Starting from scratch

Your living room, lounge, sitting room, or whatever you choose to call it, is usually the room you spend most of your leisure time in.  Whether you are watching TV, relaxing, reading, chatting with family or friends it needs to adapt to fit your needs.  This can make it one of the trickiest rooms to decorate and furnish as there are so many functions you need to think about.

If you’re starting completely from scratch with a blank canvas, as you would be in your new Larkfleet home, it can be a bit daunting.  Firstly you should first think about where the fixed elements of your room are – the fireplace, the plug sockets, TV aerial port, the phone socket, the windows and doorways for instance.  Once you know, you can place your furniture to suit.

Use your fire place as a your main focal point

You need to think of the make up of your family and make sure you have enough seating to accommodate everyone who will be using the room on a regular basis.  You can use clever seating such as window seats or small but comfy chairs to help make up numbers, rather than cramming the largest sofa you can into the space!

Linking your colour scheme draws your room together

Once you have your furniture chosen, you will usually lead you on to your colour scheme and you can work on how you will link this together.  You might want a traditional room or a contemporary feel.  Either way you can cleverly use mirrors, accessories, cushions and throws, glass and plants to make the spaces feel larger and warmer.