No matter what your style: using color in your living room will bring more life, personality and even sophistication to your decor. But what are the ways to put colors in your living room or dining room? How do I combine the colors and stay with my style? What if I don’t have the time or skill to decorate? These are some questions that we will try to answer below.

1- Paint the wall

A relatively practical and inexpensive solution, it has the advantage of offering a wide choice of colors for the environment. In this dining room, the color was due to the wall. Both the furniture, floor and objects are neutral colors, letting the blue stand out in the decoration. Choose more sober or neutral colors to bring sophistication to your living or dining room, or vibrant colors to bring life and joy to the environment.

2- Apply wallpaper

Wallpaper is a slightly more expensive choice, but also very practical and with many options of colors and prints. Here, the wallpaper guided the entire choice of colors for the rest of the living room decor: gray and pink. If you choose a wallpaper as striking as this, follow the same colors for the furniture and decoration pieces, or choose neutral colors and leave the color for the living room wall.

3- Make an artistic mural

If you want to add color and a lot of personality to your dining room, make an artistic mural! Of course, if you have no talent, don’t take any chances: hire an artist of your taste and choose a design with your face. In this room, as the mural is very vibrant, the decor followed a more neutral line. White and wood helped to make the work of art even more prominent!

4- Paint the ceiling

How about bringing more light to your room with a color on the ceiling? It’s a great way to add color to small rooms! In the living room in the photo, the color chosen was turquoise, which also appears on the cushions. To further illuminate the room, light and neutral tones prevail in the rest of the decor, giving more contrast to the ceiling and the color elements of your room.

5- Use a colored rug

Another way to add color to your living room is by the floor. With a colorful rug, whether plain or patterned, you bring more life and warmth to your room. In the image, the chosen carpet has vibrant colors and shapes, breaking the neutrality of the wood and light colors of the furniture, and at the same time combining with the composition of paintings very lively.

6- Install colored curtains

Who said that the curtain in the room has to be white or beige? It can be an element of color in your environment, either with printed and heavy fabrics, or with light and light colored fabrics. In this cozy living room, the blue shades of the curtain also appear on the cushions, conveying peace and tranquility to the environment.

7- Use lots of frames and cushions

Using frames and pillows in the decoration is a practical, inexpensive and versatile way to color your living room or dining room. Because they have an infinite variety of colors, prints, images and illustrations, you can leave your living room with your style just using these two wildcards. The decoration can be discreet and sophisticated, or it can be very lively as in the image above: cushions of different colors and prints, together with pictures of different sizes and frames. When creating compositions, your imagination is the limit!

8- Use color on the sofa or other furniture

If you live in a rented apartment and don’t want to touch either the walls or the ceiling, add color to your furniture! It can be a colorful sofa, a patterned armchair, a coffee table or very vibrant lamps. In the living room of the image, the colors were on the sofa, armchair and lamps, with a combination of blue and yellow. For the rest of the decoration, raw materials and neutral colors were chosen, leaving this living room with a rustic but also vibrant feel.

9- Spread decoration pieces

For you who love to choose decorative pieces, whether vases, trinkets, sculptures or travel souvenirs, use your collection to add color and personality to your living room. 

As you can see in this room with a fireplace, it is not necessary that the objects have the same color or match each other: if your room is neutral, just spread your favorite pieces on a shelf, bookcase or on the tables.

10- Decorate with plants and flowers

If you are going to throw a party and want a different decoration for your living room, use flower arrangement. 

They will fill the environment with color and beauty! But if you want something more permanent, there is a wide variety of plants for pots, among foliage of all colors and many flower options. 

But research the ideal type of plant for your living room well before buying: especially if you do not have a lot of availability, prefer those with low maintenance.

I think you should already have some ideas in mind to decorate your living room or dining room! 

But before you start, here are the latest tips:

  1. 1- Don’t use all 10 tips to color your room at once! Choose one (or a few) and balance the rest with neutral colors. Otherwise, you run the risk of making your room too heavy or too flashy!
  2. 2- If you want to use more than one color, make a color palette! Choose colors that match each other and are to your liking.

 

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