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Expansive Living Room Ideas and Designs

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Mansion House
Mansion House
Rose Narmani InteriorsRose Narmani Interiors
A contemporary and stylish country home that showcases functionality without sacrificing elegance.
This is an example of an expansive contemporary living room in London.
Belgrave Mansion
Belgrave Mansion
Tollgard Design GroupTollgard Design Group
Photo of an expansive traditional formal open plan living room in London with multi-coloured walls, medium hardwood flooring, a built-in media unit, a coffered ceiling, wallpapered walls and feature lighting.
Lightkeepers
Lightkeepers
Unique HomestaysUnique Homestays
Inspiration for an expansive beach style open plan living room in Cornwall with light hardwood flooring, a wood burning stove, a stone fireplace surround, a freestanding tv, brick walls and feature lighting.
West Dulwich Family Home
West Dulwich Family Home
Imperfect InteriorsImperfect Interiors
The sitting room in this family home in West Dulwich was opened up to the kitchen and the dining area of the lateral extension to create one large family room. A pair of matching velvet sofas & mohair velvet armchairs created a nice seating area around the newly installed fireplace and a large rug helped to zone the space
Architects Project
Architects Project
Mark HardyMark Hardy
Expansive midcentury formal open plan living room in Hampshire with blue walls, concrete flooring, a corner fireplace, a metal fireplace surround, grey floors and a wood ceiling.
Highgate House
Highgate House
Studio Tala SafaviStudio Tala Safavi
Expansive contemporary living room in London.
Rancho Santa Fe Luxury home staging
Rancho Santa Fe Luxury home staging
HomeScapes Home Staging San DiegoHomeScapes Home Staging San Diego
The high beamed ceilings add to the spacious feeling of this luxury coastal home. Saltillo tiles and a large corner fireplace add to its warmth.
Design ideas for an expansive mediterranean open plan living room in San Diego with a home bar, terracotta flooring, a corner fireplace, a tiled fireplace surround and orange floors.
Midcentury Modern Custom Home Build in Eagle
Midcentury Modern Custom Home Build in Eagle
Solitude HomesSolitude Homes
Expansive traditional open plan living room in Boise with medium hardwood flooring, a ribbon fireplace, brown floors, white walls, a brick fireplace surround and a freestanding tv.
The Canyons, Home 401
The Canyons, Home 401
Kevin B Howard Architects, AIAKevin B Howard Architects, AIA
The living room opens to the edge of the Coronado National Forest. The boundary between interior and exterior is blurred by the continuation of the tongue and groove ceiling finish. Dominique Vorillon Photography
Fireplace Mantels & Benches
Fireplace Mantels & Benches
Bass River CarpentryBass River Carpentry
Shiplap boarding lends a nautical feel to this fireplace which incorporates speakers within the mantel. Photo by Samantha Nicholson
Expansive traditional open plan living room in Boston with white walls, light hardwood flooring, a standard fireplace, a wooden fireplace surround and a wall mounted tv.
Dryden Lane
Dryden Lane
La Marco HomesLa Marco Homes
This stunning, light-filled two story great room has a full height fireplace made from Northern Irish black limestone.
Design ideas for an expansive classic open plan living room in Detroit with grey walls, medium hardwood flooring, a standard fireplace, a stone fireplace surround and a wall mounted tv.
Home Addition
Home Addition
L Marie Interior DesignL Marie Interior Design
Clients' first home and there forever home with a family of four and in laws close, this home needed to be able to grow with the family. This most recent growth included a few home additions including the kids bathrooms (on suite) added on to the East end, the two original bathrooms were converted into one larger hall bath, the kitchen wall was blown out, entrying into a complete 22'x22' great room addition with a mudroom and half bath leading to the garage and the final addition a third car garage. This space is transitional and classic to last the test of time.
In The Spotlight
In The Spotlight
Morrison InteriorsMorrison Interiors
This expansive living and dining room has a comfortable stylish feel suitable for entertaining and relaxing. Photos by: Rod Foster
Expansive classic open plan living room in Orange County with a home bar, white walls, light hardwood flooring, a standard fireplace, a concrete fireplace surround and no tv.
2015 Street of Dreams | Serenity
2015 Street of Dreams | Serenity
Westlake Development Group, LLCWestlake Development Group, LLC
Justin Krug Photography
Design ideas for an expansive contemporary formal open plan living room in Portland with white walls, light hardwood flooring, a stone fireplace surround, a wall mounted tv and a ribbon fireplace.
Our Work
Our Work
First Class Wood FlooringFirst Class Wood Flooring
Design ideas for an expansive modern open plan living room in New York with white walls, light hardwood flooring and a wall mounted tv.
Custom Design - Great Room - New American Home 2013
Custom Design - Great Room - New American Home 2013
Blue HeronBlue Heron
Trent Bell Photography
Design ideas for an expansive contemporary open plan living room in Las Vegas with white walls.
Ferndale Residence
Ferndale Residence
Bruce Kading Interior DesignBruce Kading Interior Design
Photography: Phillip Mueller Architect: Murphy & Co. Design Builder: Kyle Hunt
Inspiration for an expansive classic living room in Minneapolis with beige walls and a standard fireplace.
ALDER™ COVE
ALDER™ COVE
ORIJIN STONE, LLCORIJIN STONE, LLC
This Minnesota Artisan Tour showcase home features three exceptional natural stone fireplaces. A custom blend of ORIJIN STONE's Alder™ Split Face Limestone is paired with custom Indiana Limestone for the oversized hearths. Minnetrista, MN residence. MASONRY: SJB Masonry + Concrete BUILDER: Denali Custom Homes, Inc. PHOTOGRAPHY: Landmark Photography
Modern Living in Florida
Modern Living in Florida
Pineapple House Interior DesignPineapple House Interior Design
With an outstanding view of the pool and the wetlands, the great room is purposely void of a television. To the left, a stone fireplace is featured against a massive wall with display shelves and a floor-to-ceiling column of touch-latch storage. This stained wall is a wonderful exhibit of rift sawn lumber, which is milled perpendicular to the growth rings, yielding a tight, linear grain with no flecking.
Best in American Living Winner: Caruthers
Best in American Living Winner: Caruthers
Frankel Design BuildFrankel Design Build
This is an example of an expansive classic open plan living room in Houston with white walls, light hardwood flooring, a standard fireplace, a wall mounted tv and brown floors.

Expansive Living Room Ideas and Designs

Looking for Expansive 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 Expansive 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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