10 Simple & Easy Ways To Decorate Your Living Room

Ample natural light, blooming greens and an earthy colour palette - all make your home feel like your own little, cosy sanctuary. We recommend playing with nature-inspired elements as much as possible so your living room feels like an oasis of calm. You can achieve this by going minimal on the colours - like using sheers or white curtains, adding an earthy rug to the mix or enlivening it with plants that thrive in indoor spaces and indirect light. This works well especially if you're starved for some greenery in your neighbourhood. 

Your living room becomes the focal point of your home eventually, whether you love vegetating on the couch or like to keep it sparsely decorated. Either way, furniture you use in this space becomes functional and memorable for your guests, so choose wisely. You could make a popping couch the point of focus in the room while keeping everything else minimal, or pick a standard beige or solid coloured one if you have a penchant to pick up knick-knacks. Multi-Purpose seating like Ottomans look stylish, and also act like storage for your throws and cushions. 

Lighting is everything when it comes to setting the mood of your living room. Tucking in for a cosy night with your boo? Switch to romantic dim lighting. Bright, cool white lights are great for when you need to work or stay alert during the day. When you need to relax at night or just kick back with a movie, choose relaxing, warm lighting to put yourself in the mood for a slumber. Do away with harsh tube lights and play around with floor lamps, pendant lamps and table lamps to achieve the 'Hygee' vibe at home. Lights at multiple levels amp up the cosiness of your room.

If you've caught the travel bug and can't stop collecting souvenirs wherever you go, how about displaying them in a tasteful way in your living room?  It shows off your personality without saying too much. You could also do this with any photographs, collectibles, books or items close to your heart. If you're a magnet hoarder, get a tasteful magnet board because there's only so much your refrigerator can take!

It's super easy for your living room to get cluttered, especially if you have company often. You can tackle this by assigning a spot or 'home' for every item. When it all comes together, you'd notice that it actually adds to the aesthetic value of your space. Like pretty trinket trays or catch-alls for your keys, bins for miscellaneous items like newspapers, keys, throws and any other clutter that you can sort out later.