Classic Living Room Design
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For most people, their living room is a place where they can relax and watch TV with their family members. But, as with any living room, especially in a traditional home, it’s about so much more than that, it’s also about creating ambiance, a personal design scheme that oozes comfort and coziness, as well as being sophisticated and classy. If you like the traditional design, but you still question whether you have the ability to create a traditional living room; you’d be surprised at just how easy it really is. In fact, if you look at some of the examples below, you can probably even copy some of these are start to come up with your own ideas for your traditional home remodeling project.
What Is The Room For?
A living room is for more than just relaxing and watching TV. Anyone that has ever entertained or had a dinner party knows that. But, the items you add into your living room will likely need to match what you use the room for. For example, if you tend to entertain in that room a lot, for late afternoon cocktails, late evening tea, morning coffee, etc. general lighting may be a good option to consider. General lighting are things like center lights - for example chandeliers, these are placed in the center of the room and provide enough light to see, but they also radiate outward which not only leaves the center of the room lighted, but the outskirts of the room lighted with a glowing light as well. These are super traditional when it comes to a traditional home, hence why it’s considered general lighting. If you like traditional styles but you don’t love crystal chandeliers, you can also find modern renditions that use sconces and smaller lights in the chandelier to provide a more subdued, and less luxurious look.
Dimmers Are Important
If you are choosing a center appropriate lighting option, like the one above, a dimmer will be your saving grace. Maybe in the morning when having coffee you won’t need the light on, but perhaps during the evening you want more of a glowing light rather than a bright light, or maybe while watching TV you will want a lower light rather than a bright light, or maybe you are looking for cheerful bright illumination - dimmers have the usual on and off option, but they have segments of light options in between on and off that allow for bright, less bright, less bright, lesser bright, dim, really dim and off or something similar to that and it allows you to have the perfect lighting for any mood or any activity rather than just off or on.
Task Lights Define Zones
Living rooms can be used for just about any activity, but if you have a larger living room and you want to sort of cordoned off certain sections and make it known that this area is for TV watching, this area so for entertaining, this area is for working, this area is for reading, etc. it’s a good idea to consider task lights. These tend to be built in lights that direct light to a certain section of the room so that it can be flown to the reading area or the working area. Task lighting can also include desk lights, table lamps and more.
Accent Lights
I’ll be honest, accent lights are less about functionality and more about style more than anything else, but they are still important in a traditional living room. Consider adding wall scones with brushed copper or bronze to show off a fireplace or an ornate set of two sconces on the wall to use them as a focal point to a painting you have on the wall. Accent lights work a lot like accent walls in that they draw people’s eyes in a certain direction - a direction you want them to or want them to see something specific in the room.
What Is The Room For?
A living room is for more than just relaxing and watching TV. Anyone that has ever entertained or had a dinner party knows that. But, the items you add into your living room will likely need to match what you use the room for. For example, if you tend to entertain in that room a lot, for late afternoon cocktails, late evening tea, morning coffee, etc. general lighting may be a good option to consider. General lighting are things like center lights - for example chandeliers, these are placed in the center of the room and provide enough light to see, but they also radiate outward which not only leaves the center of the room lighted, but the outskirts of the room lighted with a glowing light as well. These are super traditional when it comes to a traditional home, hence why it’s considered general lighting. If you like traditional styles but you don’t love crystal chandeliers, you can also find modern renditions that use sconces and smaller lights in the chandelier to provide a more subdued, and less luxurious look.
Dimmers Are Important
If you are choosing a center appropriate lighting option, like the one above, a dimmer will be your saving grace. Maybe in the morning when having coffee you won’t need the light on, but perhaps during the evening you want more of a glowing light rather than a bright light, or maybe while watching TV you will want a lower light rather than a bright light, or maybe you are looking for cheerful bright illumination - dimmers have the usual on and off option, but they have segments of light options in between on and off that allow for bright, less bright, less bright, lesser bright, dim, really dim and off or something similar to that and it allows you to have the perfect lighting for any mood or any activity rather than just off or on.
Task Lights Define Zones
Living rooms can be used for just about any activity, but if you have a larger living room and you want to sort of cordoned off certain sections and make it known that this area is for TV watching, this area so for entertaining, this area is for working, this area is for reading, etc. it’s a good idea to consider task lights. These tend to be built in lights that direct light to a certain section of the room so that it can be flown to the reading area or the working area. Task lighting can also include desk lights, table lamps and more.
Accent Lights
I’ll be honest, accent lights are less about functionality and more about style more than anything else, but they are still important in a traditional living room. Consider adding wall scones with brushed copper or bronze to show off a fireplace or an ornate set of two sconces on the wall to use them as a focal point to a painting you have on the wall. Accent lights work a lot like accent walls in that they draw people’s eyes in a certain direction - a direction you want them to or want them to see something specific in the room.