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Budget Contemporary Living Room Ideas and Designs

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Création et réalisation de mobilier sur mesure
Création et réalisation de mobilier sur mesure
Lagom architectesLagom architectes
Maude Artarit
Inspiration for a small contemporary open plan living room in Paris with a reading nook, white walls, light hardwood flooring, no fireplace, a freestanding tv and beige floors.
Wall Units
Wall Units
Salinas Home DesignSalinas Home Design
Large contemporary enclosed living room in Miami with grey walls, medium hardwood flooring, no fireplace, a wall mounted tv and grey floors.
Piso Retiro
Piso Retiro
InteriaInteria
This is an example of a small contemporary formal enclosed living room in Madrid with white walls, medium hardwood flooring, no fireplace and a freestanding tv.
Hospital Residence
Hospital Residence
Elbi InteriorsElbi Interiors
Design ideas for a medium sized contemporary open plan living room in Detroit with green walls, vinyl flooring, no fireplace, a wall mounted tv, brown floors and panelled walls.
Vibrant Fitzroy Apartment
Vibrant Fitzroy Apartment
My Beautiful AbodeMy Beautiful Abode
This is an example of a small contemporary enclosed living room in Melbourne with white walls, carpet and grey floors.
IKEA Hack: Leather Tab Pulls on BILLY Bookcase
IKEA Hack: Leather Tab Pulls on BILLY Bookcase
Walnut StudioloWalnut Studiolo
A light and spacious reading room lined with birch IKEA BILLY bookcases gets a warm upgrade with Walnut Studiolo's St. Johns leather tab pulls. Photo credit: Erin Berzel Photography
СТУДИЯ
СТУДИЯ
NataliNatali
Зинур Разутдинов-фотограф
This is an example of a small contemporary open plan living room in Moscow with medium hardwood flooring and grey walls.
Newest Sunroom!
Newest Sunroom!
Montell ConstructionMontell Construction
This is an example of a small contemporary formal enclosed living room in Grand Rapids with white walls, medium hardwood flooring and no fireplace.
Universal apartment
Universal apartment
The House GroupThe House Group
Design ideas for a small contemporary formal open plan living room in Other with white walls, light hardwood flooring, a wall mounted tv and brown floors.
Living Room After Staging
Living Room After Staging
UserUser
Feel At Home Interiors by Nadesda Tel: (780) 249-6055 Edmonton AB Photos are Copyright of Hodges and Mohr
Inspiration for a medium sized contemporary open plan living room in Other with beige walls, medium hardwood flooring, a corner fireplace, a tiled fireplace surround, a wall mounted tv and brown floors.
EC1
EC1
KEVV DESIGNKEVV DESIGN
Small contemporary open plan living room in Hong Kong with white walls, ceramic flooring, a wall mounted tv and grey floors.
Aragon Luxury Vinyl Plank Flooring
Aragon Luxury Vinyl Plank Flooring
GoHausGoHaus
While this luxury vinyl flooring is undoubtedly distinctive, it’s hue is not saturated enough to overwhelm the senses. The cultivated beauty and gallantry of Aragon vinyl plank flooring actually comes from the wire-brushed grain, which adorns the surface with tiny streaks of black and white that play off each other perfectly.
Inspiration
Inspiration
adorekadorek
This is an example of a contemporary living room in Orebro.
Hermann Lachapelle
Hermann Lachapelle
Charlotte VinetCharlotte Vinet
Marion Parez
Inspiration for a medium sized contemporary open plan living room in Paris with no fireplace, no tv, a reading nook, grey walls and dark hardwood flooring.
Angled living room extension
Angled living room extension
Lacey ArchitectureLacey Architecture
Ground floor extension providing greater family space on one floor and improved connection and views to the garden.
Small contemporary open plan living room feature wall in Other with white walls, porcelain flooring and multi-coloured floors.
СТУДИЯ
СТУДИЯ
NataliNatali
Зинур Разутдинов
Inspiration for a small contemporary open plan living room in Moscow with beige walls and medium hardwood flooring.
Northern Lights Tile Fireplace
Northern Lights Tile Fireplace
Mercury Mosaics and TileMercury Mosaics and Tile
This fireplace features 4x4 tile placed on its edge to look like diamonds with 6x6 tile on the hearth. It is glazed in our Night Sky glaze, a deep blue glaze with crystals in it that give show up as light blue bursts after they are fired. 4"x4" Field Tile - 902 Night Sky, 33 Vivid Blue, 23 Sapphire Blue / Hearth 6"x6" Field Tile - 21R Cobalt
Винница.
Винница.
Комод & Кухни (ООО "Комод и Кухни)Комод & Кухни (ООО "Комод и Кухни)
Винница полностью выполнена из ЛДСП Egger, по чертежам заказчика.
This is an example of a small contemporary living room in Moscow.
Lakeshore/ Lake Merritt Condo Refresh, Stage & Sell
Lakeshore/ Lake Merritt Condo Refresh, Stage & Sell
The Home Co.The Home Co.
Marcell Puzsar Bright Room SF
Inspiration for a small contemporary enclosed living room in San Francisco with white walls, laminate floors, no fireplace and beige floors.
гостиная
гостиная
Akhunov ArchitectsAkhunov Architects
Akhunov Architects
Photo of a large contemporary living room in Other with brown walls, dark hardwood flooring and a wall mounted tv.

Budget Contemporary Living Room Ideas and Designs

Looking for contemporary 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 contemporary 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 contemporary 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.

Contemporary 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 contemporary 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 contemporary 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 contemporary small living room ideas to help you make most out of what you’re working with. A couple of contemporary 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 contemporary 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 contemporary living room furniture

When it comes to the layout of your contemporary 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 contemporary 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 contemporary 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 contemporary 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 contemporary 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 contemporary 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 contemporary 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 contemporary 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 contemporary 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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