Green Living Room Ideas and Designs

Design ideas for a medium sized traditional formal living room in New York with grey walls, light hardwood flooring, no fireplace and no tv.

A Designer's Dream Home

RLH Studio

Steve Henke
This is an example of a medium sized classic formal enclosed living room in Minneapolis with beige walls, light hardwood flooring, a standard fireplace, a stone fireplace surround, no tv and a coffered ceiling.

Modern Guest House

Mitra Designs Studio Collaborative

Susan Teare Photography
This is an example of a contemporary open plan living room in Burlington with green walls and dark hardwood flooring.

Living Room open to garden

Kim Woods

living room open to garden
This is an example of a large classic living room in Los Angeles.

Tucked Away

Brookes + Hill Custom Builders

Inspiration for a nautical formal living room curtain in Boston with green walls and dark hardwood flooring.

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Simon Eldon Photography Ltd

Photography ©Simon Eldon 2015
This is an example of a contemporary formal living room in Sussex with grey walls and medium hardwood flooring.

Bay House

Teri Pugh Studio

This is an example of a mediterranean formal living room in Houston with beige walls and a standard fireplace.

Split Rock Manor

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This is an example of a classic living room curtain in New York with a standard fireplace.

Fleetwood Windows & Doors

Photo of a contemporary living room in Los Angeles.

Modern Green Seattle Remodel

Seattle Staged to Sell and Design LLC

We loved staging this room. We expected a white room, but when we walked in, we saw this accent wall color. By adding black and white wall art pieces, we managed to pull it off. These are real MCM furniture pieces and they fit into this new remodel beautifully.

Narrow River Renovation

Sullivan Studios Architecture

Design ideas for a beach style formal open plan living room in Providence with green walls, light hardwood flooring, a two-sided fireplace, a stone fireplace surround and beige floors.

BRUNSWICK FOREST - Cypress Pointe - The Griffon Floorplan

True Homes USA

Salt Studio NC - Kelly Starbuck
Traditional formal living room in Charlotte with grey walls and dark hardwood flooring.

House in the Country

Dalia Canora Design, LLC

Jane Beiles Photography
Inspiration for a medium sized traditional formal and grey and pink enclosed living room in DC Metro with grey walls, a standard fireplace, carpet, a wooden fireplace surround, no tv and brown floors.

Upper East Side Apartment

Anik Pearson Architect, P.C.

The draperies in this living room are constructed of Holland & Sherry’s Spectator fabric in pumice colorway. The wool and silk sateen blend has a custom velvet appliqué and contrast stitching on the leading edge. A Robsjohn Gibbings card table and pair of Ward Bennet chairs grace this modern mint green area rug. Photograph: Eric Piasecki

Sophisticated Elegance

Jan Hiltz Interiors LLC

Inspiration for a medium sized traditional grey and purple enclosed living room in New York with grey walls, a music area, medium hardwood flooring, no fireplace, no tv and brown floors.

Grosse Pointe Home

McIntosh Poris Associates

Beth Singer Interiors by Dan Clancy
Expansive traditional living room in Detroit with beige walls.

Palm Beach Bungalow

Leandra Fremont-Smith Interiors

Design ideas for a nautical formal living room curtain in Miami with beige walls and light hardwood flooring.

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Fotograf Camilla Ropers

Fotograf Camilla Ropers ©Houzz 2016
Design ideas for a farmhouse formal enclosed living room in Copenhagen with white walls and light hardwood flooring.

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Helen Baker Interiors, Inc.

Design ideas for a coastal open plan living room in Boston with white walls, a standard fireplace and no tv.

Morning Star Residence

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Photos by Ric Stovall - Stovall Stills
Inspiration for a modern living room in Denver with a standard fireplace and a stone fireplace surround.

Green Living Room 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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