In the interior of the living room, green tones are not found very often, although psychologists say that the color of nature itself pacifies, calms and pleases the eye. Such an interior never looks banal, it always pleases with freshness and novelty.
This color was at the peak of popularity in England during the reign of Queen Victoria - court architects used it to decorate large living rooms and halls in castles and palaces. With minor amendments to the present, green color has attracted the attention of modern designers these days. True, saturated bright green today has given way to softer shades of green, for example, mint, olive, lime, light green. Emerald, bright, perhaps, only accents remain - individual furnishings, decorative elements.
In this article we will try to tell you how to properly decorate the living room in green tones so that the room is comfortable for households and guests.
Interior Design Tips
Green, like no other, is rich in shades. That is why it is quite difficult to give universal tips for choosing a tone, however, experts recommend that you adhere to the following rules:
- If you plan to create a living room design in green tones to enjoy peace, coziness and comfort, give preference to calm and bright colors.
- Those who want to turn their living room into a lush hall for receiving guests should add rich shades of green to the interior, for example bright green or emerald.
- Want a riot of colors? The life-affirming color of lime allows you to solve this problem.
- An organic combination of elegance and coziness will be found in your room if you choose neutral shades - maple green or pale olive.
Designers warn of common mistakes when creating a living room interior in green colors. We recommend that you pay attention to them:
- In order not to turn the living room into a gloomy and faceless room, use shades of green dosed.
- Do not paint the walls and ceiling in bright colors.
- When designing a small living room, abandon the dark shades. Your task in this case is to give the room lightness and airiness, and only light tones of greenery can solve it.
Green needs partner colors. It goes well with gray and white (milky), golden and blue, brown and beige, yellow and peach, turquoise and blue, sand and almost all woody shades.
Using one of these combinations as an example, we propose to consider the design features of the living room in green colors. We hope that you find some ideas interesting and you want to use them in your room.
Living room in beige and green tones
Those who value eco-design, like calm and fresh natural colors choose this combination. Green and beige seem to fill the house with the energy of nature. But do not think that this combination is suitable only for eco-styles. It is successfully used in most modern and classic areas.
Walls
For a small living room, you can use beige wallpapers with a delicate green pattern to decorate the walls. For a more spacious room, green canvases interspersed with beige are suitable. When choosing wallpaper, it should be borne in mind that visually reduces the space of a large drawing, so for a small room, choose a smaller ornament.
Cloths in a horizontal or vertical strip will help to adjust the space: in the first case, they will make it higher, and in the second - wider. Another design secret is the accent wall. To do this, three walls are decorated in a light beige tone, and one wall in green. This option can also be used in a small living room. Just do not make it too dark or bright - it is better to use a shade of medium intensity.
How to make a floor?
In our case, it is more advisable to make the floor in a traditional brown color. A light brown finish will blend nicely with beige elements. A more saturated brown floor will give the interior solidity and respectability, will bring classic, conservative features into it.
Features of the design of the ceiling
In the green and beige living room, designers recommend abandoning the traditional white ceiling. They suggest considering the following options:
- Solid light beige ceiling.
- Two-tone white-beige - the main part is white, with a beige decorative part.
- Two-tone white-green - the main part is white, and green is decorative. Usually in the form of a circle, an oval, a rectangle, the colored part is located in the center.
Green plain ceiling. This is a creative solution that requires minimal use of green in interior elements. You can support the ceiling with several decorative elements, and make the walls beige.
Lighting
The living room in green and beige colors does not need a complex lighting system if light shades are used. And if the interior uses dark green and bright colors, you will need spot lights. Suppose you want to make a green bright wall in your spacious living room. In this case, you must:
- from above to illuminate it with wall sconces with open lampshades so that the light goes from bottom to top;
- set a spotlight around the perimeter of the ceiling: in this case, the light will fall on the walls from top to bottom.
Choosing furniture
To furnish the living room in green colors (you can see the photo in this material below), designers offer four basic options:
- Beige walls and beige furniture. This is a great option for a small room, allowing you to create a feeling of free space. Shades of furniture and walls should not coincide completely - it is desirable that they differ by two or three tones. At the same time, it will seem that the furniture merges with the walls, so it will be perceived much smaller than its actual size. To veil the heaviness of furniture and create a feeling of spaciousness - this is the main task in this case.
- Green wall and green furniture. Both in a spacious and in a small living room, it is advisable to give preference to light tones in order to prevent a pressing sensation in a monochrome interior.
- Beige walls and green furniture. Compact and functional furniture should be purchased in the small living room. Even green, with the exception of dark swamp shades, it will not reduce the space. A reasonable solution in this situation may be a sofa with beige-green upholstery.
- Green walls and beige furniture. Place a beige sofa against the background of the accent wall in green. Such a solution is suitable for a living room of any size, but the color of the accent wall in a small room should be brighter than in a spacious one.
Curtains
In the living room, facing the south side, it is recommended to use plain blackout curtains (green or beige, depending on the color of the walls) or green curtains with a beige pattern.
For windows facing the north side, translucent plain fabrics (light beige or greenish) and beige curtains with green patterns are suitable.
Decor
In addition to such pleasant things as vases and figurines, decorative pillows, try to find something original for your living room. For example, a picture with a summer or spring landscape in which a noble green color is effectively played out. And of course, the presence of indoor flowers is welcome in such an interior.