Interior Decorating your Living Room and Dining Room

• Your living room areas are probably the most important in your whole home. It is where you will spend most of your time - certainly most of your leisure time - so it is important to create a room where you will be happy to relax, have fun and entertain friends.
• Comfort and practicality are important factors for you to consider - your seating, TVs, hi-fi's, computers and other AV equipment, and storage for books, CDs, DVDs, magazines, etc. - the clutter soon builds up, doesn't it? Well, certainly in my house it does...! Take a look at the practical guide to decorating living rooms.

Read style and design tips to help you get a great living room decorating idea.

Discover ideal layouts for decorating living rooms, incorporating your surround sound and AV equipment, and get the recommended seating distances for different screen sizes.

Need a sudden flash of inspiration to get you started? Try these real room photos of great interior designs for living rooms.

Also have a look at the decorating dining room ideas and photos in these dining room gallery pages.

Read practical hints and ideas for successful open plan interior designs for your living room/dining room.

Are you lucky enough to have a separate dining room in your home? Check out these tips and ideas for decorating your dining room.

For special occasions, or just to look nice everyday, check out these table decorating ideas.

Take a look at how we decided to decorate our living room

UPDATED Now take our look at our new and improved decorating color schemes in our living room makeover...

More ideas to decorate a living room - in lilac and red!

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