Cosiness is the snugly warm, comfortable, and homely feeling of a room, one that just makes you want to kick your feet up and relax. It isn’t a specific design style, rather a combination of techniques and multiple styles that cater to your own personal tastes and make you and your family feel at home. And the best part, styles and technology can get outdated, but what’s cosy today will remain cosy tomorrow. Here are six great tips on how to create a cosy living room even if you are on a tight budget.
Add Some Greenery
Incorporating greenery is a great way to cosy up a living room. They add life and colour to a room and bring a sense of warmth and comfort to your home in a way that few other elements can. They are also a great way to fill up any unused space without adding clutter. All you need are the right sized plants in the right places. Add tall or voluminous plants to fill empty corners or vertical spaces, medium-height plants to fill space between the seating arrangement, and small potted plants on coffee tables and such. Just make sure the plants get enough sunlight to survive.
Multiple Colour Tones
Although all-white walls are quite popular here, adding a dark accent wall can be all you need to up a sense of cosiness to a living space. Adding contrasting tones to a space is also a great way to bring attention to details while also creating a room that feels bold and bright. Using colours with a warmer undertone and minimal use of patterns is also an effective way to make your living room feel more inviting.
Pillows, Pillows, and more Pillows
What’s comfier than a mountain of pillows? They are an instant way of making your living room feel homely and cosy. Adding a raft of throw pillows in soft, warm colours or even brighter colours is a great way to bring some warmth, texture, and colour into your room. They are also a perfect complement to the Ottoman we mentioned earlier. And while you are at it, why not throw in a couple of comfy throw rugs as well.
Replace that Coffee Table with an Ottoman
Ottomans are a great way to make your living space feel more comfortable, cosy, and warm. They are also extremely versatile in how they can be used. They are great to rest your feet up on, for smaller children to jump and play on, some come with built in storage, and with the addition of a tray, are also perfectly useable as a coffee table. Best of all, they can be used to add some texture and colour to your room.
Light it Up
The importance of proper lighting in any room cannot be understated when it comes to making your room look and feel inviting. It is therefore important to ensure every cosy living room is well lit both during the day, with natural light, and during the night with lighting from multiple sources. During the day, keep your windows as uncovered as possible to ensure that there is the maximum amount of natural light coming in. During the night, aim for some soft background lighting, maybe from dimmable ceiling lights or ambient lighting from behind sofas and tables. Low light from table lamps with warm LED light bulbs are an excellent addition as well. A nice floor lamp and a comfy chair can also make for a great reading nook if you have an unused corner.
Bookshelves and Books
Speaking of reading nooks, another great way to make a room feel comfy, as well as take up a large amount of unused wall space is to put up a bookshelf. These can be in the form of dedicated bookshelves or a built-in unit that allows you to place your entertainment systems within them. There is something comforting about books and the mixture of colours they add to your living room. Even if you do not have a large collection, a few scattered books together with some interesting complementary showpieces is a great way to fill up the space.