Contemporary Living Room with a Concealed TV Ideas and Designs

Small contemporary open plan living room feature wall in London with white walls, dark hardwood flooring, a concealed tv, brown floors and a drop ceiling.

Contemporary Living Room

Inspiration for a medium sized contemporary formal enclosed living room in San Francisco with white walls, a standard fireplace, a metal fireplace surround and a concealed tv.

New Modern Farmhouse

Koch Architects

Wood burning fireplace with concrete surround, mahogany wood tv cabinet, floor to ceiling aluminum patio doors. Red Italian armchair with red ottoman, custom steel coffee table, heart pine wood floors with a custom design rug in a modern farmhouse on the Camas Prairie in Idaho. Photo by Tory Taglio Photography

Projet Oberkampf

Karen Tinka Design Intérieur

Inspiration for a medium sized contemporary open plan living room in Paris with a reading nook, white walls, light hardwood flooring, no fireplace, a concealed tv and beige floors.

Two sisters

Cellar Ridge Construction

Photo of a contemporary open plan living room in Portland with white walls, light hardwood flooring, a standard fireplace, a concealed tv and beige floors.

Brixton Townhouse II

Indie & Co.

Anna Stathaki
Design ideas for a medium sized contemporary open plan living room in London with white walls, painted wood flooring, a wood burning stove, a tiled fireplace surround, a concealed tv and beige floors.

Media Décor Moving Art Screen

Leon Speakers, Inc.

Featuring Lutron QS quiet motors and a patented scrolling motion, our Moving Art Screens elegantly conceal TVs and speakers behind beautifully printed artwork. Each system is custom-crafted to order using artwork and frames that you can choose from our extensive gallery. With three different models, and recess and surface-mounting configurations, our Moving Art Screens seamlessly integrate audio and video into any space. Installation by QAV in Centennial, CO.

Seaport High Rise

Elms Interior Design

Photography by Michael J. Lee
This is an example of a large contemporary formal open plan living room in Boston with white walls, dark hardwood flooring, a ribbon fireplace, a wooden fireplace surround and a concealed tv.

Wategos Project

Zaher Architects

Michael Nicholson
This is an example of a medium sized contemporary open plan living room in Gold Coast - Tweed with white walls, concrete flooring, no fireplace and a concealed tv.

Barsden Street, Cottesloe

ARQ Designs

ARQ
This is an example of a contemporary formal living room in Perth with multi-coloured walls, a standard fireplace and a concealed tv.

Adrienne Chinn Design

A partition wall with a hole-in-the-wall stainless steel fireplace, a travertine ledge and an oak sliding TV cover adds Wow Factor to this open-plan living room with a retro vintage feel. www.adriennechinn.co.uk Photos: Richard Gooding

Flinders Flair

Let's Talk Kitchens & Interiors

A contemporary holiday home located on Victoria's Mornington Peninsula featuring rammed earth walls, timber lined ceilings and flagstone floors. This home incorporates strong, natural elements and the joinery throughout features custom, stained oak timber cabinetry and natural limestone benchtops. With a nod to the mid century modern era and a balance of natural, warm elements this home displays a uniquely Australian design style. This home is a cocoon like sanctuary for rejuvenation and relaxation with all the modern conveniences one could wish for thoughtfully integrated.

Living Room - Contemporary Classic Pad

Ethnic Chic - Home Couture

Design ideas for a medium sized contemporary open plan living room in Amsterdam with brown walls, concrete flooring, a standard fireplace, a stone fireplace surround, a concealed tv, grey floors and panelled walls.

Ross Peak Great Room Guillotine Fireplace

Brandner Design

The Ross Peak Great Room Guillotine Fireplace is the perfect focal point for this contemporary room. The guillotine fireplace door consists of a custom formed brass mesh door, providing a geometric element when the door is closed. The fireplace surround is Natural Etched Steel, with a complimenting brass mantle. Shown with custom niche for Fireplace Tools.

Wimberley Modern

Round Table Design

The clients wanted a large sofa that could house the whole family. With three teenagers, we decide to go with a custom leather slate blue Tuftytime sofa. The vintage chairs and rug are from Round Top Antique Fair, as well at the cool “Scientist” painting that was from an old apothecary in Germany.

Pacific Heights Penthouse

Isolina Mallon Interiors

Design ideas for a large contemporary open plan living room in San Francisco with white walls, light hardwood flooring and a concealed tv.

The Lake Retreat

Blondino Design, Inc.

Contemporary open plan living room in Portland with a ribbon fireplace, a stone fireplace surround, a concealed tv, brown floors and grey walls.

Urban Luxury - Tonto Verde

IMI Design, LLC

Anita Lang - IMI Design - Scottsdale, AZ
Design ideas for a large contemporary open plan living room in Phoenix with beige walls, a standard fireplace, a concealed tv and beige floors.

Sliding Panel Doors to Hide TV Above Fireplace

J. Jilich Design & Associates

Holger Photography
Design ideas for a medium sized contemporary open plan living room in Charleston with white walls, medium hardwood flooring, a standard fireplace, a tiled fireplace surround and a concealed tv.

Glenshaw Mansions

RISE Design Studio

Jack Hobhouse
Large contemporary open plan living room in London with white walls, dark hardwood flooring, no fireplace and a concealed tv.

Contemporary Living Room with a Concealed TV 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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