Updated October 16, 2024

The living room is the space where you family and friends gather to relax and spend quality time. The living room is typically the space used for lounging, watching television and entertaining and in some cases dining. So how can this space be updated and given a more cohesive look without breaking the bank?

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Fresh & Fun – 18 Easy Ways to Update Your Living Room

Updated May 10, 2023

How about creating an appealing and lively space that makes everyone who comes into it a little cheerier. Here are some ideas you can use to freshen up your living room for any season.

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Beat Clutter

Reduce Clutter

If your family enters your home through the living room, or if it’s the hub of activities. Jackets, backpacks, and toys are usually a common sight. So, having a designated space for keeping toys and sporting goods will keep things orderly. With this in mind try keeping backpacks and toys in a big covered basket or fancy box.

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Slipcover a Sofa

A basic slipcover in a muted hue changes the background for chic accessories in your room. Slip covers are an excellent option to alter your sofa’s color and even style. Perhaps you wish to update your garage sale treasure or convert a classic home to a modern one. Adding a slipcover to your living room is a simple method to update its appearance. Don’t forget to add colorful different sized pillows for your special look.

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Display Interests and Memories

Gallery walls are more than trendy, they are also a great way to showcase artwork, and favorite family photos along with souvenirs, posters, or even pictures from a book or magazine. Therefore, select frames in the same color or really mix it up with frames in a variety of colors and sizes.

Use Bookcases Artfully

Built-in or free-standing bookcases can go a long way for a low-cost or not cost living room refresh. Large baskets or boxes are great for concealing papers and magazines. With this in mind, collect an assortment of your collectibles or interesting garage sale finds in a similar color scheme or subject.

Then place them between books for a relaxed balance. So, don’t forget to present collections in groups of three or an odd number.

Tip: Arranging books by color gives bookshelves a designer look.

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Coffee Table Reflections

A coffee table is often the focal point of a living room. Trade out display items seasonally to highlight your personal style. Books, greenery, and cherished mementos are all make stylish candidates for your coffee table update.

So, try layering them on a table runner or tray. The mantel, a console table, and decorative bookcases are other locations to seasonally highlight your style.

Renew the Art

Need a modern family room design idea? Simply swap out photographs or paintings. Consider other items for display such as a quilt or mirror. For an easy fix, use the same size artwork or photos in your picture frames.

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Rearrange the Furniture

How about a cheap living room idea? Reconsider your living room furniture arrangement. Try a new strategy. Move your sofa away from the wall or place a set of chairs near the window.

For this reason, think about using a furniture piece from another room. No matter your style a new furniture composition can refresh a room.

Toss the Pillows

Reform your living room in no time with fresh throw pillows. Throw pillows are a quick and easy answer for trying out trends and colors without a huge commitment. Typically, keep seasonal pillows in storage until you need to make a swap. Here are ways to Style Pillows on a Sofa

Add a Rug

Updating a living or transforming a family room can be done without lots of effort. A cheerful patterned rug or a fun fluffy or textured rug brings style underfoot. So, to create a more modern style, add a smaller rug on a larger area rug or carpet.

Reupholster a Chair

Want to modernize a traditional home design or freshen up a worm chair? Updating living room decor begins with textiles. Consider giving a cozy armchair a new look with fresh upholstery.

With good bones, a tattered chair or flea market find can easily be restored with new upholstery. Of course, make sure to choose a great fabric.

Tip: Use leftover pieces of fabric as art. Try setting them into ready-made frames fitted with basic white mats.

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Throw in Color

Throws are a seamless way to jazz up a sleepy sofa or add pattern and instant color to a living room. Placing a throw over the back of a couch gives the living room a charming look. A throw over the sofa armrest gives a classic, sophisticated look to a living room. Admittedly, a handmade quilted throw guarantees a unique personal look.

Tip: Matching a quilted throw with pillows gives a living room a cozier touch.

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Add Color to Tables

Place a table runner to your surfaces. These delight additions are for more than the dining room table. They add color as well as protection. Think about a bit of color on the sofa table or the cocktail table.

In short, table runners come in a variety of styles and colors and will not break the bank. Look here to find just the right size table runner.

Give furniture a fresh and fast makeover with paint

Perk-up with Paint

Give dreary wood furniture a fresh and fast makeover with paint. Paint is a terrific way to get a modern color schemes for your living room. Try a fun painting technique to update with a bold color. So, give new life to old stuffy furniture.

Tip : Painter’s tape is a great way to add simple yet chic patterns like stripes and squares.

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Lighten with Lighting

Lighting can set or change a mood, make small spaces appear larger, and brighten a color scheme. Consider using LED bulbs in place of the existing one. This small item will brighten a dark living room.

Other ideas to update your living room lighting include swapping lampshades, painting a floor, or adding a new ceiling fixture.

Add Greenery

Update your living room by including plenty of lush, green plants. Adding even a small touch of greenery is sure to make your living room healthier and feel more alive. Not only do small trees make an empty corner suddenly stylish, but also small indoor greenery can update side tables, bookshelves, and consoles.

Tip: If you have a brown thumb, get a branch and place it into a sturdy decorative container or vase for trouble free greenery.

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Treat Windows

You don’t need brand-new drapes or blinds to update your window treatments. Improve current curtains with a modern paint treatment, or with a fun or fancy trim. Add color to blinds by gluing on trim. Or try adding wallpaper or paint vertical blinds. What about new tiebacks to renew the look of your living room?

Make it Cozy – Add Texture

Moreover, add soft comfy things to armchairs, shelves, and even ladders. Imagine a leather armchair, coupled with a quilted throw, and woolen rug – around a fireplace. In other words, texture adds the cozy to a space by taking the chill off.

In Conclusion

Updating your home décor is easy and fun. Try some or all of these ideas and watch your living room take on a new life. Do you have any additional tips to add based on your experiences? Which updating ideas do you love the most? Please let me know in the comments.