How to rearrange your Florida home’s living room
If you have plans to rearrange your living room furniture or decor, you should know that changing just a few small details can make it feel like a brand new living space. And, a great change feels amazing.
As Florida’s premier floor cleaning, tile and grout cleaning and upholstery care company, having served thousands of clients in the Tampa Bay area, we have seen thousands of living rooms, some beautifully arranged, some needing a bit of improvement. While we never impose our opinion or bring up unsolicited advice to our clients when we visit them, we would love to share what you can do to create a better living room without having to spend much.
Check out these tips to discover the best ways to rearrange your Florida living room. You won’t need a huge budget to make these awesome adjustments.
Choose a focal point
Don’t forget the power of a good focal point in a room. Sometimes they appear naturally, such as if you have a prominent window or a built-in fireplace mantel, while other times you may need to create them yourself, as with artwork and televisions. Whatever your chosen focal point, make a decision and stick with it. You’ll want to arrange furniture around it as much as possible.
Decide on the focal point of the room. Adjust your furniture so that everything points towards that piece. Move your couch to the other side of the room to see how it looks.
Play with what you have to see what’s possible while allowing space for an open traffic pattern in and out of the room.
Consider traffic flow
Speaking of traffic, one of the most important things to consider when arranging furniture in any room is traffic flow. People should not be tripping over furniture, or each other, to pass through the room. Make sure there are a couple of feet between the coffee table and sofa, and between chairs. Create a clear path so people can walk from one end of the room to the other without difficulty.
Go greener
Make your home an eco-friendly space with elements like air-filtering plants and natural light. Once you fall in love with sustainable home upgrades, go a step further and look into solar power and green roofing, which lasts three times longer than conventional materials without harming the environment during production.
Try something new
When it comes to reinventing and rearranging your living room, you can try something new. You can look into rugs and personal photos/artwork for affordable solutions that change any home into a fresh new space.
You can also change your linens to layers like a pro without buying another expensive piece. Switch them out with sheets that use a different color or pattern to make your rooms pop. You’ll love the way they look and the feeling of fresh linens.
Recognize balance and function
Arranging furniture can be a daunting task. When you’re faced with an empty room, filling it in a way that is both practical and aesthetically pleasing can seem like an overwhelming task. So make sure you focus first on the important things like function and access to things like ventilation, light, and electrical outlet..
You can also change your linens to layers like a pro without buying another expensive piece. Switch them out with sheets that use a different color or pattern to make your rooms pop. You’ll love the way they look and the feeling of fresh linens.
People should be able to talk to each other without having to crane their necks or shout across the room. Position the seats to face each other (not necessarily straight on) and close enough that people can converse without raising their voices. If the living room is large, you can create multiple conversation areas.
Use the right rugs
Arranging furniture can be a daunting task. When you’re faced with an empty room, filling it in a way that is both practical and aesthetically pleasing can seem like an overwhelming task. So make sure you focus first on the important things like function and access to things like ventilation, light, and electrical outlet..
Anyone can use an easy visual change like a new rug in their home. They work in any space, like your front entryway, dining room or even your living room. Find a few that use the same colors as other decor pieces in your home or feature an interesting design. Roll them out on both carpet and hardwood to add depth to any room while creating a new theme.
Learn more about rugs here.
Play with light
Lighting is one of the most important elements of any room. A floor lamp looks great at the end of a sofa or behind an accent chair. Table lamps look lovely on side tables, shelves, and even mantels.
Hang the right artwork
Things that are hung on the wall need to be placed strategically, and in proportion to the nearest furniture. Don’t hang a tiny photo over the back of your sofa, for example; instead, use either a large piece that is approximately two-thirds the length of the sofa, or use a group of pieces.
Have your floor professionally cleaned
Hardwood, tile or carpeted floors are also considered as an investment. Floor cleaning can make your Florida living room look brighter and bigger.
Let Frog’s Floor Care help you protect your investment by applying our modern floor cleaning approaches by using powerful but gentle cleaning products and the right equipment to make sure that your carpets are cleaned well without any damage.
