Tuesday 19 July 2016

How To Style Your Sofa

Sofa is always the main highlighting feature of any living room. If your sofa is dull and life-less, then it can totally spoil the show of entire living room. A well styled sofa can achieve very polished and designer look for your living room. So if you are having a boring sofa at your place, then few tricks can uplift the look of the sofa and your living room. 
 


Whenever you are thinking about styling the sofa, it’s not about styling only its upholstery or cushions. Its overall look of the space needs to be styled or uplifted. 

Let’s start from the rug. To define the position of your sofa, add a rug below it. If you are having neutral coloured sofa, then coloured, vibrant rug can make it interesting. It can bring focus to the seating space. 



Side table with some beautiful home decor accessories can also enhance the sofa setting.

Nature can always uplift any bland backdrop. It brings freshness to the surroundings. You can go for a beautiful potted plant beside the sofa to make the space nature friendly.  Selecting colourful pot or interestingly shaped pot can provide designer look. There are a various options available for the succulents.

If the backdrop of the sofa is plain, then salon wall or little collage of frames can do the trick of making the backdrop interesting. Having your favourite artwork or family pictures can make it a conversation point in your living room which is actually a basic purpose of living room. If you have window behind sofa, then choose beautiful curtains for the backdrop. Always go for curtains which has high quality fabric and interesting design or print. You can also go for a sheer curtains which allows natural light and ventilation as well as retains the privacy. 





Choose the lighting near the sofa bit carefully. If you have side tables beside the sofa, then opt for side table lamps with beautiful shade which can complement the sofa upholstery and the throw pillows. If you do not have side tables, then go for floor lamps. Taller floor lamps also help in adding the height to the room. Another highlighting feature can be a chandelier placed at the centre of the rug or centre table. Design of the chandelier can be royal and regal or modern or contemporary as per your living room decor.




Beautiful, well organized centre table with assorted accessories is also important to uplift the seating space. Make sure height of the centre table will not be more than the seating level of sofa. Always keep the centre table clean as it tend to get cluttered. You can keep some beautiful accessories in a well-organized manner to give your living room luxurious look. 







Last but not the least, cushions or throw pillows. Cushions has the ability to change the look of seating in an instant. Bright coloured, patterned cushions help in finishing the look. While selecting the cushions, check the design, print, texture of the cushion covers. Quit the trend of matching all your cushions and go for the min 'n' match look. For full look, go for 4 to 5 cushions. Mix up the shapes and sizes as per the design and size of the sofa. Also mix up the prints. Golden rule for mixing up the prints is keep the colour family of the cushions same. This will help you in putting up the well-synchronized look even while having various patterns. There are luxurious textures available for cushions or throw pillows like velvet, satin, fur, leather or linen and many more. Play with various textures to achieve that rich look for your living room.

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