Why you must get the living room furniture arrangement right? Ever walked into someone's living room and felt like you were walking into an Arabian Marketplace where you literally felt like everything in the room was so explicitly and elaborately on display that you just felt like pulling out your wallet to buy some of the stuff so you could ease the overcrowding?
Well, sadly, there are too many living rooms where the furniture are just so poorly arranged that the real gems like the family portraits or the arm chair by the window just get lost in the muddle. What many people fail to realize with living room furniture arrangement and furnishings is that more is less.
It's not about how much you have in a room; it's how much the room accentuates what you have. and you'd be surprised to know that every inch of your living room doesn't have to be filled with a standing lamp or a rug for your room to look complete, but it is the placement and arrangement of your furniture that brings out the true appeal and comfort in your room.
Interior decorators know a thing or two about furniture arrangement and they will tell you that where function, comfort and beauty if concerned, it is not what you have; it's how you place it!
But this idea of proper living room furniture arrangement wasn't thought up yesterday, but actually comes from an ancient Chinese art form called Feng Shui.
Feng Shui is the art of redirecting clean energy in you living room to give the best possible aura from the general flow of energy in the room. This is done by arranging living room furniture in such a way as to get the greatest satisfaction and comfort from the space.
The idea is, in essence, what we might call 'making the most of the room'. For instance say you have a window in your living room and an armchair as well as a coffee table and a small couch set.
Some people might arrange the couch set around the coffee table close to the window so that good conversation can be maintained in a scenic atmosphere.
However a feng shui master will probably look on the room and say that the armchair may be best suited by the window with the coffee table nearby since one person in an armchair will more likely appreciate the window in quietness than a group of people sitting together chatting.
More often than not you'll find someone sitting in the armchair in the room than a group rushing to sit around to have a conversation. What's more is that a living room divided into a sitting room with the couch set on one side and a more private sitting area with the armchair by the window will give the room more depth and appeal rather than just a plain living room with sitting furniture.
And this is what feng shui does when it is incorporated into your living room furniture arrangement; it helps you get the most function, comfort and aesthetic appeal from your living room!
