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Monday, May 1st, 2017
This Hooker Furniture Home Office Live Edge Etagere is an open shelf that will visually connect the living room to another area in your home.
Every homeowner looks at his or her own home as a place to relax. This is where you eat, spend time with your family, and sleep so you can be invigorated for the next days. But there are also moments when your home could feel like you’re riding the train home. It could look and feel chaotic all because the design or architectural elements don’t seem to agree. This is why visually linking all the rooms in your home is such an important thing to do.
Link with Paint
Effective use of color can harmonize different rooms, not just the adjoining ones. Just picture this – the kitchen sitting beside the dining room painted with a clashing hue. This disunity, believe it or not, could lead to heightened negative moods.
Creating a flow through colors, on the other hand, is the best way to create harmony in your habitat. Sure, this takes time and a tad of research but your efforts will definitely be well rewarded.
First, know about your choices. Find out what kind of effect you would want to achieve with the colors that you choose. Look for ideas on this site or in interior design magazines.
If you’re playing safe or if this is your first time to experiment with paint, then try monochromatic colors. Choose one color then just ask for the different shades of this same color. Neutrals in the gray or brown family are a great start.
Analogous colors can still retain the monochrome while creating more gradation. These colors sit right next to each other on the color wheel so they are safe to use together.
The last option is the use of complementary colors, meaning, you use a warm shade with a cool hue (e.g. a marine palette of blues used against deep shades of orange. This should create an impact that’s difficult to match.
You should also learn to smoothly transition from one color to the next. This means picking a dominant color for your favorite room then going lighter or darker depending on the moods that you need to evoke in each room.
FFDM Brentwood: This Piper Sideboard on the entryway is the rustic color link to the plants by the doorstep.
Link with Dividers
This may be a bit confusing but try to picture a bookcase set between your entryway and the living room. This is especially awesome in an open-plan home. A different floor height for the living room creates the necessary separation while not totally closing off the entryway.
Thick columns can also serve as a divider and connector for the living room and the kitchen. To effectively fuse both rooms, still, just use a half wall between the huge columns. Top this with a lovely granite slab and you can already hold casual breakfasts for everyone or it can simply be the work zone that you’ve been needing.
Windows can also be set up inside your home. A multi-pane window, for instance, can be used to divide the hallway from the living room. Though it may visually appear to divide the room, it also aims to link as both areas are clearly visible. The rooms also feel airier and lighter.
Changes on the floor level could also indicate the change in the room where you’re at but a unified flooring material or color could still unify two separate rooms. An example is when you install a hardwood flooring for both the entryway and the living room. The lowered floor on the living room gives the room a roomier feel.
Lastly, consider having area rugs brought in. These simple floor elements could delineate the living room from the kitchen and the bedroom or the dining room. Having a base color for all area rugs should still be able to unify the different rooms.
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