Elegant French Living Room Design Ideas

French style can be simple or extravagant, and it is all your decision when planning to design an elegant French living room. When designing a living room or a salon to embody French style in elegance and beauty, it does not have to replicate Versailles. It can, however, imply the unique ideas that make French style so appealing and desirable-chic and European. The French have for centuries prided themselves on creating a look and feel to home décor that never goes out of style. From curtain tassels to gilded crystal chandeliers, a little French style and understanding will go a long way in décor and design. Using traditional patterns, colors and furniture layouts as well as décor, an elegant and authentic French living room is possible.

Paying attention to detail is important when planning to create a living room especially one that is French.

• It may include lavish window treatments, patterned floor designs, chandeliers and sophisticated antiques and furniture.
• In addition, painting, wallpapering and upholstering is another addition to create French style with furniture you already own.
• Adding robin's egg blue or an imperial royal blue to your living room and painting any trim or crown molding white will begin to transform your living room space into an airy and calm environment.
• Painting a fireplace mantel white to match the room's trim and molding is a simple but elegant change to creating a French look.
• Much of the elegance attributed to French style is in the curvy and rounded details of French designed chairs, tables and couches.

Décor for an elegant French living room can include distressed wood, rusted metals and worn paint finishes. Wall sconces, mirror frames and picture frames can accent a living room with rusted or painted metal finishes. Furniture can include distressed wood and worn paint finishes, which can be found in home improvement stores. Creating an elegant French appeal to furniture already owned will not only save you money, but it will provide a sense of comfort if redecorating an entire room.

When planning the living room, keep in mind that French style does include symmetry between furniture, wall hangings and lighting-sconces, table lamps and floor lamps. Pairing chairs with a small table is a classic look as well as a single sofa with side tables.

Creating an elegant French living room is a beautiful and inventive addition to any home, which can change an entire mood of how you use your living room and perhaps influencing your entire home.