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Tuesday, March 26th, 2019
Have you noticed how even when a home is traditional or contemporary, subdued or bold, the living room is always the place that looks and feels comfortable? This is, after all, the very room where the family convenes and where you and your friends relax.
But there is both a science and art in decorating this room since it is that special. Here are some tips –
Fusion by Fine Furniture. You would surely love the stark contrast between the light furnishings with that of the dark-colored fireplace.
Figure 1. Fusion by Fine Furniture. You would surely love the stark contrast between the light furnishings with that of the dark-colored fireplace.
Use the Forces of Light and Dark
A room that’s too bright and light tends to look antiseptic. This is okay in a hospital but when you’re decorating a living room, it’s just wrong. Too much light could make a place look cold.
On the other hand, when the place looks dark, it could look like a cave more than a room in a house.
To optimize both dark and light hues, be sure to fuse them in a dynamic way. If you were able to, then you’d create the right kind of depth and balance in your home.
Neutrals Need Contrast
Go beyond the use of white and black. There are more dark and light hues that you could actually play with. If you want to have a living room that’s rich yet welcoming, then be able to contrast the right colors with neutrals. For instance, white walls need to be contrasted with brass hardware or the density of leather.
Make use of different finishes as well as undertones. This is the only way to make a palette richer and textured.
Runway Collection by Fine Furniture Design
Don’t Overlook the Textures
Speak of texture, this is an element that you must never overlook especially when you’re decorating your living room. Texture can’t only be felt but also seen. This is crucial in making a room feel cozier.
Adding plush textures will increase the tactile experience while using harder textures could add to the contrast. Use a lot of cotton, leather, stone, metal, wool, glass, and even plant life to add contrast.
Pillows are also a great way to decorate and add texture especially when you’re not ready to commit yet, design-wise. Even the smallest doses of furnishings and accessories can already add to the richness of the living room palette.
Figure 3. Wood perfectly framed this setting. Featured is Fine Furniture Design’s Summer Home Collection.
Wood perfectly framed this setting. Featured is Fine Furniture Design’s Summer Home Collection.
Warm Up with Wood
Of course, texture cannot be discussed in its entirety without wood being added to the topic. You can add wood as wall paneling, mobile stools, side tables, as sofa legs, picture frames, and even carved pieces of art.
Figure 4. Veranda Collection by Fine Furniture Design: The fabrics are delicate yet they are the stars of this show.
Veranda Collection by Fine Furniture Design: The fabrics are delicate yet they are the stars of this show.
Add Personality with Fabrics
There are furniture sets that come in matching upholstery but this does not mean that you should use this set, too, in your living room. You could experiment by mixing and matching instead of relying on organization and order at all times.
Gamble with the colors and textures that you use on your fabrics. These upholstered pieces can add character easily. If you’re still uncertain where to begin, you can get a few leather chairs then mix those with a fabric couch or vice versa.
This intentionality to diversify the style will make the living room a lot more interesting.
Still on upholstery, while you’re looking for stylish and comfortable fabrics, you also must not forget about durability. Fabrics have to last especially when you have small children in the family or furry friends as companions.
Corduroy and denims are both amazing materials that feel and look inviting while also being durable. They are also an amazing twist to the usual wool or cotton upholstery that people expect.
Power Patterns with Rugs
Pattern is yet another design element that’s powerful enough to energize a room. Use some area rugs to add character to the living room. You even get the added benefit of minimizing wear and stains as you anchor your seats on these alternatives to carpeting.
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Thursday, February 11th, 2016
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Fire is known to be an essential element to man. It is primal but is key to man’s survival. Fire can be used to describe passion, deep love or hatred, even vengeance. Fire is essential in shaping the world. To come into existence, it needs three elements – air, fuel and heat. The fireplace is a great way to bring in the lovely flames into your home. If you have a fireplace in your home, have you ever wondered how to dress it up?
Fireplace in the Middle of the Living Room
Having an open fire right in the middle of a room can have its benefits as well as disadvantages. The biggest advantage is that you won’t have to worry about heating up the living room. With fire comes smoke, though. While others love the smell of smoke because of its tanginess, others do not want the hazardous smell to emanate inside their home.
In order to control the smoke, or if you want to clear it out of your home, the simple solution is to cut through the roof. The smoke will automatically go up there. The hole will allow the smoke to escape but, of course, you do not want a simple hole to become a part of your home. While the smoke would waft up there, that hole is not at all appealing.
Now say hello to the chimney. The fireplace and the chimney are companions that always go hand-in-hand. This union was invented in the 12th century. These features were considered as part of castles and homes of noblemen.
Extra care was taken in making brick or stone fireplaces. By the 1500s and the 1600s, the fireplace had become a regular addition to people’s homes.
Beginning during the Medieval Period, homes in varying grandeur were built with fireplaces and chimneys. These were also built with brick or stone. The brick pipe, long stone or vent channelled the smoke out of the houses. The smoke box which is the chamber down the chimney pipe is used as a buffer against any downdraft. The firebox is just below the smoke box and is where you should start the fire. The hearth is the brick or stone platform where the firebox and chimney are both built. These sometimes extend out of the firebox to the room, to offer protect from rolling logs.
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Fireplace Advantages
Fireplaces are lovely parts of a home. They offer numerous advantages. This means living in a home where the fire is now safely contained inside a room. There is also the stone chute to make the smoke disappear from the room. These are big improvements from just that single hole on the roof.
In smaller residences, the fireplace can serve as a heater as well as a place where food can be cooked. Fire can keep the house warm while providing a place to heat pots or pans of scrumptious dishes.
While the fireplace became more renown, it has become a part of many homes. A totally new industry sprung up, aiming to supply accessories and equipment used in fireplaces.
The fireplace grate was invented long ago (1600s) and were a development from the andirons. Andirons can hold huge logs, even chunks of firewood but the fireplace grate contains the fire, charcoal, kindling and fuel (wood). Grates vary in sizes from the smaller grates to the larger wood-burning fireplace grates.
Fenders can be made of iron or brass and are used as fireguard. These prevent ash or rolling logs from burning that beautiful carpet right in front of your fireplace.
Add the dust bin, bellows, fireback, fire screen and other tools and you’re ready to start enjoying the crackling flames in your living room.
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