How to make large rooms cozy

If you have plenty of space, you can really let your creativity run wild when decorating. To ensure the room doesn’t become too cozy, pay attention to appropriate furniture and the space’s layout.

Who doesn’t dream of plenty of space and large rooms in their own home? While large rooms indeed invite you to get creative with decorating, designing living spaces that remain cozy is trickier than you might think. Large rooms can feel cold if the furnishings don’t suit the room’s dimensions. We’ll share four helpful tips for large rooms.

Rule 1: Large rooms can accommodate large furniture.

Large rooms don’t suffer from a lack of space, so that furniture can be more voluminous. Visually, only delicate furniture would get lost in a large room. Expansive XXL sofas, armchairs, or long dining tables naturally require more space and fill large rooms proportionally better. Instead of a single couch, large rooms can accommodate entire sofa sets with matching armchairs. Oversized lamps or artworks also accentuate large rooms and can achieve their full effect. Large rooms have the advantage that you can furnish them according to your own wishes and hardly have to worry about space constraints. The space is there, use it!

Rule 2: Create separate living islands

Large rooms can quickly appear cluttered and haphazardly furnished. Therefore, you should design large living spaces by creating distinct zones, for example, a sofa area, a dining area, and a Reading nook. The individual areas must be visually separated. You can achieve this with rugs, different floor coverings, room dividers, or simply by maintaining sufficient distance between them. For example, placing your sofa with its back to the room will create a defined seating area.

Dos and Don’ts for large rooms

• Large furniture is better than dainty pieces.
• Structuring large spaces into functional areas
• A unifying element creates harmony for large spaces
• Coordinate the decorations

The right wall design can also help structure a room. Large rooms can be decorated with unusual wallpapers, bold colors, or striped patterns. An effective trick: If walls are only partially wallpapered or wallpapered around corners, the human brain fills in the missing sections to create a rectangle. This allows large rooms to be attractively divided.

Rule 3: The common thread

Despite their distinct living areas, large rooms need a unifying atmosphere – a common thread. Otherwise, they can feel too impersonal. This unifying element in interior design can be a color palette, a pattern, or a material. For example, you can consistently use one color family or material throughout your decor. This could be wood, stone, metal, or plastic. Large rooms can also be furnished with a mix of patterns. The different designs should always belong to the same pattern family. To prevent the overall look from becoming too chaotic, the colors, materials, or themes should complement each other.

Rule 4: Arrange decorations in groups

Large rooms offer ample space not only for furniture but also for accessories and decorations. Our tip: Don’t decorate large rooms sparingly; arrange decorations in groups of at least three pieces. These can be color-coordinated, thematically linked, or simply your favorite items. Crucial when designing living spaces: the proper lighting! This highlights your decorative accents and adds visual interest to large rooms.

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