Black Living Room Ideas and Designs

Custom Leather Ladson Sectional by Bassett Furniture

Classic describes the Ladson grouping. With its linier design track arms and semi-attached pillow back, the Ladson grouping conveys casual sophistication and comfort. Available in leather only. Sofa and sectional seating arrangements are available.

Manhattan Barn

Penny Lane Home Builders, LLC

Photo by Bozeman Daily Chronicle - Adrian Sanchez-Gonzales *Plenty of rooms under the eaves for 2 sectional pieces doubling as twin beds * One sectional piece doubles as headboard for a (hidden King size bed). * Storage chests double as coffee tables. * Laminate floors

Brynmaer Road SW11

Blakes London

Photo of a classic living room in London with grey walls and dark hardwood flooring.

McKenna Mountain Retreat

Miller-Roodell Architects Ltd

In the West, the premier private destination for world-class skiing is Yellowstone Club. The McKenna Mountain Retreat is owned by a family who loves the outdoors, whether it’s skiing the ‘Private Powder’ at YC, or fly fishing any of the nearby trout rivers. With grown children, they wanted a home that would be a place they could all gather comfortably, pursue their favorite activities together, and enjoy the beauty of their surroundings. Encircled by lodgepole pines, they also benefit for solitude without sacrificing the amenities found at the Club.

Elegant Contemporary

Janet Brooks Design

The family room, including the kitchen and breakfast area, features stunning indirect lighting, a fire feature, stacked stone wall, art shelves and a comfortable place to relax and watch TV. Photography: Mark Boisclair

Mediterranean Estate

Studio 7 Architecture & Allied Arts

Mediterranean formal living room in Santa Barbara with beige walls, medium hardwood flooring, a standard fireplace and a stone fireplace surround.

Old Town Residence

Stuart Nordin Design

Doug Stroud Photography
This is an example of a classic living room in DC Metro with white walls.

Sweetwater Residence

Threshold Design

This is an example of a classic formal and grey and teal enclosed living room in Boston with blue walls, dark hardwood flooring, no tv and a dado rail.

Tenth Street Residence

twenty7 design

Corinne Cobabe Photography
Inspiration for a modern living room in San Diego with black walls.

Comfortable Cottage Style

Kyle Hunt & Partners, Incorporated

Builder & Interior Selections: Kyle Hunt & Partners, Architect: Sharratt Design Company, Landscape Design: Yardscapes, Photography by James Kruger, LandMark Photography

Wenge Flooring

Arimar International

Wenge is a tropical timber, very dark in color with a distinctive figure and a strong partridge wood pattern. The wood is heavy and hard, suitable for flooring and staircases.

EGR Classic

Scott Christopher Homes

Classic living room in Grand Rapids with a standard fireplace, a stone fireplace surround, ceramic flooring, white walls and brown floors.

New York linear fireplace mantel

Omega Stone Mantels

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2013 Luxury Home-Inver Grove Heights

Highmark Builders

Professionally Staged by Ambience at Home http://ambiance-athome.com/ Professionally Photographed by SpaceCrafting http://spacecrafting.com

Washington Street

User

Modern, industrial, and rustic living room.
Inspiration for a contemporary grey and brown living room in Los Angeles.

Contemporary Living Room

Design ideas for a contemporary living room in Toronto with feature lighting.

Suburban DC - Cahill Residence

CM Glover

CM Glover Photography © 2013 Houzz
Design ideas for a contemporary grey and brown enclosed living room in DC Metro with grey walls.

Antique Serapi in Townhouse

Landry & Arcari Rugs and Carpeting

This antique Serapi complements this living room in the Boston Back Bay neighborhood. ID: Antique Persian Serapi
This is an example of a large classic formal enclosed living room in Boston with beige walls, dark hardwood flooring, a standard fireplace, a stone fireplace surround and no tv.

Fireplace Mantle

Target Building Solutions, LLC

We added gas logs, a mantle, and put the flat screen TV over the fireplace. Custom built book shelves, and storage below, hides all the components, also over head eyeball lights with dimmer, very nice effect. The chairs were recovered to match the grey paint on the walls.

Loft Appeal

Lori Dennis, ASID, LEED AP

LoriDennis.com Interior Design/ KenHayden.com Photography
Inspiration for an industrial grey and brown open plan living room in Los Angeles with no tv.

Black Living Room Ideas and Designs

Looking for living room ideas? Whether your living room is lacklustre, your lounge is limited in space, your sitting room is suffering from outdated decor or your front room is full of clutter, there are living room ideas and designs that will inspire you to breathe life into your living space. Discover small living room ideas to help maximise tiny spaces or layout ideas that will work with awkward shaped living rooms. Perhaps you’re struggling to decide on living room colours? Read on for help with colours, layout and design ideas, or find inspiration from the millions of living room photos on Houzz.

Living room wallpaper ideas

A good place to start when it comes to redesigning your living room is with the walls. While paint may seem the simplest choice, and easy to change, don’t discredit the design opportunities of wallpaper in living rooms. There are tons of great living room wallpaper ideas, from modern geometric patterns to traditional florals, and loads of ways to use them – you don’t have to cover the whole room or go for the ubiquitous feature wall. You could wallpaper only above the dado rail (if you have one), either side of a chimney breast, or behind a shelving unit to give your displayed items a stylish backdrop. Discover more living room wallpaper ideas or if paint is more your style, there’s plenty of living room designs to discover when it comes to paint ideas; just browse through the huge selection of living photos and search for the specific paint you’re after if you really want to narrow it down.

Small living room ideas

When it comes to our living room design, we want it to feel as welcoming and personality-filled as possible, but that can be a struggle when we’re working with a small space. But not to fear, there are small living room ideas to help you make most out of what you’re working with. A couple of small living room ideas can include: working with the height you have – installing floor-to-ceiling bookshelves or drawing the eye to the top of the walls with wallpaper; choosing space-saving or storage-incorporating (or both!) furniture, such as corner sofas with storage space under the chaise longue section; and keeping things symmetrical – a central fireplace with seating opposite, or seats facing each other, can give the illusion of a larger, more grand room. When it comes to the best decor for small living rooms, you can either choose to keep things light and airy to open up the space, or embrace the cosiness of the smaller area you have by going for warm colours and filling the room with your favourite accessories.

Living room layouts and choosing the right living room furniture

When it comes to the layout of your living room, it will depend on what pieces of furniture you have – but how do you choose what living room furniture to add, whether you’re refreshing your living room design or starting from scratch? The best place to start is with the seating – one corner sofa will usually seat three to four people, and if that’s all you think you’ll need, then you can leave it at that. Placing your sofa along the longest wall helps to make the most of the space, but think about where you want the focus of the room to be, too. If you need more seating, look at armchairs that offer comfort but don’t take up too much space – cramming a room with too many large armchairs is something to avoid. But armchairs and sofas don’t have to be your only options – go for bean bags and floor cushions for an eclectic feel, pouffes and ottomans if you’re more traditional, and smart design chairs for contemporary living room ideas. Coffee tables are always handy, but you can always add a couple of side tables if you don’t want to clutter the central space in front of seating with anything. If you centre your living room design around a fireplace or TV, then you might want storage and shelving to feature around the focus of your room. There are plenty of style options when it comes to TV units, and you can even go for bespoke living room storage units to make the most of the space if you want a sleek, built-in look. Keep reading below for more living room storage ideas. Discover a huge range of living room furniture, as well as living room accessories, to help you finish your room design.

Living room design ideas

Struggling with what living room colours to choose, or what style to go with? While a grey living room design is popular at the moment, you might not want to go with the ubiquitous colour. Although, if neutral and contemporary are the living room ideas you’re after, a grey sofa or grey walls will give you a good base to work on. If you want to stay neutral, beige is not your only other option, either. Light yellows, taupes and soft greys will work. Why not try adding simple but plush cushions to your sofa and a rug in these colours to achieve a modern-traditional look? For contemporary living room ideas, dark blues and greens are on trend, but if you don’t want to dive straight into the dark wall trend, you could opt for a couple of pieces of furniture, or go for dark-hued living room accessories instead. Whites, woods and pastels could work well for Scandinavian living room designs. If an eclectic living room is what you’re after, you could go for large print wallpaper, a statement lighting piece, vibrant rug and lots of colourful book or ornament displays. For a country feel, rustic carpet, stone hearths, comfy armchairs and traditional patterns in creams, greens and browns will give you that cosy cottage feel.

Living room storage ideas

It’s natural that our living rooms tend to attract lots of items and belongings seeing as they act as multipurpose living spaces. Whether you love to read a book; watch a film; let your children play with their toys; practise a craft like knitting or drawing; play a musical instrument or play video games in your sitting room, there will always be a need for a few extra living room ideas that can help you with storage. Apart from the standard bookcases, side tables and TV units, there are a few other handy living room storage ideas you can invest in. As mentioned before, if you have the room and budget for it, a built-in storage unit could be the way forward. With a well-built unit you could hide your TV, DVDs, players, books, video consoles and all sorts away in one place. If you don’t quite have a large enough area for one, you could look at shelving – either side of the chimney breast is a great place to install shelving if you have one in your living room. And don’t forget living room furniture such as sofas, benches and ottomans that lift up to reveal hidden storage; providing seating and storing space at the same time. With the right storage solutions your living room design could open up and feel so much more spacious and stylish. Discover more living room storage ideas by browsing these photos. Once you have your living room storage, colours, design, layout and furniture sorted, all that’s left is to browse the millions of living room ideas on Houzz and save your favourites to an ideabook. If you’re still searching for specific living room ideas, check out the popular pages below:

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