An open-plan layout, is synonymous with modern, inclusive and sociable living spaces. Hence, it’s no surprise that most houses and apartments are being designed and remodeled in this format. Whether your home already has an open plan layout or you intend on renovating your abode accordingly, we have some handy ideas to design and decorate your living space to ensure that the rooms flow cohesively – creating a look and feel that you will love and enjoy!
Let’s dive in…
A distinctive paint job
Paint can automatically bring out the distinctive personality of the rooms within your open plan space without. A safe option would be to use an monochromatic colour scheme, by using the same colour but a different shade for each section. One could couple that with accent colours such as orange or red on decor elements, to liven up the monochromatic feel. To help create continuity, paint all the trim the same color, so that even if you paint the walls different colors, using the same color for doors, ceilings and window trim will help make the spaces feel more cohesive and connected.
It’s in the details
Using particular fabric colours an patterns, combined with different textures from furniture and decor pieces can have a huge effect on the way rooms flow together in a home. Repeat colors and textiles in a room and even throughout your home. For the easiest way out, use neutrals with lots of texture!
Rug sense
Want to define your spaces easily? Area rugs make all the sense in this grain of thought, especially when there are no natural division between rooms. The rug which can be placed under a piece of furniture, can instantly give you two carefully distinguished areas that become two rooms.
Your furniture can work for you
Believe it or not you can use your furniture to break the open space by simply moving things around! Moving furniture away from the wall, prevents the area from looking like one big room but
rather enables you to group furniture together to form seating or conversation areas. Elements such as book cases and screens are super useful for dividing rooms and defining spaces, and still maintain the open plan feel.
Determine a style and flow with it
Decide what your interior decorating style is and maintain it throughout, yes distinction is key but a clash of colours and style is never a good idea. Everything needs to tie in together with the different sections still maintaining their individuality. Symmetry on the shelving for instance could help to mirror the decorating scheme – giving the illusion that the area sections are the same, but in actual fact different. Add a few accessories, different in each section and you have two different parts that flow seamlessly.
Open plan living doesn’t have to be boring, have fun with developing personalities for each section of your open space and experience the best of both worlds - different rooms all in one space with inclusivity, modernity and the increased sociability factor!
