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Formal Living Room with Light Hardwood Flooring Ideas and Designs

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South Boulder Curves
South Boulder Curves
Classic Work Construction, LLCClassic Work Construction, LLC
This is an example of a large modern formal open plan living room in Denver with white walls, light hardwood flooring, a two-sided fireplace and a stone fireplace surround.
Livingroom Design
Livingroom Design
Pastiche of Cape Cod, Inc.Pastiche of Cape Cod, Inc.
Design ideas for a large beach style formal enclosed living room in Boston with light hardwood flooring, a standard fireplace, a stone fireplace surround, grey walls and no tv.
West Village apartment
West Village apartment
Sara Bengur InteriorsSara Bengur Interiors
Jonny Valiant
Design ideas for a medium sized world-inspired formal open plan living room in New York with beige walls, light hardwood flooring, no fireplace and no tv.
John Street, WC1
John Street, WC1
Domus NovaDomus Nova
Where traditional meets contemporary flamboyance, colour and character...
Large classic formal open plan living room in London with beige walls, light hardwood flooring and a standard fireplace.
Well Traveled Modern
Well Traveled Modern
UserUser
David Dietrich
Design ideas for a medium sized midcentury formal mezzanine living room in Other with grey walls, light hardwood flooring, no tv and no fireplace.
Pied a terre
Pied a terre
Lee Lormand DesignLee Lormand Design
Lee Lormand
Inspiration for a small contemporary formal open plan living room in Dallas with white walls, light hardwood flooring, no fireplace, no tv and brown floors.
Decatur Craftsman
Decatur Craftsman
First Street BuildersFirst Street Builders
Photo of a medium sized classic formal enclosed living room in Atlanta with a standard fireplace, white walls, light hardwood flooring, a tiled fireplace surround, no tv and brown floors.
Menlo Park
Menlo Park
Jennifer Robin InteriorsJennifer Robin Interiors
Paul Dyer Photography
Inspiration for a farmhouse formal open plan living room in San Francisco with white walls, light hardwood flooring, no tv and feature lighting.
17th Century Thatched Cottage
17th Century Thatched Cottage
UserUser
This traditional sitting room has an oak floor with a tv cabinet and console table from Bylaw Furniture. The sofas are by the Sofa and Chair company, and the curtains are in James Hare Orissa Silk, teamed with Bradley Collection curtain poles. The inglenook fireplace houses a wood burner, and the oak lintel creates a traditional feel to this room. The original oak beams in the ceiling ensures this space is intimate for entertaining. Photos by Steve Russell Studios
Penthouse Munich
Penthouse Munich
Egg and Dart Design Corporation | InnenarchitektenEgg and Dart Design Corporation | Innenarchitekten
Tobias Kreissl, München
Photo of a large contemporary formal open plan living room in Munich with white walls, light hardwood flooring, a two-sided fireplace and a plastered fireplace surround.
Golden Valley Renovation
Golden Valley Renovation
CHRISTIAN DEAN ARCHITECTURE, LLCCHRISTIAN DEAN ARCHITECTURE, LLC
Alabama limestone, 'Silver shadow' from Vetter Stone Co. Polished and honed on living room side. Custom steel f.p. surround. Photo by: Chad Holder
Design ideas for a medium sized scandinavian formal enclosed living room in Minneapolis with white walls, light hardwood flooring, a standard fireplace, no tv and a tiled fireplace surround.
Greenwich Brick Georgian
Greenwich Brick Georgian
Significant Homes LLCSignificant Homes LLC
Douglas VanderHorn Architects From grand estates, to exquisite country homes, to whole house renovations, the quality and attention to detail of a "Significant Homes" custom home is immediately apparent. Full time on-site supervision, a dedicated office staff and hand picked professional craftsmen are the team that take you from groundbreaking to occupancy. Every "Significant Homes" project represents 45 years of luxury homebuilding experience, and a commitment to quality widely recognized by architects, the press and, most of all....thoroughly satisfied homeowners. Our projects have been published in Architectural Digest 6 times along with many other publications and books. Though the lion share of our work has been in Fairfield and Westchester counties, we have built homes in Palm Beach, Aspen, Maine, Nantucket and Long Island.
Portfolio
Portfolio
Ross Thiele & SonRoss Thiele & Son
Large classic formal enclosed living room in San Diego with a two-sided fireplace, a tiled fireplace surround, yellow walls, light hardwood flooring, no tv and beige floors.
EGR Classic
EGR Classic
Scott Christopher HomesScott Christopher Homes
Photo of a large traditional formal open plan living room in Grand Rapids with white walls, a standard fireplace, light hardwood flooring, a stone fireplace surround, no tv, brown floors and feature lighting.
Big Valley Ranch
Big Valley Ranch
Prentiss Balance Wickline ArchitectsPrentiss Balance Wickline Architects
© Steve Keating - http://www.steve-keating.com/
Modern Living
Modern Living
Sarah Bernardy Design, LLCSarah Bernardy Design, LLC
A colorful Belgium rug treasured by the homeowners was the inspiration for this warm and nuetral living room space. This deep saturation of red grounds the space and plays up the nuetral furnishings. Interior Design by Sarah Bernardy-Broman of Sarah Bernardy Design, LLC Kurt Moses Photography
Drummond Modern Transitional
Drummond Modern Transitional
Laurence Cafritz BuildersLaurence Cafritz Builders
Gregg Hadley
Inspiration for a medium sized traditional formal enclosed living room in DC Metro with a standard fireplace, no tv, white walls, light hardwood flooring, a metal fireplace surround and beige floors.
Atlanta Dream Home 2009
Atlanta Dream Home 2009
InsidesignInsidesign
Inspiration for a medium sized rustic formal living room in Atlanta with a standard fireplace, a stone fireplace surround, white walls and light hardwood flooring.
Last House on the Left
Last House on the Left
SV DesignSV Design
Having been neglected for nearly 50 years, this home was rescued by new owners who sought to restore the home to its original grandeur. Prominently located on the rocky shoreline, its presence welcomes all who enter into Marblehead from the Boston area. The exterior respects tradition; the interior combines tradition with a sparse respect for proportion, scale and unadorned beauty of space and light. This project was featured in Design New England Magazine. http://bit.ly/SVResurrection Photo Credit: Eric Roth
1785 15th Street
1785 15th Street
Kerman Morris Architects, LLPKerman Morris Architects, LLP
This is an example of a contemporary formal open plan living room in San Francisco with white walls, light hardwood flooring and beige floors.

Formal Living Room with Light Hardwood Flooring Ideas and Designs

Looking for 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 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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