Living room is most likely the largest area in your home and can have many empty corners that you might know how to decorate. You find yourself looking at these awkward and unloved corners with a desire to add value to them.
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Many people like to leave these corners empty which is also fine as long as the place doesn’t look dark and lonely. But if you’re looking to decorate these empty corners in a way that could make your living room look more vibrant and happier, you’re in the right place.
There are many ways to decorate empty living room corners and turn them into inviting and functional spaces without cramming them up with random items of decor. All it needs is a bit of planning and smart thinking to make the most of those itsy-bitsy spaces and bring them to life.
I have rounded up a bunch of ideas that are sure to inspire you to decorate those empty living room corners within a budget.
1. Window Corners
Window corners can be used in so many ways that you might just regret not thinking about it sooner. Window corners are truly a luxury, especially when they come with a great view. Here are some ideas that can help you make these cozy window corners useful and attractive.
Fit In A Cozy Window Seat
A pretty and cozy window seat can make for a perfect relaxing spot for you and your family. It can be used as a book reading corner, newspaper reading corner or just as a spot to enjoy a great view from, like the one shown in the layout below. You’ll love this corner of your living room so much that you will keep running back to it every now and then.
Get A Few Houseplants
As window corners come with natural light, it can be a great spot to fit in a few houseplants. Besides being a budget-friendly way to deck up your living room, it’s a great way to add a pop of green to your home and liven it up.
Create A Home Office With A View
Who doesn’t want to have a home office with a great outside view? Even if your home isn’t spacious enough to build a home office, you can create one by effectively utilizing the space in a cozy window corner. Instead of having a large table and a huge filing cabinet, you can just get a desk and a chair that fits perfectly in the window corner. It’s almost like having a cozy little workspace carved out of your living room that makes the empty corner functional.
2. Floor Corners: Add Extra Layers Of Lighting
If you don’t want to fill the empty corners with furniture or storage, use extra layers of lighting to illuminate these spaces. Adding layers of lighting can highlight the interior design of your living room while also brightening up the lonely empty corners.
Make sure that you place these lights in a way that they don’t make your living room feel cluttered. You can use them to illuminate another object or area of your room rather than placing them as mere fillers for those empty spaces. For example, if you want to go for a floor lamp, place it in a manner that it lights up a seating area of your living room.
Apart from having the regular wall lights, you can have low-hanging pendant lights to illuminate a floor corner. If you want to go for pendant lights, hang it in a way that its purpose is to illuminate an object kept underneath. This object can be an indoor plant or a sculpture or even a small table.
3. Wall Corners
Stop thinking of your corner walls as a wasted space because they are more useful than that. In fact, the empty wall corners have the potential of becoming the focal point of your living room if you just decorate them smartly.
Add Floating Shelves Or A Bookshelf
Wall corners can be made useful by adding a few floating shelves or a bookshelf. it not only brings accent to the wall but also allows for some additional storage space. Just make sure that you find properly sized shelves for your wall corners else the corner will look awkward and unwelcoming.
Create A Painting Gallery
A gallery wall in a corner? You may call me stupid for suggesting that. But trust me, a gallery of artwork built in a secluded wall corner of your living room looks better than you think. To add artwork in a corner where your guests least expect it is a great way to create an impression that you’re someone who likes to mix things up when it comes to decorating your home. Make sure that the number of paintings you put on the corner wall isn’t too few or too many. For some corners, a single artwork is all it takes to make the corner look beautiful while for others, a mix of four of five differently sized paintings work great.
4. Large Corners
Some living rooms have large corners that look way too lonely if left empty and way too awkward if filled with random items of décor. In that case, you might just have to spend a few bucks on making this corner look functional and inviting.
Get An Additional Piece Of Storage
If the empty space is too large to be filled with just a houseplant or floor lamp, get an additional storage solution that is gorgeous enough to serve the functionality of a decor accessory. It may be a vintage shelf, a freestanding cabinet or even a storage cubbie. Whatever storage solution you choose to go with, make sure that it’s elegant enough to add value to your living room and is worth filling the space with.
Include An Extra Set Of Furniture
Think of this large corner space as your ‘me time’ spot where you can add an extra furniture arrangement that doesn’t have to be a large sofa set or a dining table. This spot will look great with just a small coffee table and a fancy chair where you can sit and enjoy your evening coffee. If you don’t want this corner to have a seating option, you may as well go for just a fancy corner table and a nice vase to put on it.
Bring An Indoor Swing
Indoor swings work great for living rooms with large corner spaces. This spot can be the focal point of your living room and make your guests want to hang out a bit more than they usually do. Make sure that you get a swing that isn’t too bulky, or it will end up looking more like a baggage in your living room. Get a size that leaves enough space for the swing to move around.
5. Small Corners: Get A Tall Houseplant
Potted greenery never goes out of style. So if you have a small corner in your living room that you would like to fill up with something that doesn’t take a lot of floor space, go for a tall houseplant. Having potted greenery is like adding life to your living space and therefore, you can never go wrong with it. Some popular tall houseplants you can have in this corner are ficus trees, olive, bay trees and Boston ferns.
While it feels great to breathe life into the empty corners of your living room, you need to figure out if that would work for your home. If your living room is too small and cozy, adding décor accessories to the corners might end up making it look cluttered. On the other hand, if your living room is large and has a lot of empty corners that have the potential to become useful, you might just have to invest a bit more money to decorate them. It’s on you to figure out a way that works for your home and make it look as stunning as possible.
Happy decorating!