accent walls in living room
Accent Walls in Living Room
Want to make your living room look more interesting? Simply create beautiful, interesting accent walls by utilizing the innovative ideas suggested below. Read on to know how to paint, design, and decorate the walls.
Painting the Walls
There are a number of creative ways for painting accent walls.
- For instance, if the room is painted in light pink color, you can paint the wall in a slightly bolder shade of the same color. In this case, it can be a bold, hot pink.
- Choose an altogether different bright shade, such as red, orange, or purple for the wall, while keeping the others painted in toned-down neutral, pastel, or cool colors like light green and light blue.
- You can create a number of designs with some different colors. Polka dots, stripes, murals, or geometric designs can be chosen. Adding a single large mural or a large geometric shape in the middle of the wall will add a unique dimension to your living room.
- Also, keep some accessories in the same color as the wall so that it looks a part of your room decor itself. Some throw pillows on your sofa, or a rug in the same bright color may do the trick. Choosing the same bright-colored upholstery for the room, gives it a very coordinated look too.
- You can add some cabinets and shelves to the wall, and display show pieces in some contrasting color.
- Shelves look especially good on accent walls which have a television in front of them. This way, even when the television is off, the decor items on the shelves will keep up the visual appeal.
- To create a greater impact, you can have an area rug of the same color, leading from the entrance to the wall.
- Putting up some artwork or a large mirror in the middle of the wall, are some other interesting ideas that you can consider.
- Instead of getting the wall painted, you can have a wall of stones or tiles instead.
- You can create a number of squares with molding and wood strips, and break the view into numerous pieces.
- For those of you who want to add a bit of drama to their living room accent wall, painting it black, and using light-colored furniture pieces to balance out the effect, is a good idea.