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Thursday, March 31st, 2016
This Kelsey Living Room Collection by Jonathan Louis depicts the exquisiteness of Nordic design.
Everyone knows that white is a reliable shade that can deliver astounding interior design results. It can make any space feel and look brighter, bigger and lighter. What’s great about white paint is that you don’t even have to waste time looking through piles of paint samples before you make your decision. Pulling off a white living room can be a tad more difficult to do, though.
What to Do with a White Living Room
Okay, so you’ve got a sort of blank canvas to work with. Let’s face it – those white walls would eventually look and feel boring if you don’t do something about them. A lot of white can look sterile or it is just too dull.
To get the best look with the color white, you need to consider bringing in some greenery. Green potted plants will stand out against the white walls and could even up the level of warmth and welcoming feel in your living room.
Add accessories that are equally interesting if not colorful.
Another way to go is to embrace the Nordic style. The Scandinavians are a huge success in making white work in their homes. They all know the value of white when it comes to boosting light and making a space appear airier.
Pierce Living Room Collection by Jonathan Louis
Again, white walls are overly predictable so you have to do something to create an element of surprise. Try to incorporate panelling such as a horizontal design that will create lines all around the living room. The extra movements created will keep observers’ eyes away from the white walls. Those dark shadows and gaps between every board is a color theme that you can work on and even reproduce on the furniture and accessories.Nordic design is great at punctuating the edge of a white room. It can have wood, black or gray elements to make the living room look more exciting.
While it is necessary to deviate the attention of your visitors and friends from the white walls, it is also equally important to keep the freshness of white. To achieve this, you need to look for colors that would stand out against the sterility of white.
Teak sideboards can add a different kind of warmth while yellow or blue accents are sure to pop out from the white backdrop. When you do these color combinations, you get to keep the sharpness of white while using it as a canvas for interesting furniture and accessories as well.
Remember Scaling
One important aspect that you need to remember when using white for your living room is playing with scale. Introduce large pieces so that your all white living room won’t feel bland. While color is an important element, you also need to realize the role of scale.
When you don’t even stop to think about scale, particularly human scale, it would be difficult to design the entire living room. Scale is that relationship between two or more objects that share a common size. More often than not, the size is compared to the human scale (e.g. standardized heights for chairs and countertops).
The term proportion is also often used interchangeably with scale. The only difference between the two is that proportion related to two or more objects’ general size while scale compares two objects with the actual size being known for at least one object. Scale, therefore, is more absolute while proportion is just relative.
To use scaling in a white living room means you control the details of the elements that you put in. This means you don’t just cram large furniture pieces inside a small room. Your white space should be rich in detail not drowning in shapes or forms.
Personalize your white living room, otherwise, it will just be one other white room inside your home.
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