Ideas for decorating a living room in modern style

One of the most popular design directions in which you can decorate the interior of the living room is the modernist concept. This modern style conquered many with its originality and laconicism, but not everyone knows how to correctly embody it in the living room. In order for the concept to look as organic as possible, it is necessary to think over everything to the smallest detail, get acquainted with the style features, the most suitable pieces of furniture and decoration methods, as well as ready-made examples of such living rooms. All these and other nuances will be discussed in detail in this article.

Art Nouveau interior design is fundamentally different from the ostentatious luxury and complexity of forms of classical concepts. The style is based on such a feature as simplicity of shapes and smooth lines. Also in modernity, there is a compromise regarding finishing materials and accessories. - natural raw materials can be easily replaced with artificial components. Therefore, this style cannot be called as expensive as Art Deco or Baroque, and it is available for a fairly large segment.

The modernity of this direction of the interior is facilitated by the multilevel coatings. It can appear in the form of podium areas on the floor or stretch ceilings with several tiers.

A room in this style is not limited to having one source of light. Ideally, the living room should have a large window (or multiple windows), as well as different types of lamps that are in harmony with each other.

As for the appliances in the living room, the modern concept includes the presence of a large flat-screen TV, which is usually located on the wall. You can also place a home theater and a stereo system against the wall opposite the sofa.

Essential accessories for a room in a similar style are flowerpots., in which dead wood, live or ornamental plants of an interesting shape can be located. There should be at least 2 such flowerpots.

Art Nouveau style does not allow flashy colors in the living room, preferring pastel palette. The most relevant for this direction are the following tones.

• Green, which appears in various shades. This color is often found in the interior of such a living room. In textiles, it is most often used in soothing colors, such as light green or olive, while juicy accents can be present in the form of living plants in vases.

• Sometimes living rooms of this type are decorated in black and white, taken in a ratio of 50 to 50. However, remember that you need to be careful with black, as it can visually reduce the room.

• Warm browns and pale pink or powdery paints bring coziness to a modern living room. Embodied in furniture and textiles, and often combined with beige or milky tones, they create a comfortable and even romantic atmosphere.

• It is not often in such a living room that you can see a pastel yellow tone. However, bright yellows or reds can be used to accentuate the interior.

• Gray is sometimes used as a background color. Also, the interior may have a lilac tone, taken in a smaller ratio with more neutral shades.

It is worth paying special attention to finishing the ceiling, walls and floor in such a living room. The textures of these surfaces must correspond to the Art Nouveau style and be combined with each other.

Walls are best decorated with materials such as paint, molding, wallpaper, fabric, and wood panels. Moreover, different areas can be finished in different ways, complementing each other. So that the room does not look empty or even boring, you do not need to decorate its walls in the same color. It is better that at least one of the walls has an unobtrusive drawing or ornament.

There are no restrictions on the type of wallpaper in modern style, so you can choose paper, non-woven, vinyl or even liquid wallpaper for the living room., which will give the walls of the room a special aesthetics and light relief. If you prefer to use paint in wall decoration, then in the living room it can be combined with wood panels. In a minimum amount, the presence of stucco molding is permissible.

The floor covering can also be quite varied. and include types of raw materials such as laminate, parquet, linoleum or even tiles. The main thing is that the color of the floor is not too dark, so opt for such colors as beige, light gray, coffee with milk, walnut. The carpet in the living room can be matched to the tone of the floor, differing by 1-2 shades, or contrast with it.

Despite the simplicity at the heart of the concept, it is better to make the ceiling design more original. Options with simple plaster or acrylic-based paint are unacceptable. The most harmonious for the style is the stretch ceiling, which has at least 2 levels. Complex level compositions are welcome, as they can also be an additional tool for zoning a room. The texture of the ceiling is predominantly glossy.

The hall, the space of which is divided into zones, will be especially relevant for the modern concept. In this style, the zonal distribution allows the combination of a living room with an office, a seating area and even a dining room. You can carry out zoning using the following methods.

• Creation of partitions using drywall. These structures are very lightweight and the material takes many forms. By supplementing the drywall with several lamps, you can gracefully fence off one area of ​​the Art Nouveau living room from another.
• You can also fence off sections of the room using shelving. So that these structures do not look empty, you can mark books on them, as well as accessories, for example, flowerpots.
• Screens are both permanent and temporary zonal partitions. These lightweight structures fit perfectly into the modern interior, if necessary, they can be removed.
• In order not to hide the space with partitions, it is advisable to place a certain area of ​​the living room on the podium. So you do not overload the interior with unnecessary details and create an elegant transition between different functional areas.

Since there should be several artificial sources in the lighting of a living room in the Art Nouveau style, it is important to arrange and select them so that they not only illuminate all the necessary areas of the hall, but also harmonize with each other.

There should be a massive chandelier in the central part of the living room. For Art Nouveau, both ceiling and suspended products are acceptable. Such units are supplemented with spotlights, which are usually located around the perimeter of the ceiling covering or at certain levels.

Additional light sources are placed in the form of wall sconcesas well as small table lamps located on sideboards or coffee tables. Sometimes the living room in the Art Nouveau style is complemented by floor lamps, the plafonds of which have simple shapes and are painted in the same tone.

Furniture should be selected taking into account the necessary requirements for its assembly. The obligatory modern interior items in the living room are a sofa, a couple of armchairs or ottomans, a TV shelf (if it does not hang on the wall), a small wardrobe, a coffee table, and several wall-type shelves.

The sofa and armchairs have simple shapes, a soft part and a low back. They must have decorative pillows to match the upholstery or contrasting with it. The main thing in the choice of upholstered furniture is the smoothness of its lines and the absence of sharp edges and corners. Upholstery materials can be both fabric and leather. The color of the surface of the sofa is usually neutral, but the chair can be combined with it, or it can be accentuated in the interior and made in a bright color.

The coffee table most often has a square or rectangular shape. It is made from wood-based materials and also allows the use of glass for the countertop.

The lines of cabinets, shelves and cabinets are more strict than those of upholstered furniture. They most often have a square or rectangular silhouette and are painted in the same color.

Details such as textiles and accessories contribute to the creation of the necessary atmosphere in a living room with a modernist concept. Straight cut products are used as curtains, which consist of one or two types of fabrics (tulle and denser curtains).

It is permissible to decorate the walls with modern paintings or collages. An important attribute will be a fireplace, which should be electric and strikingly differ in appearance from traditional models. Be sure to decorate the room with flowers, and it is better if the plants are exotic or with an unusual shape.

Despite the description of the main signs of modernity, it can be difficult to decide on the specific furniture and decoration of the living room without looking at ready-made examples of interiors. The following design options will be an additional help for you in decorating your own hall.

• Light green curtains made of light fabrics will stunningly dilute the bright living room. At the same time, just a few accessories that repeat the color of the curtains and spot lighting are enough to create complete harmony.

• The TV does not have to be on an empty wall. It can organically fit into the rack, which will also contain some accessories.

• A black and white living room suits this style better if it is not based on radical tones, but matte black combined with ivory.

• So that the gray color does not look boring and corresponds to the modernist concept, one of the walls of the living room can be highlighted with the help of an abstract drawing, as well as complemented by all soft furniture in lilac tones.

• Glossy black textures on the shelves, table and side tables look great against the background of plain pink walls, as well as the white floor and ceiling. At the same time, a corner sofa complements such a room no worse than straight models.

For an overview of Art Nouveau living room furniture, see the following video.