Although the vast majority of us are not the most accomplished at wood flooring, the simple fact is that our floors are our best friend. They protect and even enhance the look of our home. This summer, I’m incorporating a wood floor into a living room.
For a while I thought I’d be doing just a few simple things, like laying a layer of hardwood in between my floorboards and then adding a few more layers of wood in order to give our floors a nice, clean, and solid look. Then my contractor (who is also my sister) suggested something a little different. She suggested I really look into the possibilities of installing wood in the living room—and especially in the kitchen.
That’s right, wood floors in the living room. It’s just that instead of getting wood in there to create the solid look, I’ve opted to take the wood out of the kitchen and throw it in the living room. So after a little bit of research, I decided that the best option was to simply buy some hardwood flooring that is specifically designed for the living room, and we’re just installing that in a few days.
I was so excited to be able to do this because the living room is one of those rooms that, for me, is like a no man’s land. I’ve always had a hard time with living room furniture because of its “squareness.” I think it is because of the fact that while the living room is designed to be a room of conversation, the room itself can be so small that people often end up either sitting around or talking to each other.
I think a lot of people think that they can fill their living rooms with something and that it wont matter what it is because they’ll just be getting a lot of the same stuff in the same place. However, I think it is important to realize that the flooring and the interior decor in your home (which is quite different from a couch in a living room) will shape the room in many, many ways.
The first step in any decorating project is to determine what kind of space you have. Then you can decide what you want to put on that floor. Most people think that a couch is a couch, but if you take a closer look at it, you’ll see that a couch is actually made of many different materials.
In my own home, I have a large, loft-like desk that is made out of wood. This desk is huge, so it is a lot easier to handle. So instead of thinking of a couch as a couch, you can now think of it as a huge desk. The same goes for the furniture in a home. You can decide what you want to put on it.
Most people think that a couch is a couch. It doesn’t have to be. A couch (and even a bed) can be made out of many different materials.
So how do you decide what furniture you want to put on your new couch? You can even make a couch out of a bed. It’s actually easy, as long as you know what you’re doing.
We’ve put together some ideas for things you can put on your new couch and desk and even a bed. But to help you get started, I wanted to share some of the things that we’ve done and the stuff that we think will work for you.