Decorate your living room around two couches by using accent furniture and decorations to complement the couches, pull them together if they don't match or minimize busy patterns. The overall look and feel of your living room should be relaxing and inviting so that you and your family want to spend time there. Create a space with a natural flow by diminishing clutter and working with the natural shape, size and architectural elements that exist in the room.
Instructions
1. Arrange the couches in a way that makes conversation, activities and lounging easy and natural. The arrangement should also appear to flow within the space without appearing awkward or bulky and should work around a focal point such as a fireplace or built-in shelves. For example, a formal living room with no TV and three walls or a lot of open space could have two couches face each other. A room with two walls, less space or a TV as the focal point would probably work better with the couches in an "L" shape.
2. Place a coffee table or ottoman in between two sofas that face each other. For an "L" shaped arrangement, the table or ottoman should be centered in front of your primary couch. It should match both couches.
3. Select an end table to put in between two couches in an "L" shape and perhaps on the other side of one of the couches. For couches that face each other, no end tables are necessary, but you can place one on either side of each sofa. In lieu of an end table, a large floor plant or tree (artificial is fine) would work.
4. Add accessories that pull the couches together using a shared pattern, fabric or color. Toss pillows, throws, an area rug, lamps, floral arrangements, candle groupings or other accents can be placed on a fireplace mantle, entertainment center, end tables, a sofa table or on shelves. Each piece should fall within the shared color or other element of the two couches, especially if they don't match.
5. Paint your walls or hang artwork, pictures or paintings that complement the color scheme and theme of the room. Frame a piece of fabric that matches one of the couches or a toss pillow if you want to create an inexpensive piece of "art" to flow with the room.
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