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Contemporary Living Room Ideas and Designs

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Villa Verdant
Villa Verdant
MW ArchitectsMW Architects
French + Tye
Contemporary living room in London.
Highgate Contemporary Home
Highgate Contemporary Home
Claudia Dorsch Interior Design LtdClaudia Dorsch Interior Design Ltd
Inspiration for a contemporary living room in London.
Tullynessle, Custom Build
Tullynessle, Custom Build
Coldwells BuildColdwells Build
This is an example of a contemporary living room in Other.
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Rising Glen, California
Rising Glen, California
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This is an example of a contemporary living room in Other.
HEADLINER
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STUDIO A1 - INTERIOR DESIGNSTUDIO A1 - INTERIOR DESIGN
www.studioa1.co.uk Project in Banbridge in the Northern Ireland the Interior was created for a young family. We had to create an interior that would change structure and feel of the property. We needed a design that will always be relevant, comfortable and cozy. Trying to create a timeless design, we tried and tested path. The interior uses mainly natural materials that are always relevant - natural Greige - herringbone and straight plank. The color scheme is neutral monochrome with warm shades and splash of colour in each area of the property . To prevent the interior from being boring, we used black and concrete. We have filled the classic finish with modern ergonomic furniture, lamps and decor.
Craiglockhart Terrace
Craiglockhart Terrace
Somner Macdonald ArchitectsSomner Macdonald Architects
This is an example of a contemporary living room in Edinburgh.
Aldridge Road Villas
Aldridge Road Villas
Dio DaviesDio Davies
This living room was created in a new extension to bring more light and space to the apartment. The clients wanted modern luxurious indoor our door living.
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City of Westminster London - Contemporary 2 Bedroom Apartment
City of Westminster London - Contemporary 2 Bedroom Apartment
HomeconceptsHomeconcepts
Contemporary Apartment Renovation in Westminster, London - Custom Joinery in Living Room
Inspiration for a contemporary living room in London.
Farley Court
Farley Court
Nikki Hinton PhotographyNikki Hinton Photography
Inspiration for a contemporary living room in Surrey.
Salotto
Salotto
llabbllabb
This is an example of a contemporary living room in London.
Project 45
Project 45
The Main CompanyThe Main Company
We also designed a bespoke fire place for the home.
Design ideas for a contemporary living room feature wall in London with a standard fireplace, brown walls, light hardwood flooring, a wooden fireplace surround and beige floors.
The Glasshouse
The Glasshouse
Unique HomestaysUnique Homestays
Design ideas for a contemporary living room with white walls, a standard fireplace and a stone fireplace surround.
Phillimore Court
Phillimore Court
Tracy Holliday InteriorsTracy Holliday Interiors
This is an example of a contemporary open plan living room in London with beige walls, light hardwood flooring and beige floors.
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Styling
Styling
Gambini InteriorsGambini Interiors
Inspiration for a contemporary living room in Buckinghamshire.
Cleveland Square Gardens
Cleveland Square Gardens
44 INTERIOR STUDIO44 INTERIOR STUDIO
Contemporary living room in London.
Project Fulham Reach
Project Fulham Reach
VMDSTUDIO LTDVMDSTUDIO LTD
A modern living room design in natural tones is characterized by an aesthetic appeal and functionality, creating a cozy and harmonious atmosphere. It revolves around the use of natural materials, neutral color palettes, and a minimalist approach to decor. Key elements of a modern living room design in natural tones include: Color palette: Utilize neutral shades such as beige, gray, white, brown, and tones inspired by natural materials like wood or stone. This creates a calm and harmonious ambiance. Natural materials: Incorporate natural materials like wood, stone, rattan, cotton, or linen fabrics. They add warmth and a sense of authenticity to the living room. Minimalism: Embrace clean lines and simple forms for furniture. Avoid excessive ornamentation or clutter to achieve a spacious and airy feel. Natural lighting: Maximize natural light by incorporating large windows and minimizing the use of heavy curtains or blinds. This highlights the naturalness and brightness of the interior. Accents and details: Add some accent pieces such as decorative cushions, throws, or rugs with textures and geometric patterns. This adds visual interest and depth to the space. Furniture: Choose modern furniture with smooth surfaces and minimalist designs. Optimize space utilization by considering modular or multi-functional furniture pieces. Technology integration: Incorporate built-in audio and video systems, integrated lighting solutions, and smart home features to create a modern and comfortable living space. Plants and natural elements: Introduce some plants or flowers to the living room to bring freshness and a touch of nature. Overall, a modern living room design in natural tones aims to create a visually pleasing and serene environment by embracing simplicity, natural materials, and a harmonious color scheme.
Epperstone House
Epperstone House
Hilary Marconetto InteriorsHilary Marconetto Interiors
We solved the issue of the ‘walk through room’ by making the space as enticing as possible, to draw you back into the seating area to enjoy the TV snug. Using warm tones and curves help to soften the flow of the room. Adding interest with textured walls and oversize artwork, create focal points.

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:
Cumberland Road
Cumberland Road
Clare Elise InteriorsClare Elise Interiors
The kitchen / snug area has a real sense of identity and feels connected yet not blended to the other areas of the house. Neutral off white walls with the back wall painted in a very dark grey helps frame the garden. The bespoke bench in the dining space takes centre stage and again offers clever storage solutions whilst the half painted wall brings in colour and helps define this area of the large open plan space. In the snug end existing furniture items were re-upholstered to stand out and art sings!
Contemporary Apartment, London
Contemporary Apartment, London
Artline Joinery LtdArtline Joinery Ltd
Inspiration for a contemporary living room in London.
Contemporary 3 Bed London Apartment
Contemporary 3 Bed London Apartment
Matthews Rea InteriorsMatthews Rea Interiors
Open plan living room was zoned using a textured pattern rug and a large L-shaped sectional sofa. Concealed storage ensures the room stays uncluttered, with cushions in various soft colours and textures adding comfort and interest
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