Decorate for living room with sofa, leather sofa, couch, leather couch

1. Decorate All Arou nd Leather Sofa

2. This is a common dilemma, since many people own leather sofas and sectionals,
and pieces upholstered in a traditional dark hide can feel visually heavy in a space.
But I think it’s less about making a room feel more feminine and more about creating
a room that is balanced with clever layering and accessioning since (done right)
leather sofas can be both attractive and comfortable. Here are five ideas I came up
with to decorate around leather sofas.
1.) Lighten Up : A traditional leather sofa is dark by nature so the easiest way to
balance that out is to accent and/or surround it with plenty of light for desirable
contrast. A paler hue on the walls, soft cream or white accent pillows, and/or a light
or white coffee table will accomplish just that!

5. 2) Break It Up: Another way to minimize the visual weight of a set of leather
furniture is to break it up. Keep the sofa and find a place for the other pieces.
Supplement with upholstered chairs for a chic and collected look instead of a
matchy matchy one.

8. 3.) Layer Around It. A leather sofa sitting all by its lonesome will dominate a space if
you let it. So don’t. Take the focus away from leather furniture by layering a room with
other furnishings in different finishes from bookcases to console tables to ottomans
and end tables. This first image is of two leather chairs and not a sofa, but a great
illustration of the technique. Notice how the blue cabinets behind and the striped
fabric on the ottoman in front balance the supple leather furniture set in between.