Living room with a bay window: design features, interior design ideas
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If the dwelling room has unusual architecture, it can be used to create a unique interior composition. Designers love such projects, because they allow you to show maximum imagination, playing with the features of the existing room. From the material of this article, you will learn about the options for arranging the interior of unusual living rooms with an ecker and the key design nuances.
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Design features
The bay window is nothing more than an island of several square meters adjoining one of the sides to the main room. It can be located both in a private house and in an apartment with a special perspective.
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Its feature is the presence of windows, the shape can be either traditional rectangular or faceted, or even completely round.
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The size of the windows can be typical or panoramic, while the bay window itself can be located almost on the entire wall of the living room.
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It is the shape of the bay window ledge that often dictates the type of room decoration, its arrangement, up to the arrangement of accessories. Often it is she who indicates how to equip the room with furniture, where to hang pictures, panels, photos, put floor lamps, floor vases, lay carpets. The design of a room can be complicated by various factors. One of them is the purpose of a specific corner of the living room. You can use it for a dining group, a recreation area, a work or a guest corner.
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Bay window windows can complicate the arrangement... Depending on the architecture, they may be the only sources of natural light entering the hall.
The design should provide for maximum illumination of the living room, otherwise it risks becoming uncomfortable.
In addition, we must not forget the peculiarities of the perspective: often the combination of two nearby rooms will determine exactly how the living room will look in the future.
For example, a design might allow you to equip a living room with a bar with a bar and chairs. If you approach the design of the room as creatively as possible, you can embody not only traditional branches of style, but also creative solutions. In fact, the bay window will be a dignity and decoration of the interior. However, before that, you have to think about the insulation of the windows, which are the basis of the ledge.
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What should you pay attention to?
The design of a living room with a bay window will require the right choice of cornice and window decoration.
If the area in the room is small, you will have to exclude complex structures and draperies, they will complicate the aesthetic perception of the space, make it inappropriately pompous.
Simple curtains and the right choice of booms will free up space from the feeling of visual cramped.
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The choice of any design solution will begin with drawing up a project that will clearly show how the living room will look at the end of the renovation. The shape of the ledge can affect the style, shape of furniture, its finishes and fittings. Somewhere it will be appropriate to create a podium in the bay window area. Sometimes it can be used under an impromptu podium sofa with internal spacious drawers.
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Whatever decision is made, when drawing up the design, several nuances must be taken into account.
- The furnishing of the main part of the living room should not block access to the bay window.
- You cannot divide the design of the hall and its bay window by means of a different color scheme and type of furniture.
- You should not try to decorate a room and a ledge in different stylistic branches of design.
- The bay window should be lit no worse than the main part of the room.
- Furniture should not interfere with the opening and closing of windows to ventilate the room.
- The style is selected on the basis of the one in which the entire dwelling is made.
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Suitable styles
The style of a living room with a bay window can be very diverse: with a skillful approach to arranging in a room, you can recreate baroque, classics, Moroccan, Arabic style, country, provence. A professional designer will be able to embody the atmosphere of styles in such rooms loft, retro, boho, modern, hi-tech.
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At the same time, the mood is conveyed by different stylistic possibilities or resources of a certain interior design. For example, it can be the creation of the effect of a kind of tent for the Arabian style, the use of a bay window under a seating area with a mass of sofa cushions.
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In modern style, this will be the arrangement of a room using zoning techniques and an emphasis on the functionality of each part of the hall. Let's say a bay window here can be an impromptu work area, a seating area, a mini-greenhouse. In the living rooms, combined with the kitchen, this will be the dining room.
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Secrets of arrangement
Depending on the nuances of the perspective, the arrangement of a hall with a bay window can be very diverse. Moreover, all design elements must be in harmony with each other. It is initially important to choose the right background solution: it is this that will set the mood for the interior, contribute to the reign of the atmosphere of home comfort. Depending on the style of the interior, it can be wallpaper, plaster, wall panels.
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The ceiling design is selected based on the nuances of the ceiling. If it is the same height as the bay window, you can use tension structures or create a plasterboard design. When the bay window has its own height and shape of the ceiling, it will have to be decorated separately from the main area of the room. However, the design should be uniform in shape, color, lines, and style.
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The style of the room is chosen based on its size and perspective nuances. For example, in a large room, you can create any classic direction.In especially large living rooms with panoramic bay windows, an open plan can be created. In small ones, you will have to do with minimalistic style, removing accessories and non-functional additions from sight.
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Furniture is selected based on the chosen style. If this classic, it should be wooden, with expensive upholstery, carved legs, gilded trim.
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In modern design it is necessary to use furniture elements with gloss, made of derivatives of wood, stone and glass. It is important here that the furniture is in harmony with the metal inserts of the interior composition.
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For eco-styles, closeness to nature is important, and therefore furniture must certainly be natural. Arrangements with the use of wicker chairs, wooden, deliberately rude chairs and products that are simple in shape are welcomed.
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Creative stylistics directions need a demonstration of unnatural materials, this furniture must necessarily be ergonomic, outwardly simple, but elegant and as functional as possible.
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Decorating a bay window in the hall
The bay window is designed to match the general concept of stylistics, not forgetting to pay special attention to the design of the windows. If it is boho, country or another similar solution, the windows are decorated with curtains with a discreet print. These design directions strive for an abundance of textiles, curtains can be decorated with ribbons, piping, hooks. If the bay window is reserved for a recreation area, you can place a sofa and a floor lamp in it.
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When the shape of the bay window is faceted, for the most rational use of space, it is equipped with a so-called bench, made in the form of a bay window ledge. The bench can be supplemented with an internal storage system and soft mattresses with pillows for a more comfortable position. Round tables are usually substituted for such benches.
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If the shape of the bay window is rectangular, you can put a sofa against the wall under the windows, and set a rectangular tea table in front of it.
If there is not much space in the bay window, you can take it with a comfortable armchair, a rack with your favorite books and a laconic floor lamp.
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If the bay window is implicitly expressed and is rather a continuation of the room, its space may not be occupied by furniture. In this case, you can accentuate the rounded ledge with a beautiful design of curtains, using a curtain composition to match the overall interior solution.
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Besides, the bay window can become part of the TV area. It can be equipped with a pair of armchairs, placing a narrow table with a table lamp between them. If the height of the windows allows, you can put a sofa under them, on its sides - side tables with floor lamps. You can use the space by placing the dining group opposite the guest space.
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How to equip?
When decorating the interior of a living room with a bay window, it is important to consider the placement of functional areas. For example, if the ledge is located symmetrically relative to the wall of the room, the guest area can be positioned opposite the bay window, trying to maintain symmetry in the arrangement of furniture. For example, a sofa with armchairs can be turned towards the bay window. In addition, it can be located at right angles to the protrusion.
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The bay window can form a single zone with the adjacent part of the room. For example, this can be a variant of the location of a corner furniture ensemble, limited on one side of the zone by a bar counter or by a sofa reversal (guest furniture module). Sometimes the design involves the creation of a guest corner with a false fireplace near the bay window.
Someone prefers to equip a bay window for the location of the sofa, freeing the central part of the living room for a table of a creative form or another functional island.
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To make the room look more interesting you can accentuate the space by wall cladding... For example, you can highlight a part of the wall in the area of the guest corner with accent wallpaper.You can also designate the TV zone with interesting wallpaper, or highlight the protrusions of the room, shelves, not forgetting to designate them with tape-type LED backlighting. It is important not to forget about the ceiling: it can be distinguished with a plasterboard structure of a separate level, supplemented with molding or even stucco decor.
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Beautiful examples
We offer 10 ideas for a harmonious arrangement of a living room with a bay window.
- A good choice of stylistic solutions for a spacious room.
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- Interior design of a bright living room with a rounded bay window ledge.
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- Arrangement of a bay window in a guest room in a classic style.
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- An example of creating a cozy and welcoming environment in the living room.
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- The interior of the hall is in dynamic colors of the color palette.
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- An example of a harmonious arrangement of a living room with a bay window.
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- Bringing dynamics to design through color.
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- An option for decorating a room in muted colors.
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- Create a homely atmosphere in a spacious living room.
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- Arrangement of a room with a bay window ledge in warm colors.
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