How to Decorate Big Leather Furniture

Place a rug near or under your big leather furnishings. Open floor space gives big leather furniture a sparse feeling. Use a runner, a small rug, a set of rugs, or a large rug to fill the empty floor space near your furniture. Dress your big leather furniture up or down with a casual, playful or elegant rug. Successful rug choices counterbalance the bare look that some big leather furnishings create. Experiment with different rug colors, sizes, patterns or textures until the furniture area looks cozy and well decorated.

Break up the monotony of expansive leather surfaces using big pillows. Small pillows fail to cover enough of the leather unless you artfully stack them into a leather sofa's corner area with a matching throw. Add guaranteed visual variety with pillows large enough to cover most or at least half of a backrest area. Mix solid fabric pillows with ornate or casual prints to dress your big leather furnishings up or down.

Cover a portion of the leather surface that appears most bare using a throw blanket. Select a natural fiber throw with either a casual or luxurious texture as you dress your leather furniture set up or down. Complement a distressed and burly leather hide living room set with a light ivory fur throw, for example. Throws with silk tassels and embroidered detailing suit elegant big leather furniture sets best. Cover at least a third of an armrest or sofa for a satisfactory impact.