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Overwhelmed decor, ignores the scaling and loses the meaning for how your space should really look like, can lead to a living room that looks sticky. While the style is completely subjective, there are some helpful rule of thumb that shared two design experts with us that help you stay on the right track.

These tips include a tiny optimization that makes a big difference in what your living room looks like, and additional ideas to create a room that you love and feel at home.

How to save your living room in front of sticky

Two of the largest factors that lead to a sticky living room have too much decor or a visual disorder and cause unstops from poorly proportioned furniture and unpleasant layouts.

“The thoughtful processing is a long way in our houses,” says interior designer Andrea Thompson.

So a tiny improvement? Take one or two things out of your living room. This could be a throwing pillow from a growing collection on the couch or plant if you have a dozen of you that crowd into your room.

Interior design Courtney Batten is right. Regardless of your design style or the objects you are interested, these problems can happen to everyone.

“Thinking of thought is the key,” she says.

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How to do too much too much

To ensure that this does not happen in your own living room, you can concentrate on several areas on which you can maintain simplicity and scaling, according to the experts:

• Remove at least two pillows from your sofa. Thompson says you don't need six or more.
• A large number of chairs are not necessary if you organize a party. Hold only two and a couch.
• Get your carpet size properly. Latten notes that should fully fit your furniture in the carpet, or at least the front legs of each piece should.
• Keep cable away. Batten says that they should use flat extension cables, base plugs or cable ducts to better hide them.
• Ignore the overhead light; This can throw strange shadows and create a not so slow atmosphere. Thompson says that you use suitable table lamps on both sides of your sofa or lean against a large floor lamp.
• Choose only two large plants in your living room. The rest should be laid to other places around your home.

“I think that sticky can easily be tackled by taking everything a level,” says Thompson.

4 functions that make your living room look sticky

There are a few different things that can lead to a living room that looks sticky.

“The biggest culprits are usually a bad scale, unpleasant layout and visual noise,” says Batten.

Here are four other things that you keep in mind and prevent your living room from being overwhelming in the worst way.

Meet under tones

If you have ever looked at a room that was not entirely right, but couldn't put on your finger What Was wrong, it could have coordinated under tones. This creates disharmony, which, although it is initially subtle, is difficult to ignore.

“Even if you use neutral or complementary colors, the undertones (like warm cream next to cool gray) create the exciting tension,” says Batten.

As soon as you have the pallet on the right and have set the desired tones and color temperatures, you can continue to decorate.

“Choose the pillows and a throw that best complements the color of the sofa and the side chairs,” says Thompson.

Business walls

While the intention of an art or a photo -related wall is beautiful, it can quickly become chaotic. Too many pieces make it difficult to maintain a focus and maintain cohesion. Try to reduce your collection or move tricks to other walls in your home.

“They have between one and three large works of art above the sofa, not between 12 together, all of which compete with each other,” explains Thompson.

You can do the same with the color of your walls, which can contribute to a feeling of overwhelming or business.

Lack of spatial symmertry

Just like a share, balance and symmetry are important to avoid sticky rooms. If one side of the room with furniture is difficult and the other is not – or they have placed lighting bodies or plants in just one area – they immediately lose a feeling of equilibrium.

“Make sure that low and high parts work together,” says Thompson. “For example, the high floor lamp, the two large plants and the large works of art are symbiotic with the sofa and chairs, coffee table and side tables (their low pieces).”

Overcrowded coffee tables and surfaces

Your coffee table may be modest, but with too much roof or the wrong decor, it can lower the energy of the room.

“Remove the disorder from the coffee table and add a small plant or flowers and a few (very few) books or sentimental objects,” says Thompson.

She also recommends exchanging her coffee table for a storage space of nodal novels if they are not in the room. This is a great way to hide the disorder and still have the surface for adjusting magazines, cups or remote controls. Together, all of these tips prevent your living room always feeling sticky.