Ways to Decorate Empty Corners
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Ways to Decorate Empty Corners

With increasing price of real estate and also with ascending desire of homeowners to decorate each and every corner of their house, the corner furniture are gaining popularity these days. Therefore, one should learn the corner decorating ideas to convert the empty corners of your rooms into creative & functional points!

“An empty corner is like a story waiting to happen, and you are an author.”

Empty corners are mostly found next to a door or window, or beside a piece of furniture, but regardless of where they are located, when it comes to furnishing or decorating a space like these not-so-much used corner spots, it becomes a challenging task! You have to be creative considering beauty and its utility in your mind to be expressed and executed in a smart way.


You can do a lot to retouch or re-decor these silent corners to create smart makeover! It is not always necessary to modify each & every corner of your home. There are easy & inexpensive ways to reuse your wasted space & transform them into an attractive functional area with decorative and innovative design statement. By adopting these corner storage solutions, you will be able to make use of all types of room corner by adding innovative corner furniture as well as creative wall decors without impacting overall decor of your interior. You can just revise some of them & give a new look to your home interior. So, to make your task easier, we have provided some of ideas here to choose from for designing the creative corner…


Create a Gallery Wall Corner

A gallery wall in the target corner helps the line of space to disappear. For creating a bigger impact, choose your artwork to be displayed properly blending varied shapes, size and texture.

You can cover your corner walls with a framed family pictures or with handmade paintings, mirrors, or artistic frames. A beautiful gallery created on a blank corner wall gives the eye-catching & monochromatic display. You can also try a piece of a styled chair with an impressive cushion along with a pendant lamp from the ceiling.


Add Sectional Sofa

Just this small placement and you will get to enjoy a creative corner instantly. You will feel happy too that you have perfectly utilized the corner of the living room. It not only provides enough seating space for the people but it will help you to create more space in your room and the corner will look cozy and compact.


There are four common configurations for sectional sofas, though there are plenty of sectionals nowadays that are versatile and can be rearranged however you’d like.

a. Chaise Sectionals

b. L-Shaped Sectionals

c. U-Shaped Sectionals

d. Pit Sectionals

One can use any of it, as per there requirement.


Create a Reading Spot in the Corner Space






You can place a chair in the corner of the wall having a window nearby & create a reading cum relaxing spot. You can place a floor lamp for the artificial light & a side table if required! It will turn out to be a really good spot for reading as well as for enjoying me-time!







Look Out Point at Corner

It would be great if you turn your corner a lookout point in your living room. Not only it brightens your living room, but it also adds a spectacular view to it, enhancing your space. It widens the indoors by connecting partially to outdoors.


Add Indoor Plants in Corner Space



One of the best choices for the odd corner space is adding indoor plants. You can add a plant, it can be small or large. If it is small you can club-up the number of houseplants in a decorative pot of different sizes to make the corner green!

Indoor plants can enhance the feel-good mode of the room & can also improve your sense of well being. Indeed, it will also improve the air quality of your home. As long as it’s not too dark, a corner can make a great place to create a small green oasis, even in a contemporary or minimalist design style.




Embellish with a Hanging Chair






A hanging chair right in the corner to add fun & fancy to the corner and it keeps the floor space open, giving the more open feeling to your corner. Hanging chair made of cane would add a rustic vibe to a space. Hanging chair lovers would love to hangout on this corner space.










Corner Floating Shelves


As it can do wonders with corner storage as well as for the beautiful display. The smallest corners like one beside the doors can also be used functionally in this way. Free wall space makes a backdrop for the floating shelves. If you don’t want the shelves to look too heavy, paint them with the same color of wall to neutralize the total overall look & also don’t stuff the shelves with too many items.




Add Small Round Table in the Corner

You can also add the small round table in your corner along with a couple of stools. Such corner furniture can be used for multiple purposes like reading, seating, chatting, eating, playing games, etc.


Add A Console or Pedestal at Corners




A traditional wooden carved wooden unique console or pedestal of a contrasting color from the wall looks amazing in an empty corner. You may use it as a decent spot to present limited display of artifacts on the pedestal.





Corner Working Desk



As per today's requirement, it will transform your corner space into the useful working zone with some functional corner storage solutions. You can also beautify it with a pendant or a floor lamp along with the green plants & antique pottery.





An Interesting Cabinet to fill Empty Corners



The corner cabinet which you can use for storage as well as for displaying your decor items. It will look simple yet elegant and perfectly functional. It makes the space a perfect example of beauty and utility combo.






Stylish Statement to enhance the Corner Wall

Can create a stylish statement easily by using stylish designer shelving. It is a natural but creative way to add a focal point by displaying some eye-candy and cool objects like small indoor plants, beautiful planters, a smart but chic photo frame or few special books, etc.



Now that you have gathered some creative corner decorating ideas, we will be happy to get your comments and see pictures you have implemented, and also let us know if you want to get more information on any interior topics.


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