Australian Handyman - July 2018

Create the ideal

living room

and transform

your home

WORDS SUSANNAH HARDY

S

ure, every room in the house is

important, but the living room

presents special challenges.

Rather than having one function, it

must fulil numerous purposes. his is

where we spend most time as a family,

with friends or blissfully alone. It’s a

space that has to deliver the perfect

combination of comfort, functionality

and style. But how to achieve it?

Whether you’re renovating or

building from scratch, by following

certain principles you will enhance

your living room design. With a little

expert advice, you can bring the space

together so it’s not only totally liveable,

but also utterly divine.

Bring in the light

One essential factor in designing any

superb living room is maximising the

amount of quality natural light in the

space. Architect Greg Prentice, of

Karmatecture in Sydney’s inner-west,

suggests having windows on more than

one wall so you have at least two points

of natural light.

‘You can have a giant set of windows

or glass doors looking out to a sunny

space, but the living room might still

feel dark and gloomy,’ says Greg. ‘But

if there’s a well-proportioned window

in behind the main outlook of the room,

all of a sudden we feel that the room

is brighter and lighter.’ ▶

living it

24 JULY 2018 Australian Handyman

PICTURE

NATALEE BOWEN/INDAH ISLAND