The living room, or as also referred to as the family room is the place where you spend quality time with your loved ones. Needless to say it is one of the most important rooms in your home, which is why it deserves proper interior design choices.

Short History of the Living Room

Nowadays, when you enter a living room where do you look first? Before the TV, people used to gather around the fireplace, or near the piano. Now usually the focal point of any living room is probably a 50 inch plasma. Research shows that almost always people turn their heads in the direction of the TV. And that is absolutely normal. In fact, all the furniture is arranged so that “it looks” at the TV.

In addition, living rooms are nowadays adjacent to the kitchen to allow the person cooking (usually “mum”) to be involved in all the action and cast an eye at the activities of children, pets or why not the...

Mistakes happen in every household when choosing a décor - sometimes the tails in the bathroom, don’t really match with the colour of the rugs, or the green shade on the curtains is slightly different than the green shade of the carpet. However if you are inexperienced and not really careful, the mismatch between the carpet and the curtains is going to be your last problem. So here is what you should try to avoid.

Colour Cacaphony. We know that the kitchen is a place to experiment, but that does not mean that you should combine eggplant purple with lime yellow and pink. And if you are from those people who like to experiment in the bedroom, unless you are blind, we guarantee you this combination will be disastrous. In other words, even when though, it’s true, you should either go bold or go home, don’t take it to extremes. Firstly, find which colours irritate the eyes and which are more...

Nowadays we are flooded with stuff from dollar stores and garage sales, we are bombarded with bargains and special offers and thus we are constantly tempted and persuaded to buy things we don’t need. This leads to our homes being swamped, but what’s the difference between a clutter-bug and a hoarder?

Hoarding is more than just being disorganized? According to research carried in the United States approximately 4 million Americans have a full-blown hoarding disorder and around 15 million people exhibit some form of hoarding behaviour. Here are some signs that will help you identify where you stand on the hoarding dimension.

1. Hoarders keep bringing stuff home, despite the fact they have no use for, or a reason to put them on display.

Why then hoarders do what they do? Because it feels good! Buying something new brings a temporary feeling of satisfaction.

2. Their “collection” is...