The main furniture components that make up your living room are sofas and chairs, coffee tables, living room end tables and console tables. Overdo it and pick pieces of furniture that are too large for your room or try to cram too many pieces into your space, and you'll quickly ruin your living room. Below, I'll go piece-by-piece and give you a few tips to picking the right furniture for your living room.
Seating is the most important aspect to most living rooms. Remember, you're going to want room for living room end tables and a decent sized coffee table, so stuffing all the seating you can into your living room isn't the way to go.
While the sofa is probably the most important part of your living room, the coffee table usually remains the centerpiece and focal point of it. Choosing the right coffee table is about both size and material. Most coffee tables are rectangular in shape, and this works for most rooms, but if an oval, circle, or square table would work better for you, they're out there, but may be harder to find.
If you have a lot of furniture with dark finishes, you might want to stick with a similar finish for your coffee table, should you choose wood.
Updating Your Living Room Furniture
A living room is just that: a room to be lived in. There are plenty of ways to update your living room furniture and give it a fresh, energizing and contemporary feel.
Modernizing your living room can get tricky. Choose colors and fabrics that are easy to clean and won't show dirt, like navy blue or dark beige. Ottomans and loveseats that match add a nice finishing touch. These pieces help define the living room; other décor becomes an accent. Everything else in the living room becomes pieces to play up the sofa and bring the room together. Coffee tables (or cocktail tables), living room end tables and console tables enhance the overall feel and unify the look.
Contemporize the living room with darker woods and clean lines. Too much dark wood can make the room seem smaller, but a coffee table with matching living room end tables is just the right amount. Another idea is to buy a coffee table with a glass top. It stylishly complements the dark wood while displaying it.
Try an area rug underneath the coffee table to highlight it further, or a beautiful contemporary table lamp on one of the living room end tables. By sticking to a more neutral palette with the furniture, throwing in color in certain places keep the living room furniture sophisticated and clean instead of cluttered.