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Creating a cozy living room at low cost

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Furnishing a home means creating comfortable spaces, especially for us. The first guideline is to really feel at home.

Often very little is needed to make a difference; while many offer expensive furnishing solutions, ProduceShop wants to help you by going against the tide. Here are some ideas for a cozy living room on a low budget.

Mobile sideboard with 2 sliding doors in white lacquered oak Elea
Mobile sideboard with 2 sliding doors in white lacquered oak Elea
Mobile 2 doors 1 multipurpose drawer entrance credenza living room Harmon
Mobile 2 doors 1 multipurpose drawer entrance credenza living room Harmon
Mobile credenza multiuso soggiorno 3 ante stile industriale Shelton
Mobile versatile sideboard for living room with 3 industrial
Mobile credenza multiuso soggiorno 3 ante stile industriale Shelton Mobile versatile sideboard for living room with 3 industrial
Madia credenza soggiorno 1 anta 4 cassetti moderna bianco grigio Clea

Modern white gray living room sideboard 1 door 4 drawers
Madia credenza soggiorno 1 anta 4 cassetti moderna bianco grigio Clea Modern white gray living room sideboard 1 door 4 drawers

Home is where you feel safe, always welcome and warmed up; and we’re not talking about temperature, but that feeling of inner warmth that being at home creates.
In this intimate environment, a cozy living room is the beating heart. Not only because it is most often the first room we see when we enter, it also represents the pulsating, dynamic space where we spend time doing many different activities. Moreover, it is the “reception area” of the whole house, the corner where our guests arrive and the fulcrum in which all our hospitality and welcome shine.

This is why furnishing the living room in a warm and welcoming way almost becomes a challenge with ourselves; choosing furniture and decorations that reflect the warmth and good mood we want to convey to everyone, coordinating (or mixing up) all the elements to create a communicative and original environment.
Impossible task? Definitely not: follow this little guide to get an initial idea of how to furnish and create a welcoming living room.

Then you can give us your ideas and impressions, and we’ll share the most beautiful living room with you!

Arredare un salotto accogliente con ProduceShop
Furnishing a cozy living room with ProduceShop

The basics: the right ambience

Of course, it is not enough to choose the right furniture: you must first create the right ambience. There are a number of little tricks that can be used to create the right atmosphere even before choosing furniture.

When we talk about a cozy home, a key factor is warmth, but we are not just talking about room heating (although this is very important). What we are talking about is that sense of peace, wellbeing and protection that a well-designed living room makes us feel. In this case, the two fundamental guidelines on which to base ourselves, apart from the furnishings, are colors and light.

A first piece of advice is to avoid cold colors as much as possible; warm tones, such as red, yellow, orange, brown and all their shades and nuances give a much higher sense of welcome and familiarity. This does not mean that a detail or hint of blue, green, purple or light blue cannot give the room a pleasant touch. If you opt for neutral colors, white is certainly the most suitable, while black brings us back to more elegant or formal contexts; grey, unless it is included in a specific composition, is a bit out of the schemes we are talking about.

As far as light is concerned, use natural light first of all; a living room with large, bright windows has a higher chance of being perceived as more welcoming and harmonious. Otherwise, warm light placed in the focal points, so as to play well with colors and shadows.

Style and Materials

The two concepts are closely linked; it is often the material we choose for the furniture that determines the style of a cozy living room.

It is obvious that nothing communicates conviviality and warmth like wood; especially if kept in its natural color, wood, being a living material, transmits many positive sensations linked to color, texture, but also tactile and olfactory sensations. Metal risks making the environment sterile, especially if it is lacquered or polished; if it is kept with a satin finish, however, and combined with wood, it can not only be pleasant, but can convey a vintage and industrial feel that creates a very young and dynamic environment. Plastics are risky to include, but they can easily find their ratio in lamps and small design objects; fabric, on the other hand, gives a very warm and pleasant touch to every surface and piece of furniture.

By choosing the right materials, we will end up with a living room that can be traditional, industrial, country, shabby chic, modern or vintage in style; the important thing is that, like the rest of the house, it should reflect our personality and taste.

salotto accogliente mobile TV SPINLE
Rustic Design Low TV Stand White 160cm Spinle

Keyword: personalisation

Remember that the living room must certainly be welcoming, but first of all it must be yours; don’t be afraid to put in as many references to you and your habits as possible. An environment with little personalisation is reminiscent of a waiting room or an impersonal office (which can still be very original!); small, careful references to your life and your way of being will be a significant plus in terms of warmth and welcome.

First rule: don’t leave the walls bare!
This does not mean filling them with canvases and posters as if it were a atelier in preparation, but knowing how to choose with judgment and taste how to bring color and dynamism. Paintings, shelves and furnishings certainly make a difference, but be bold; musical instruments and travel souvenirs, letters and postcards.

A plant in a corner or on a piece of furniture conveys life and breath; putting a few more plants in the corner will give the impression of a green and innovative environment. Also work on music and perfume; a speaker that plays your ideal playlist, scented candles or a mist spray will be the final icing on the cake for a beautiful and welcoming living room.
Finally, cushions, carpets and the ever-present plaid on the sofa.

Some furnishing solutions

For our proposal we have opted for a classic living room, with a reasoned coexistence of warm and neutral colors, wood and fabric; an easily adaptable and interesting solution for several environments, in which to insert various personal and original features.

Since the first element we see is certainly the seat, a soft and comfortable sofa like our Gemma cannot but be the most suitable choice: solid, padded and brocaded, it can be chosen in various warm shades including red, brown or beige. In front of it we will place a Spinle TV cabinet, in white wood and with a traditional and rustic design; to coordinate, a Skrin sideboard, also in white wood but with a natural wood top: the perfect corner to store a pocket emptier, a chest, some photos.

salotto accogliente credenza madia SKRIN
Sideboard Kitchen Living Room Rustic Vintage Design Skrin

Moving on to some decorations, a soft rug like our Tor101 is perfect for its color and fabric, but above all because it is an innovative model also designed for the comfort of our family pets. A beautiful painting on the wall can make all the difference; among the many models of paintings and prints in the ProduceShop catalogue, we thought that the Four Seasons, with its trees in warm colours, contrasted by a glacial brushstroke in the background and hints of winter, is a very interesting proposal for the type of living proposed. Lastly, a gem that should be in every living room: when structural needs prevent the creation of a fireplace, the solution is to choose an electric one like our Hagen by Tagu. A beautifully finished electric fireplace with a heating system and adjustable LED screen for an incredibly real flame effect.

Now, if you do a quick calculation based on our proposal, you will realise an interesting fact: we have furnished an entire living room, with high quality furniture and including decorations, for less than 1000€.
Hardly anyone else would be able to do this; ProduceShop does it just for you.

To conclude

Madia 4-door modern industrial living room/office unit Springfield.
Madia 4-door modern industrial living room/office unit Springfield.
Industrial Style Living Room Credenza Sideboard with 1 Door and 4 Drawers Choice
Industrial Style Living Room Credenza Sideboard with 1 Door and 4 Drawers Choice
Credenza with 2 doors and 4 drawers for industrial living and dining room Shelby.
Credenza with 2 doors and 4 drawers for industrial living and dining room Shelby.
Living room mobile credenza madia 1 door 4 drawers gray wood Tomei.
Living room mobile credenza madia 1 door 4 drawers gray wood Tomei.

Furniture is absolutely important, but remember one fundamental thing: to create a truly Cozy Living Room, the real difference is your choice and your taste. We give you the tools, and we’re sure you’ll make the most of them.