Welcome to our home! I’ll be sharing some of my tips and tricks that I’ve learned while furnishing and decorating our simple living room floor plan. When we first moved into this home, I was worried about the lack of space. Our living area opens up into our dining room and kitchen, basically making it one floor plan. The style of our home has changed towards a more modern feel over the years, which our family really enjoys. Modern design tends to be more clean-lined with a neutral color palette, which works well for a simple floor plan like ours. I have learned to love the challenge that comes with furnishing and decorating a simpler living room floor plan!
Scale
Sometimes you have to live with a floor plan and learn from your mistakes and that is exactly what I did. I always recommend measuring your layout before shopping for furniture. Measuring will help you eliminate what won’t work so you can focus on what will. I measured our living area before shopping and knew what I had to work with.
Function
Simple living room floor plans often lack storage, which requires us to think more about how we live in our homes and how we need them to function. Our home has a designated media niche for the television above the fireplace. The niche is an open space but offers no storage. There are hallways on both sides of the fireplace so there is literally no place for a media cabinet that most people have in their homes. My solution to our storage problem was opting for a nightstand in place of a traditional end table. The nightstand provides functional storage for library books, toys for our cat, and throw blankets.
Color, Texture, & Accessorizing
A neutral color palette helps to make our home feel cohesive since it is open to other areas. I love neutral colors and texture over color in a simple living room floor plan because it’s less distracting and allows our floor plan to blend into our dining and kitchen area. I feel like I have more freedom working with texture and a neutral color palette because I can layer and decorate more easily.
Personalizing a Simple Living Room Floor Plan
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