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Contemporary Living Room Ideas and Designs

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Rustic Bohemian Brooklyn Home
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Reclaimed pallet oak flooring for this rustic bohemian apartment in Brooklyn. Visit www.madera-trade.com for more products and projects
Photo of a contemporary open plan living room feature wall in New York with white walls and medium hardwood flooring.
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Salt Lake Home Remodel
DFS Construction Inc.DFS Construction Inc.
Photo of a contemporary formal enclosed living room feature wall in Salt Lake City with a standard fireplace, a tiled fireplace surround and a wall mounted tv.
Modern Entry
Modern Entry
Large contemporary living room feature wall in New York with black walls.
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1041 EL
Weaver Custom HomesWeaver Custom Homes
Inspiration for a contemporary open plan living room feature wall in Columbus with grey walls, dark hardwood flooring, a standard fireplace, a stacked stone fireplace surround, no tv and exposed beams.
Penthouse in Belgrade
Penthouse in Belgrade
Ugljesa KekovicUgljesa Kekovic
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Design ideas for a contemporary living room feature wall in Other with a freestanding tv.
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Brightlife/Itor Idea House
Design EliteDesign Elite
Photos Courtesy Goodwin Foust
Design ideas for a medium sized contemporary formal living room feature wall in Other with a brick fireplace surround, beige walls, dark hardwood flooring, a standard fireplace and no tv.
Heaven on the Hillside
Heaven on the Hillside
Western Window SystemsWestern Window Systems
The great room accesses the patio with the help of a 12-foot-high, 90-degree pocketing multi-slide.
Inspiration for a contemporary living room feature wall in Phoenix with white walls, a ribbon fireplace and white floors.
Seaside Apartment
Seaside Apartment
DecodenceDecodence
This is an example of a contemporary living room feature wall in Other with white walls, carpet, a wood burning stove, a metal fireplace surround and a wall mounted tv.
Great Room
Great Room
Ward-Young Architecture & Planning - Truckee, CAWard-Young Architecture & Planning - Truckee, CA
Photo by Asa Gilmore
Design ideas for a contemporary living room feature wall in Sacramento with a stone fireplace surround.
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Elad GonenElad Gonen
Inspiration for a contemporary living room in Other with black walls.
Une rénovation d'exception - salon contemporain à Nantes (44)
Une rénovation d'exception - salon contemporain à Nantes (44)
Agence Lydie PineauAgence Lydie Pineau
Conception : Lydie Pineau, Kiosque Déco - Photographe : Caroline Morin
Photo of a medium sized contemporary open plan living room feature wall in Nantes with multi-coloured walls and medium hardwood flooring.
Isabella
Isabella
London Bay HomesLondon Bay Homes
The Isabella is a three-bedroom, three-bath home with 2,879 sq. ft. under air. The Great Room floor plan also includes a den, formal dining room and large master suite that provides access to a spacious outdoor living area with a pool and summer kitchen. The home’s refined contemporary feel features many emerging trends such as the use of cool backgrounds in flooring, walls and countertops with bright accents of cobalt blue, orange and citrus yellow. Image ©Advanced Photography Specialists
By the bay
By the bay
TINEKE TRIGGSTINEKE TRIGGS
Eric Rorer
Design ideas for a contemporary open plan living room feature wall in San Francisco with no tv.
RSA Residence
RSA Residence
PURPLE STUDIOPURPLE STUDIO
Deepak Aggarwal
Inspiration for a medium sized contemporary formal and grey and purple living room feature wall in Delhi with medium hardwood flooring, brown floors and grey walls.
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workfolio
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Photo of a contemporary living room feature wall with purple walls.
West 6th Street Residence
West 6th Street Residence
Texas Construction CompanyTexas Construction Company
Medium sized contemporary enclosed living room feature wall in Austin with a standard fireplace.
My Aberdeen Property - Apartment
My Aberdeen Property - Apartment
Niall Hastie PhotographyNiall Hastie Photography
Living room at apartment. Photography by Niall Hastie Photography
This is an example of a small contemporary living room feature wall in Other with white walls, a standard fireplace, a stone fireplace surround, a wall mounted tv, light hardwood flooring and beige floors.
VILLA M
VILLA M
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H. Orth
This is an example of a contemporary living room feature wall in Montpellier with orange walls.
Studio Marcelo Brito
Studio Marcelo Brito
Studio Marcelo BritoStudio Marcelo Brito
photo: Gui Morelli
This is an example of a contemporary living room feature wall in Other with a standard fireplace.

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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Photo of a medium sized contemporary enclosed living room feature wall in Stockholm with blue walls and medium hardwood flooring.
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