You are welcoming new guests into your home. You show them the hall, the kitchen, the bedrooms, and then you reach the main event: the living room. They look around, and feel graced to be standing in such a beautiful home, until… The pillar in the middle of your living room comes along.
If this resonates with your experience, not to worry, we’re here to help. Although pillars are often impossible to remove, we have some tried and tested tips and tricks to help you disguise the pillar or make it look like an intentional architectural feature. It can be a nightmare if you want a feng shui living room, but we will help you clear the space with our tips.
How to Hide A Pillar In Living Room
1. Check the Pillar’s Format
First of all, check the pillar’s format. If it’s round, you can paint it with a more eccentric color and make it look like an intentional art piece. If it’s straight, then you can make the pillar fuse with some shelves or a study desk.
2. Transform It Into a Room Divider
If you have a spacious living room, you can shape the pillar into a room divider. Evidently, this may require the help of professionals and a little bit of creativity, but trust us, the result will be astonishing. You can even think of separating the living room into two: a relaxing room with a beautiful couch and matching pillows and a dining room with a magnificent table properly decorated.
3. Attach A Mirror
Mirrors have a lot of advantages. They instantaneously make a space appear bigger and brighter. They will be perfect to conceal the stiffness and weight-bearing characteristics of the pillar. Instead, it will make it a passing through piece in which guests will check how brilliantly they dressed for the occasion.
4. Hang a TV or Art
Instead of hiding your pillar, you can take advantage of its magnitude and hang a tv or a beautiful painting for it to be contemplated. Rather than a hurtful experience for the eyes, make it a contemplating place for you and your guests.
Another advantage of hanging art is that the living room will reflect more and more your unique personality. Choose something that reminds you of a happy memory, or something that you can just admire everyday.
5. Shelving
This solution can be both aesthetically pleasing and useful. Place bookshelves or cabinets against the pillar, or even floating shelves. Say goodbye to the usual mess of books and small objects and hello to a new way of organizing things right in your living room. This is a bold move and the reward will be even more pleasing.
6. Integrate a Desk or a Table
After the pandemic, sometimes the living room is the new office. Consequently, you can integrate a study desk against the pillar and blend it with the other furniture present in the room. Another option is to place a countertop against the pillar. The results will speak for themselves!
7. Use the Pillar For Lighting
Regarding this tip we have two different approaches. You can use flexible LED light strips and change the color of the light to match your current mood. Choose blue or purple for a romantic evening with your partner. Another option is to hang pendant lighting which is eye-catching and will give people a more ample perspective of the space.
8. Plants
As always, plants are a great option for any design project. Go green, go lively. Don’t be afraid of faux plants as well. You can even switch plants at different times of the year, according to seasons. Go for a pine garland at Christmas time!
9. Create a Bar Area
With a bar cart and the right lighting you can transform your hated pillar into a modern bar area to have a drink at night or socialize with guests. Stock the bar cart with your favourite drinks, chiq glasses and a cocktail set and impress your partner with a creative cocktail. Even better, turn down the lights and put some Jazz on, you’ll be impressed with yourself.
10. Use The Pillar to Incorporate Seating
One of the easiest ways to conceal the pillar is making it a support system for some stylish seating. It will give width to the room and deviate the eyes from the pillar to the comfortable seating chairs or sofas you decide upon. Choose beautiful pillows and you can be sure this solution will make you look like a professional interior designer!
11. Embrace the Pillar Stylishly
Sometimes a pillar is one color away from blending perfectly in a living room. Check the surroundings and evaluate if there’s a predominant color. If so, you can paint the pillar with a complementary color and it will look as an intentional architectural piece. However, don’t go overboard with colors. Keep paint neutral and when in doubt, paint the pillar the same color as the one used on the surrounding walls.
Wrapping Up
Having a pillar in the middle of the living room can be a bummer. Maybe you even thought it would destroy the space you love. This is not the case. With our tips, we hope you have different solutions to either conceal or make your pillar look an intentional architectural piece.
We want to challenge you to send us pictures of your living room transformations. Which tip did you like best? Do you have some advice to give? Feel free to contact us!
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2 thoughts on “How To Hide A Pillar In Living Room – 11 Tips”
I loved the idea of attaching a mirror if it’s a smaller room or even as a space divider if it’s an open concept. Always great ideas Andrea!
Thanks a lot Susie! We’re here to help!