If you live in a modern home and do not want a fireplace in your living room, how will you draw the eye and make the space feel more proportional in an exciting way?
Fear not, it does not dictate your room design, and it is not so difficult to create a focal point for the living room focal point without a fireplace.
In this interior design guide, we have added some flair with a classy living room focal point, the benefits of having a stunning centerpiece, and alternatives to the traditional fireplace statement piece.
So, let us first begin by knowing the benefits of adding a focal point to your living area.
Benefits of Having a Focal Point in Your Living Space
Do you ever step into a room and feel like something is a bit ‘off’?
You see the well-chosen furniture matching the overall color scheme, forgetting a focal point.
Besides fixing this, there are several advantages to introducing a focal point in your living area. Focal points can
- Create a sense of harmony.
- Draw more attention of the guests.
- Make the living room stylish and inviting.
- Emphasize the beauty of furniture.
Ideas to Make the Perfect Focal Point for Your Living Space
A focal point encounters the main entrance to your living room. An area’s focal point dictates furniture placement, your seating display does not have to face it. Also, you can see some spaces with more than one focal point.
The below examples share captivating ways to build or optimize a focal point in your living room.
1. A Living Area With Three Focal Points
Your room may have two or more focal points that you can highlight with decorative shelving or a plant. You can spot three lovely focal points in this living room. Rustic wood ceiling shafts make the room look big.
The original antique, stone mantel and brick firebox are the anchors for the furniture placement in the room. The brick walls give a robust architectural detail to the space that adds warmth.
2. A Focal Point Using Wallpaper
Audacious wallpaper adds focus to a room that lacks it. In this living room, you can spot a surprising peony wallpaper topped with a huge round mirror for a dramatic focal point. On the left, you can notice the room’s second focal point, the doorway framed with a contemporary gallery wall leading to the small bedroom.
3. An Eye-Catching Gallery Black Wall
Sometimes, a room needs an eye-catching gallery wall as a focal point. Check how beautifully the artwork scaled on a wall can be seen from the living room’s main entrance. Thanks to the jet of the black wall, our eyes cannot help but be drawn to the artwork.
4. Potted Tree As A Gorgeous Focal Point
A potted tree or a group of smaller plants makes an inviting focal point in the living room setup above. Before you select the perfect plant for your living space, several factors must be considered, lightning topping the list.
The potted tree in the picture is flourishing because of the south-facing window.
5. Grouped Furniture Near A Window Focal Point
One of our team members curated this living room where the furniture is grouped around a focal point. The window is considered the room’s primary anchor. Notice the gallery wall over the sofa and the corner shelving unit for a pictorial interest.
6. Design Double Focal Points
You can even design a secondary focal point in a living room that is open on two sides. Here the designer has filled the blank space between windows with an arched glass-front shelving unit creating a focal point on one wall, while the fireplace provides a central focal point on the adjacent wall in the seating area.
7. A Red Brick Wall for That Drama
In this urban apartment, the living room’s focal point is the red brick wall on the right. Painting the wall in the left white makes the red bricks stand out. The gold sofa and cityscape photograph draw the eyes to the chic sitting area.
Summary
By now, at the end of this guide, you should have understood the tricky design dilemma of adding a focal point in your living area. Simply follow these design ideas and you will be on the way to designing a living room focal point, no fireplace required!
If you still face challenges settling on one specific feature in your space for relaxation and entertainment, contact a personal interior decorator from Vidhthri Developers. Our professionally skilled team of interior designers in Bangalore is well-known for offering the best ideas and services to people building their new living spaces or revamping their existing ones.
