The living room is a place where we have a get-together, unwind and engage in an enjoyable activity and so on but if the pervading tone or mood of the room doesn’t feel friendly and comfortable, then perhaps, it’s time for an entire rethink.

If you want to make a thorough or dramatic change in the form, appearance, or character of the living room without spending a fortune, then take a good look at the points below.

In certain circumstances (but not always), the most basic kind of changes (like placing a 3 drawer bedside table) can have a sensational impact on the appearance of a room.

After living in a house for a few years, living room spaces start to fill with acquired ‘things’ and become dirty and disorderly. Chaotic areas in the living room that are filled to capacity today perhaps were once upon a time, clean and organized spots in the house.

One way to make the living room better is to eliminate this collection of things lying about in an untidy mass, empty areas between things and create space for movement.

One more beautiful way to declutter a living room is to allow more natural light in the room. You can easily achieve this by substituting hefty drapes with more manageable blinds. You’ll be stunned at how big a room will seem and how much more sunshine you’ll have when there is not much cloth and feel of a surface or object at the window. Besides, blinds are less costly than curtains (which is a bonus).

Adjusting the colour scheme in your living room is another way to change its outward appearance. This is perhaps the most dramatic of alterations by far. But before you take the first step, work out a strategy in advance.

Also, setting up a mood board will help to reduce errors and keep you on course when it comes to the correct proportions of both the colour and pattern in the living room as well as your spending plan.

For homes engaged in different activities, a heavy-duty paint that can withstand a significant amount of usage without deterioration is a must and worth the extra expense.  Also, paints in run-of-the-mill shades are probably going to appear lacklustre and be at the mercy of re-doing (ahead of time). So, they are not as cost-effective as they seemed in the early stages.

A solitary wallpaper sheet on the inside of a big architrave framework can be yet one more spectacular way to change the appearance, layout, or furnishings of your living room. And anyway, costly wallpaper, hidden behind pieces of furniture like a 3 drawer bedside table is money down the drain.

Many wonderful options are available for people, trying to remodel their living room.

By Peter