How to Bring a Traditional Look to Your Living Room

Comfort is the primary reason that makes traditional style stand apart from other decorating styles. Refined textiles, elegant shapes, and a pleasantly predictable order sense make traditional style decoration always welcoming and charming. This write-up is a good read for you if you are determined to bring a traditional look to your living room.

Here are the ideas that you can implement to decorate your living room traditionally:

Opt for hanging conventional wall art pieces 

Walls have a vital role to make or ruin the look of a space at home or commercial setup. You should hang the art pieces that reflect the life of the ancient/middle age. Think of searching for traditional paintings for living room. As per your art tastes and choices, you can select the paintings depicting rural/royal life or conventional religious beliefs. With the right selection and installation, you will get what you expect. 

Have rustic charm and exposed wood beams 

In the ancient and middle ages, wood was the prime material for the construction of a new house. Wooden poles and beams were used to support the ceiling to make it last for a longer period. With the exposed beams and poles, you can have a rustic presence in your living room and give a look of a countryside rural theme. You can add exposed wood beams to the ceiling of your living room if there are no original structural beams that are ideal. 

Place antique furniture pieces

For a traditional look, you can think of placing old furniture in your living room. Apart from adding a sense of warmth and history, antique furniture pieces bring sentimental value, as they are interlinked to your past generations. Have a close look around your home to find out antique wooden pieces left by your forefathers. Take them out, dust off & clean them, and place properly in the living space of your home. 

Collect and place the books old editions 

In a countryside home, you can come across a lot of books placed in the living room. Whether you love reading books or not, consider collecting and placing books there. It would be far better to make a good collection of books on your favorite topics, subjects, or genres. Suppose that you love reading Shakespeare. Collect and place all the literary works composed by William Shakespeare. You can arrange them in categories like comedy, tragedy, essay, poetry, etc. 

Have floral fabrics 

In your living room, you have sofas, cushions, curtains, and blinds. Whatever you use covers to cover your sofas & cushions or treat your windows & doors, ensure that the fabrics used in them would have floral designs. Floral prints on sofa covers, curtains, cushion covers, and blinds give a country scene to your living space. 

Experiment while placing rugs on the floor

When it comes to decorating a space traditionally, texture is more important. The use of the most appropriate texture will facilitate you to add warmth and comfort to your living room. For this, you can use your creative mind in the selection and placement of rugs there. As far as possible, try to get the rugs with conventional designs and prints.

Bring the outside in with plants and flowers 

In rural areas, we have a lot of open space that we use for growing several different types of plants, trees, and flowers. We have a feeling of being close to nature. You can bring such feelings by placing/hanging a few potted plants on planters inside the room or on the wall of that space. With this, you will purify your indoor air and bring freshness to it.

Ensure comfy seating for reading books or entertainment 

Our living room is not only for meeting guests and spending quality time with family members & friends but also for reading and entertainment. You know you can have uninterrupted reading or entertainment when your seating arrangement is comfortable for you and your family members. Ensure that the sofas are soft and the fabrics you have used for different purposes are clean.  

Keep the ceiling high

The ceilings in rural or conventional homes are higher than the one in today’s towns/cities. For having a traditional look, you can keep the ceiling higher if you are constructing it yourself or buying from a contractor. For a rented and constructed house, you can use your creativity to make your ceiling look higher. For this, you can hang curtains/blinds from the ceiling to the floor of your home.  

Conclusion 

Bringing a traditional look to your living room depends on what structural changes you want to make, what decorative items you will use, and what suits your home theme. Apply the ideas mentioned above or consult an experienced interior designer to seek advice.