Living Room Decorating Ideas - Contemporary Home Decor

How to transition a living room from classic Italian style to fresh and bold contemporary design.
Before and after pictures from artist and designer Linda Paul

Buy the art you see in this makeover at http://www.lindapaul.com/contemporary_art_paintings_prints.asp

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My living room needed a fresh new look. It was a classic Italian style (picture at left) and I wanted a more contemporary decor with bold colors and clean lines. I started the decorating project by creating the red paintings you see in the above picture and then built the rest of the style and decor around them. I had to do this on a bit of a budget, repurposing some items that were good and replacing a few others. I used my white sofas and coffee table which I have had for 20 years You can use just a single painting as color inspiration for your whole room. Just play on the colors that are in the painting and add a couple complimentary or contrasting ones. In this room I added the colorful pillows to pick up the red and green colors in the paintings, then used deep purple as a coordinating and contrasting color. The easiest and cheapest way to add new life and color to a room is with pillows

For the next step in the decorating process, my old lamp and antique table had to go! I found a fabulous contemporary floor lamp and a matching table lamp at Lamps Plus. I was so inspired by the shape of the square glass globes and contemporary style that I created three little square abstract paintings to tie together the square shape of the lamp glass and the colors in the pillows and artwork. I can make these square paintings for you in any size, quantity and color combinations you want to match your decor! They are a fabulous way to pull a room together with color and contemporary style. You can hang them in any direction, or pattern and split them up to various area of your room more info on these square abstract art paintings by artist Linda Paul

I am still working on the paintings for the other wall which will be large contemporary floral artworks in shades of green and pearly white. I will post them here when they are finished

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