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Hooker Furniture Living Room Block Chest features strong, straight, vertical lines for your living room.
Have you ever considered what the elements and principles of design are? There is quite a handful but for today, you’re going to learn about lines. A line is any horizontal, curving, vertical or diagonal streak. With more lines combined; planes, shapes and forms are eventually formed. Applied finishes, structural elements, and lighting can be applied to create bold lines in any space.
Horizontal Is Grounded
Lines that are applied horizontally elicit feelings of stability, direction and emphasis. Horizontal lines create length. They can also lower a high ceiling. When applied correctly, the viewer can be led to an interesting focal point.
Horizontal lines show solidity and a balanced relationship with Mother Nature. When this kind of line is found on an architectural detail like the moulding, then it offers a transition between two different spaces. Should they lead to a focal point, then horizontal lines can emphasize it.
A lot of horizontal lines in interiors could become boring so make sure to use them in moderation.
Vertical Is Balance
Vertical lines are usually linked with stability, strength, elevation and balance. There has been a hypothesis wherein seeing vertical lines is unnatural as compared to horizontal lines. The former tend to carry the eyes away from a person’s visual plane. It is for this reason that vertical lines are extended so that a sense of height is achieved in a cramped space.
Remember that vertical lines are lofty and formal but they could also be imposing and restrained. Expect the eyes to go upward and the room to appear higher or taller. Vertical lines also have the power to lift the spirit and mind of the beholder. This is why they are used purposefully by designers and architects inside public buildings, churches and cathedrals.
Vertical lines can easily diminish human scale because they are commanding, strong and visually formal.
Miles Talbott Living Room Chair DG-LX-40101-C has crisscross and some simple lines to showcase.
Diagonal Is Fluidity
Diagonal lines offer a sense of transformation, freedom, and dynamic movement. Any space can be brought to life if the eyes are directed from the ceiling and eventually down to the floor.
Diagonal lines can also add volume in any space. This means that a small room can look and feel larger when diagonal lines are added. Just make sure that you add diagonal lines correctly or you’d conjure a sense of imbalance, even chaos.
Diagonal lines can be presented at a steep or shallow angle. These lines suggest action and dynamism. Do you have a feel of going up or down the escalator when you look at a diagonal line? That’s pretty normal. Diagonal lines sustain interest a lot longer than vertical or horizontal lines.
Diagonal lines have a tendency to defy gravity because of the way they are angled. Though this is the case, they are still considered secure and stable.
Curved Is Organic
Curved lines can be arcing, freeform, elliptical or circular. These lines are often organic, natural, soothing and playful. If you are considering making a space flow, then you have to use a lot of curving lines. These are voluminous so expect them to take up a lot of space.
Curved or circular line can also be humanizing and graceful. They are easy and pleasing on the eyes because they resemble flowing water. Elliptical or round segments in architectural elements like fanlights and arched transoms offer a different kind of dignity to any home.
Curved lines are also considered to be feminine and decorative so don’t be surprised to find these inside a woman’s bedroom.
Zigzag Is Rhythmic
Zigzag lines are also diagonal lines but they are shorter and they reverse upon each other in order to form a regular or an irregular pattern. These lines can be found in one line or in a set. A set of zigzags are known as the herringbone or chevron pattern. Irregular zigzags, on the other hand, are called flame stitch pattern.
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