the eyes, with brilliant light fixtures in the style of a luxury hotel suite, creating a glowing environment that is the epitome of luxury.

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