Living room in a modern style
The drawing room in former times was considered only as a guest room. In modern terms, the living room is also the place of rest for the owners of the house.When zoning spacious rooms with an open layout, they traditionally distinguish a dining area (dining room) and a rest area. The totality of these zones is called the living room.
If the living room is understood as a comfortable place for communication, the most important is the optimal arrangement of furniture: sofas and armchairs, as well as the convenience of its design.
If the living room is thought of as a room for viewingmovies with the dominant position of the home theater, then it is his location that determines in the living room everything else. The screen, for example, should be positioned so that light and glare from the window do not interfere with seeing the image on it, and this already dictates the arrangement of the rest of the furniture in the living room.
Furniture manufacturers also put in a word"living room" is a very different meaning. Russian, Czech, Polish, Slovak sets for living rooms often consist of upholstered furniture (sofa + two armchairs), a coffee table and walls. And Western European manufacturers basically equate the living room to the dining room and are equipped with a dining table, chairs and an abundance of cupboards, shop windows and chests of drawers.
That's why choosing furniture for the living room is best element-wise, in accordance with your own concept of what it must be.
Any living room has its own "center". It can be anything: a traditional fireplace, a TV or a home theater system. Around it there are soft sofas and comfortable chairs.
The "highlight" of your living room may be a smalltable. It is convenient for him to drink coffee or read a magazine. Bright elements of the decor are the original stands, cabinets, racks and other furniture for equipment and TV.
Many pieces of furniture in the living room, more oftenSmall, equip with wheels or rollers. `Mobile` furniture is very popular and comfortable, because it is easy to move from place to place. In modern living rooms you can meet not only serving and coffee tables on wheels, TV stands and CD stands on roller bearings, but also mobile chairs, sofas and even large racks.
In all the living rooms is certainly present, althoughin various types, cabinet furniture. It can be multifunctional walls and shelves, consisting of several sections; showcases, cupboards, sideboards, chests of drawers and cupboards for storing souvenirs, dishes and cutlery; bookcases, wall shelves for various purposes, etc. Style solution of the living room is different - from classics to minimalism, and in this part of your house the most daring experiments with a combination of styles are appropriate. If your house is often full of guests, when choosing the color scheme of the living room, it is appropriate to use warm colors (red, orange, yellow), which create an upbeat mood in the room. If the living room is primarily a place of rest and relaxation, you should think about the tones of cold - blue, green, blue. With the help of color, you can divide the living room into two parts: the dining room is decorated in cheerful, joyful, bright colors, and the place around the fireplace or TV set is in a calm cold setting for relaxation. In the living room it is important to think over the lighting system. The upper illumination should create a festive atmosphere, and various side lights give a sense of intimacy and comfort.
The range of materials used in productionfurniture for living rooms, is extremely wide. In the production of cabinet furniture for living rooms, modern chipboard, MDF and other plates with a reliable coating of natural veneer and polymers - laminate and melamine are usually used. If funds permit, it is better to prefer MDF as a more durable and environmentally friendly material. The most expensive material is natural wood (furniture from veneer is more common than from solid wood). Upholstery of upholstered furniture can be made of both fabric, natural and synthetic, and leather. As a stuffing for upholstered furniture use natural materials: horse hair, fluff, latex, - and their synthetic analogues, for example, foam rubber and polyurethane.
From modern high-strength glass maketable-tops for decorative and dining tables, doors and shelves of display cases for art objects and bookcases, because the furniture glass withstands not only heavy weight, but also blows. Metal is a very fashionable "furniture" material. From chrome or matte steel and aluminum, frames of racks, racks, tables and chair supports can be made.
