Good organizing is not about changing your personality – just your habits. Decluttering a space begins with a vision. We can make an organized living room space happen. With a few tips, tricks and strategies you’ll be on your way…
➰ Coffee Table Clean Up ➰
First things first. The coffee table should be the center of the seating are. Meaning, the couch, chairs or poufs should be within range of the coffee table. Why? This allows for better conversations and a way for you and/or guests to feel comfortable in enjoying appetizers or candy in a cute candy bowl.
- Double Duty: Find a coffee table that can have chic “storage” (magazines, blanket, etc…). Mine (above) has a bottom shelf so I can easily stack those InStyle magazines, Mark & Graham catalogs and a book without messing up the vibe. Too many “things” on the top shelf of a coffee table creates a pile-up, aka bad feng-shui.
➰ Vary the Shapes➰
Mixing up shapes (and sizes) creates an optical illusion for the eye. Suddenly space becomes spacious. Truth.
- Try a square decorative tray with a small round item (handmade ceramic lidded vase) and a taller and more voluminous faux floral arrangement.
➰ Pair of Poufs or Pillows ➰
Vary the seating, especially in small spaces, for extra guest seating.
- Low seating is the easiest option for seating and storage. Might be a few poufs or floor cushions, but they’re all easy to move around and store when not in use.
➰Smaller Side Tables ➰
The bigger the side table, the more clutter collection.
- Goal: Find a side table with JUST enough surface area to fit one or two things. A small lamp, flowers, a few decorative pieces.
➰Chic Storage ➰
The storage struggle is real. Yes? Stylish storage sollutions for the win.
- Invest in a storage ottoman, covered basket or brass wire basket to effortlessly toss blankets, toys, sweatshirts or other things you use regularly. No time to neatly fold and away in a “space”? No worries – just casually toss in a stylish storage bin.
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What your FIRST goal in organizing your living room space?
And… any tips you can share to help us all get it together even better?
Having a table with storage is extremely important and very handy. Because of the grandkids now we wouldn’t have a glass table but for small apartments it lightens up the space.
These are great ideas! I do want to re-do my living area. It looks rather blah right now. It’s just hard to have nicer decor with kids. And cats who like to mess everything up.
Nice house and lots of great tips. I really love those gold coffee table, side table and shelf.
You had me with “you have to change your habits.” For my family, this is what it is all about. All of it. We are clutterers of magnitude.
I have to reorganize my living space it does accumulate things over the years but i hate to throw things away. This was a great reminder and is giving me some ideas for the living room.
Can you come and do my room LOL. My living room is a disaster and I have not had time to do anything about it it is driving me crazy. You have some great ideas here.
Looks very lovely. I love Real Simple Magazine and have bought it several times. Your home is a perfect example of the magazine.
These are great suggestions. Our living room is so oddly shaped that we have one place for everything. Not sure we could make any changes that would work.
Love all the ideas I try by when things are being used be sure to put it where u got it when your done that simple.
I love all these great ideas! We just bought a new house and it is totally different than our other home. I am trying to figure out how to make this new place a comfy home for us all!
These are great tips for sure. I love the idea of varying the shapes of stuff. I use that tip in my decorating all the time!
Our living room is oddly shaped so it’s hard to get a good furniture layout, but getting rid of the clutter would help!
I really enjoyed this post. You provided some really awesome tips. I have to invest in a smaller side table for my home.
Such a cute and cozy space!! Love it. Great tips and looks like a fabulous book!!
These are all such great ideas. Your living room looks really nice. Cleaning up the clutter is always a great feeling.
Great ideas. These are all awesome and your house is simply stunning. So gorgeous. We are currently painting and redoing some spots in our house!
The baskets for quick pickups is a stylish idea Babushka could definitely go for. Of course in BB’s case she’d need a shovel for all the mess. BB2U
Love the suggestions and tips. I’d probably use the book to guide me with reorganizing my living room space.
These are great ideas, I am going to use this tips, I know my living room will like this only kids are in school once they come back it is going to changed to original.
Such simple and useful tips!! I always have a hard time decorating our coffee table! But I loooove those floor pillows!
Chic storage is a great idea! I love the floor pillows too!
I love the idea of double duty decor plus storage pieces.
I am a reader, so I love ideas on how to display books along with other items so it doesn’t look cluttered.
Varying the shapes is something I like to do! It’s a good way to still have all the cute little things I like to display without it being cluttered looking.
Using the right organizers.