The living room is a room that must be pleasant and friendly, a place where we enjoy meeting and relaxing. In order to give this space a warm and welcoming atmosphere, here are some trendy and cozy decor ideas.
1. Choose soft materials
Nothing like furnishing your living room with soft materials to make it warm. Velvet, faux fur or even curly wool are the perfect materials to create a cozy atmosphere conducive to well-being. You can choose a sofa, armchairs and even velvet curtains to sprinkle these soft elements in various places of the room to transform its atmosphere.
2. Line with vegetable wallpaper
Very trendy and perfect for warming up the decor of your living room, vegetable paper adorns your walls with its foliage. The patterns, generally green and imposing, bring a perfect touch of nature to bring a zen and warm touch. In order not to overload the decoration, prefer to apply this wallpaper only on one of the wall sections of the room. It will only be further enhanced.
3. Install decorated shelves
Place in your living room shelves decorated with books and decorative objects of all kinds to make your living room warmer. Choose books that are dear to you as well as knick-knacks brought back from your travels, or even frames displaying photos of your loved ones. These personal touches, imbued with nostalgia, are sure to make you smile and personalize the room to create a unique atmosphere, just like you.
4. Multiply the seats
Sofa, armchairs, chairs and ottomans are all seats with which you can furnish your living room. Each of these accessories invites you to relax and discuss, to share pleasant and convivial moments. A living room with several seating solutions is immediately perceived as a welcoming and warm place, where it is a pleasure to linger.
5. Add a fluffy rug
Place a thick rug in front of your sofa to warm the ambiance of the room. No more cold ground under your feet. On the contrary, you can put them on this soft carpet on which you can also sit. You can also decorate it with ottomans or floor cushions for even more comfort.
6. Diversify lamps
A perfect solution to make a living room warmer is to install lamps in various places. So, choose lamps of different shapes and materials, and place them on the ceiling, on the walls, on a side table or even on the coffee table. Between pendant lights, floor lamps or table lamps, you will surely find everything you need to create a soft and intimate atmosphere in the evening.
7. Favor natural materials
Wicker, rattan or cotton are all natural materials whose very presence warms the atmosphere of the room. The ideal is to place several different elements in various natural materials: a rattan armchair, a wicker suspension and a cotton wall weave , all chosen in a neutral shade, will match perfectly. Also favor materials such as cotton or linen for upholstery, rugs, cushions and curtains for even more harmony.
8. Bet on plants
Bring nature into your living room to make it immediately warmer. Green plants are then the allies of choice to decorate your living room in a pleasant and welcoming way. Depending on your tastes as well as the time you can or wish to devote to their maintenance, choose green plants or succulents . Tropical plants will accentuate the decorative effect by their originality.
9. Hang up paintings
Nothing could be worse than leaving the walls of your living room bare, however aesthetic the wall covering may be. So, do not hesitate to adorn the walls of the living room with several paintings to warm up its atmosphere. For a successful effect, coordinate their colors or their patterns: the result will be more harmonious. Make sure they match the dominant colors of your decor so that they blend in more easily.
10. Light candles
The flame of a candle is an element that warms a room and makes it more cozy. So don’t hesitate to have candles in several places in your living room. Place them on candlesticks or in pretty candle holders whose patterns will come alive once the candles are lit to create a light and an atmosphere as soft as it is relaxing.
11. Collect the cushions
Fill your sofa and armchairs with cushions to make them even more welcoming. Multiply them and vary their colors as well as their materials. You can accompany them with plaids to make them even more warm. Nothing like it to create a space that invites rest and relaxation.
12. Go for a large sofa
If the size of your living room allows it, prefer to choose a large corner sofa to furnish it. Its shape naturally invites conversation but also relaxation. Its generous dimensions make it all the more welcoming, which a warm color like a chocolate shade will only accentuate.
13. Multiply golden accessories
Nothing like integrating golden accessories into the decor of your living room to instantly warm it up. The golden color is indeed reminiscent of the warm color of the sun, the light of which it reflects all the more. This color is synonymous with well-being and will therefore be perfect to boost your morale and the warmth of your room. Do not hesitate to disseminate touches of gold throughout your living room, by multiplying the accessories that take this color: candle holders, lamps, vases, frames, coffee table … The choice is wide enough to match all tastes and all desires.
14. Mix cushions and plaids
Nothing like integrating plaids and cushions into your living room decoration to warm up its atmosphere in a jiffy. Cushions and plaids are perfect for giving a living room a cocooning atmosphere conducive to relaxation and rest. You can install them on your sofa and your armchairs, by combining and multiplying them for even more comfort. Faux fur plaids and cushions are particularly perfect in winter to make the room even warmer by giving it an atmosphere worthy of a welcoming mountain chalet. Do not hesitate to mix colors and materials for even more life of originality.
15. Paint a wall yellow
The color yellow evokes in everyone’s mind that of the sun and the heat it gives off. Painting a wall in your living room yellow is a roundabout way to bring the sun into your home, and feel the warmth of it. When it comes to which shade of yellow to apply, again you have a choice. You can indeed opt for a bright and assertive yellow or even prefer a softer straw yellow, or a more exotic saffron yellow. You can enhance the brightness of your wall in yellow by dotting the living room with some yellow accessories such as cushions for example. However, be sure to paint only one of the walls in the room yellow to avoid an overly effect. Create an effect of contrast by covering the other walls of the room in sober colors such as white or beige for example.
16. Abuse of natural and comfortable materials
More acclaimed than ever, natural and tactile materials remain essential elements in any warm living room that respects itself. Large wooden bookcase , woven cotton carpet, looped wool armchair , large mohair plaid or velvet curtains , all combined, these materials with great potential diffuse a warm atmosphere as you wish in addition to sticking to the trend which advocates 100% natural.
17. Install a large comfortable rug for a warm living room
Centerpiece of the living room acclaimed for its decorative but above all warm virtues, the carpet is at the top of the essential accessories for this living room. With graphic or plain patterns, monochrome or colored, large or small, the warm living room complies with all trends and all types of coverings as long as they are comfortable and fluffy. To accumulate as desired, this floor accessory gives us cocooning desires in addition to infusing the atmosphere with extra soul.
18. Multiply the seats in the warm and welcoming living room
Two low armchairs placed in front of the sofa, a large bench near the fireplace and a few ottomans scattered around, the warm living room offers multiple seats to gain in conviviality. If the sofa remains the indestructible star of the living room, its equally comfortable counterparts use their charm to increase the trendy dose that would be lacking in this living room. Rather than sticking to a well-defined style, we rely on a rattan armchair , a Scandinavian daybed and a British ottoman to create a warm and welcoming living room .
19. Accumulate cushions on the living room sofa
Synonymous with unparalleled comfort, cushions are more than ever necessary in a warm living room. On a sofa, an armchair or on the floor, they guarantee a cozy space by their simple presence, in addition to adding a significant decorative note. Besides, on the look side, all types of cushions are welcome: from the colored linen cushion, to the graphic fabric cushion, including the coarse wool floor cushion. To associate with the rest of the decoration or on the contrary to play the card of originality, the cushion allows itself everything.
20. Focus on several lights for a warm and bright living room
We don’t teach you that: the lights are much more than simple decorative accessories, they are absolutely decisive in the creation of a chiadée atmosphere. For a warm and bright living room , we favor several sources of diffused light rather than a large white and sanitized lighting. We therefore alternate suspension, auxiliary lamp, reading light and small table lamp that can be turned off as desired according to the desired atmosphere.
21. Hang pictures on the walls
What could be sadder and colder than bare walls in the living room? To overcome this obvious lack of warmth, modern paintings or posters, whether abstract or figurative, hung or placed on the ground, remain ready-made solutions. Alone to attract the eye or in accumulation to play the art gallery card, the painting and the illustration enhance the atmosphere and dress the walls with finesse. Results ? A warm and modern living room .
22. Do not hesitate to play with color for a warm and chic living room
If the trend is towards chromatic neutrality, a good dose of color is not to be refused to brighten up the living room and escape gloom. For the more ambitious, the option of painting a wall in color is preferred, for others, we are content to scatter here and there touches of green, blue or terracotta. On a cushion, a rug, an armchair or even a sofa, the color radiates and diffuses its invigorating character to infinity.
23. Make sure windows are well insulated
It is important to make sure that your living room is well insulated during the winter months. Start by seeing the main cause of heat loss: windows. If they are poorly fitted and waterproof, they are best replaced with double or triple glazed models to help retain heat and prevent drafts.
24. Adjust the radiator temperature according to your needs or those of your guests
Individual heaters are required so that you can adjust the temperature of each room as needed and as well minimize energy costs.
25. Create bold color palettes
Using a rich color paint is an effective way to feel warm. Dark charcoal and navy are both fantastic as wall colors and can pair perfectly, especially when paired with furniture in contrasting colors such as berry undertones or mustard yellow. Wood furniture makes a nice combo with a dark palette. In summary, mid-century modern and industrial trends look great with the rich color undertones.
26. Adapt the room to the seasons
Consider having different decor options throughout the year. For example, change light summer curtains for heavy curtains in winter or add a liner for light curtains when the season changes. Instead of changing the whole decor, you can just add a thicker rug and several blankets; a coffee table with drawers is perfect for storing them and keeping them available all year round.
27. Add sparkle
Copper and brass are one of the big trends again this year and go very well with gray and navy blue walls. Use it to bring a little sparkle in your decoration to make it more welcoming and stylish.
28. Place several cushions on the sofa
Cushions not only play a decorative role, they also make the living room more comfortable and warm.
