Top 5 Ways to Accessorize Your Living Room

It is important to have functional furniture pieces in your living room, but if that is all you have, the room can seem sterile and uninviting. Your living room should feel welcoming and engaging. Adding some decorative accessories makes your living room feel warmer and more interesting. They are also easy to change should you want to change your home's decor.

Accessorizing Your Living Room:

1. Add color. Colorful throw pillows and paintings are simple, affordable solutions to a monotonous color scheme. Red throw pillows really pop with color when set on a black or white sofa. A purple blanket hanging on the back of a beige sofa gets you out of that comfortably dull style.

2. Mix textures. Having matching leather furniture in a room is great, but most people like a variety of textures. Textured throw pillows are nice. Hand-carved wood statues or wall hangings add some dimension to the space and a slightly rough-finished element to the room.

3. Cover your walls. Flat, painted walls are boring. They are also a good place to get creative. Pictures are an easy solution but might be too common for your taste. Instead, fill frames with something else: collected wine corks, shells from your Caribbean vacation or ticket stubs and programs from your favorite concerts or plays.

4. Frame objects. The frame of a picture adds class and makes the picture seem more important than if it were unframed. The same idea applies to everything in your living space. Use identical accent pieces on both sides of an element you'd like to frame. Place some potted plants beside your entertainment center. Add some tall vases or umbrella stands next to your fireplace.

5. Fill empty spaces. Empty spaces in your living room don't inspire people, but they can draw the attention of your guests. Give them something appealing to look at instead. Everybody has a sofa in their living room, but how you fill these voids is your chance to display your uniqueness.