5 decorative tips for a cozy living room

Today, comfort has become as important as the design or practicality of a living room furniture. Soft textures, velvety touch, the materials are transformed to make your living room a real cocoon. This is all the more felt by the arrival of winter. Discover our essentials for a cozy lounge to spend the fall-winter season warm.

On what materials and colors bet for a cozy atmosphere?

1/ Natural and warm materials

The advantage with the Cocooning style is that it is very easy to adopt. The important thing is to opt for priority for natural and comforting textures:

• Wood is the flagship material of warm interiors. Timeless, it is available in different ways and under different species. Wood offers you many possibilities. You can paint it, sublimate it with varnish, leave it in its natural state or associate it with more chic materials such as marble, brass and copper.

• Tricotted wool, the big stitch warms and comforts. It is the anti-blues of winter trend. So, if you find that your lower is not cocooning enough, add some knitting accessories. This gives a touch of softness and warmth instantly and ensures you an ultra cozy decor.

• Velvet, ideal material to warm our interiors. Both elegant and cozy, the velvet is easily embedded in all the rooms of the house. Colorful or not, ribbed or not, the velvet accentuates the cocooning spirit of the decoration and warms your interior.

• Lin, a natural material, soft to the look and to the touch. Linen is the ideal material to create a cozy atmosphere.

In addition, by creating material effects, your living room will gain in heat and conviviality.

2/ Neutral and soft colors

In a cozy living room, betting on hot and enveloping materials will not be enough to create a soft and reassuring atmosphere. The colors used for your room also have their importance. Neutral pallets (white, cream, beige, taupe, gray …) are the most used for a cocooning lounge. However, nothing prevents you from daring darker tones, such as terracotta, burgundy, midnight blue and fir green which bring character to your cozy atmosphere. Only the too bright colors are to be avoided.

You are therefore rather free regarding the choice of colors, nevertheless ensure that there is a certain homogeneity between them. For this, we advise you not to exceed the three strong colors in the same room.

What decorative objects for a cozy atmosphere?

1 / Welcoming and comfortable furniture

The importance of the sofa

The sofa is the main actor in your living room, without him the living room is no longer in great interest. However, not all sofa formats help create a warm living room.

If the surface of your living room allows you, favor a large corner sofa to furnish it. Its shape naturally invites conversation, but also to relaxation. Its generous dimensions make it all the more welcoming and friendly.

To promote a cozy atmosphere, favor a model with arms and rounded and rebounded files. The softness of your sofa’s shapes will give you an impression of comfort. If your sofa does not meet these criteria, but you do not want to change it, soften its lines with a few well -stocked cushions and plaids that will cover the too angular parts.

In terms of coating, favor thick and warm fabrics such as velvet or fabric to feel wrapped. If you have a leather sofa and do not want to change it, decorate it with a few soft plaids that will warm it.

Remember to combine the seats

To increase the comfort of the living room, don’t be afraid to combine the seats. Rocking armchair for a moment reading, bench or design pouf to add not far from the coffee table, the cozy living room has elegantly equipped a few extra seats. Indeed, the living room gains in comfort and conviviality when it is embellished with these different types of trendy foundations.

Like the sofa, armchairs must have a welcoming shape. Armchairs that have earpieces and enveloping are perfectly suitable. Don’t have enough space for one or more armchairs? Prefer the poufs, real essentials of cocooning decoration. In velvet, jute or braided wool, there are some for all tastes and all budgets.

2 / A soothing light atmosphere

Feeling comfortable in the living room is not just a matter of furnishings. Lights play a decisive role in the atmosphere you want to create in your living room. For example, too intense lighting with too white light will be banned. Otherwise, too dark lighting is not suitable either, because it could create a fairly cold and somewhat depressing room.

The Cocooning Spirit likes soothing and sifted atmospheres. To do this, we advise you to multiply different types of lighting that you can turn off and light as you wish, according to the desired needs and atmosphere. Alternate between suspensions, table lamps, floor lamp and light garlands. Finally, to complete your usual lighting, take care to add several candles to highlight your warm atmosphere.

3/ Accessories conducive to a warm atmosphere

A cozy lounge essentially goes through well -chosen accessories. Household linen is one of these decorative elements that warm your interior. The fluffy plaids always bring a nice drape in the meetings of the stay. The cushions are just as essential to the comfort of the living room. Available in many shapes, materials and colors, they enhance the silhouette of your sofa. A cocooning atmosphere also involves covering your windows with pretty curtains. For this, favor natural and silky materials such as linen or velvet for trendy curtains.

The carpet also helps dress your interior. Indeed, a living room without a carpet is a little sad … especially when winter arrives. It has the gift of bringing comfort, heat, but also to structure your room. For a cozy stay, the accumulation of carpets seems to be a good option. Combine a fleece carpet with a natural jute carpet for a result of the most beautiful effect. You can also opt for a Berber carpet or the timeless faux fur.

Our last advice: bring nature into your living room for a warmer interior. Indeed, green plants make your room a more pleasant and welcoming place. There are different sizes, colors and shapes. Green plant, succulent or tropical plant, you choose according to your tastes and depending on the time you can devote to their maintenance.