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Expansive Living Room Ideas and Designs

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Odd Spaces
Odd Spaces
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mark pinkerton vi360 Photography
This is an example of an expansive classic living room in San Francisco with beige walls.
Web-Portfolio
Web-Portfolio
Chris JohnsonChris Johnson
Hajian Architects - photo by Chris Johnson
Expansive coastal living room in Boston with blue walls.
84 Love Lane, Weston, MA
84 Love Lane, Weston, MA
Diana & Avery Chaplin, Weston MA Luxury SpecialistDiana & Avery Chaplin, Weston MA Luxury Specialist
Avery Chaplin
Design ideas for an expansive classic open plan living room in Boston with grey walls, a wall mounted tv and dark hardwood flooring.
Traditional Living Room
Traditional Living Room
Inspiration for an expansive classic living room in Denver.
Country Home
Country Home
James McDonald Associate Architects, PCJames McDonald Associate Architects, PC
Greg Hadley
Inspiration for an expansive traditional living room in DC Metro with green walls and a standard fireplace.
Living Room
Living Room
Echelon Custom HomesEchelon Custom Homes
Design ideas for an expansive beach style living room in Philadelphia with medium hardwood flooring, a standard fireplace, a stone fireplace surround, a wall mounted tv and feature lighting.
Woods 7 Residence
Woods 7 Residence
Douglas Knight ConstructionDouglas Knight Construction
Douglas Knight Construction
Expansive classic formal open plan living room in Salt Lake City with grey walls, a ribbon fireplace, a stone fireplace surround, a wall mounted tv and ceramic flooring.
Art Loft
Art Loft
Dick Clark + AssociatesDick Clark + Associates
Project by Dick Clark Architecture of Austin Texas
This is an example of an expansive contemporary open plan living room curtain in Austin with grey walls, porcelain flooring, no fireplace and a wall mounted tv.
Villa Maris Singola
Villa Maris Singola
AltaDimoraAltaDimora
Art Visual
Inspiration for an expansive contemporary living room in Milan with beige walls, light hardwood flooring and a wall mounted tv.
Sunnybrook Mediterranean
Sunnybrook Mediterranean
SHM ArchitectsSHM Architects
Photography: Nathan Schroder
Design ideas for an expansive mediterranean living room in Dallas with white walls.
Mountain Modern
Mountain Modern
Pearson Design GroupPearson Design Group
Expansive contemporary open plan living room in Other with beige walls, concrete flooring, a two-sided fireplace, a stone fireplace surround and a freestanding tv.
Wellesley
Wellesley
Thompson Custom HomesThompson Custom Homes
This is an example of an expansive classic living room in Houston with a music area.
Sunset Residence
Sunset Residence
Hoke LeyHoke Ley
Blake Worthington, Rebecca Duke
Photo of an expansive contemporary formal open plan living room in Los Angeles with white walls, a standard fireplace, a stone fireplace surround, light hardwood flooring, no tv and grey floors.
Sunset Strip
Sunset Strip
McClean DesignMcClean Design
Designer: Paul McClean Project Type: New Single Family Residence Location: Los Angeles, CA Approximate Size: 15,500 sf Completion Date: 2012 Photographer: Jim Bartsch
Kate Marker Interiors
Kate Marker Interiors
Marcel Page PhotographyMarcel Page Photography
Marcel Page Photography
Expansive traditional living room curtain in Chicago with a standard fireplace and a wall mounted tv.
Victor Wharf - Private
Victor Wharf - Private
Chris SnookChris Snook
Design ideas for an expansive contemporary mezzanine living room curtain in London.
Santa Fe Retreat
Santa Fe Retreat
Overland Partners Architecture + Urban DesignOverland Partners Architecture + Urban Design
Copyright © 2009 Robert Reck. All Rights Reserved.
Expansive enclosed living room in Albuquerque with a reading nook, orange walls, a standard fireplace, dark hardwood flooring, a stone fireplace surround, no tv and brown floors.
Modern Toronto Home
Modern Toronto Home
South Park Design BuildSouth Park Design Build
http://www.handspunfilms.com/ This Modern home sits atop one of Toronto's beautiful ravines. The full basement is equipped with a large home gym, a steam shower, change room, and guest Bathroom, the center of the basement is a games room/Movie and wine cellar. The other end of the full basement features a full guest suite complete with private Ensuite and kitchenette. The 2nd floor makes up the Master Suite, complete with Master bedroom, master dressing room, and a stunning Master Ensuite with a 20 foot long shower with his and hers access from either end. The bungalow style main floor has a kids bedroom wing complete with kids tv/play room and kids powder room at one end, while the center of the house holds the Kitchen/pantry and staircases. The kitchen open concept unfolds into the 2 story high family room or great room featuring stunning views of the ravine, floor to ceiling stone fireplace and a custom bar for entertaining. There is a separate powder room for this end of the house. As you make your way down the hall to the side entry there is a home office and connecting corridor back to the front entry. All in all a stunning example of a true Toronto Ravine property photos by Hand Spun Films
Living Room
Living Room
Habitat StudioHabitat Studio
© Merle Prosofsky 2013
Expansive contemporary living room in Edmonton with white walls and a ribbon fireplace.
Siddons Design Team
Siddons Design Team
Siddons Design TeamSiddons Design Team
2011 Dream Room Winner On the windows we used cornice boards covered in a damask patterned fabric and attached honey-colored silk drapery panels inspired by grand European pillars. These treatments were ideal for framing the picturesque outside view. We selected a luxurious, golden-colored sofa with a large tone-on-tone damask pattern, an upholstered armchair and a fauteuil, creating a sophisticated, old world feel. A dark wooden cocktail table and side tables with cabriole legs completed the seating arrangement. We chose a variety of accessories in rich gold-tones, accented by robin’s egg blues with gray undertones and terra cotta shades, echoing the colors of many Italian scenes.

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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