I am a freelance writer, casual teacher, and mother to a very sassy and sparky one-year-old. Hear me when I say: there is no room in my home that incites calm. Aside from the kitchen, which is constantly covered in a rotating array of air-drying plastic containers, the space that really needs a good overhaul is the living room.
There are obvious culprits of visual unrest: the vacuum cleaner, never-plump cushions, Duplo scattered threateningly on the floorboards. I kid you not, there are no less than three pairs of tiny shoes sitting atop the sofa as I write this. However, when I spoke to five expert designers, I discovered that there are so many nuanced features and modern living room ideas I can adopt to cancel the chaos that go beyond a tidy-up.
