Living Room Ideas and Designs
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:
Whether you want inspiration for planning a living room renovation or are building a designer living room from scratch, Houzz has 1,308,775 images from the best designers, decorators, and architects in the country, including Hen & Crask Edinburgh and Atelier Interior Design. Look through living room photos in different colours and styles and when you find a living room design that inspires you, save it to an Ideabook or contact the Pro who made it happen to see what kind of design ideas they have for your home. Explore the beautiful living room ideas photo gallery and find out exactly why Houzz is the best experience for home renovation and design.
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Design ideas for a contemporary living room in London with white walls, medium hardwood flooring and brown floors.
console table and lounge chair - tezvelasquez
Marco J Fazio
Design ideas for a contemporary living room in London with blue walls, medium hardwood flooring, a standard fireplace and brown floors.
Sophisticated lounge with custom made circular sofa with blue velvet pleated detailing, smoke glass and gold leaf finish coffee table with brass accent accessories. Custom made luxury silk rug designed in-house. Photo credits: Atelier Interior Design, Belfast by Victor Branco
Neutral bespoke storage and media unit.
This is an example of a medium sized classic enclosed living room in London with grey walls, medium hardwood flooring and a wall mounted tv.
Photo: Katya de Grunwald © 2018 Houzz
Design ideas for a contemporary formal living room in London with grey walls, dark hardwood flooring and grey floors.
gold accents on sandy taupe walls - gina_ulysses
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Adam Scott
Contemporary formal open plan living room in London with beige walls, light hardwood flooring, a wood burning stove, a metal fireplace surround and beige floors.
The Living room is in a petrol blue and grey colour scheme. The bespoke sofa was built in and over 5 meters long. The bespoke joinery had a polished plaster finish surrounding.
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Grey & Petrol Blur Chairs - 12inchmick
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Design ideas for a contemporary living room in Dorset with blue walls and a wall mounted tv.
TV centre on long wall, joined to kitchen?? - leafy_hailes
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Classic living room in London with black walls.
four pictures - stuartwhite1000
This is an example of an expansive bohemian formal enclosed living room in Edinburgh with white walls, medium hardwood flooring, a standard fireplace, a metal fireplace surround, a freestanding tv and beige floors.
good carpet + wooden floor + off-white paint + beige furniture - calvin_tang96
Photo of a small contemporary living room in Manchester with grey walls and a wall mounted tv.
Mezzanine instead of loft conversion? - nicolabaker
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Photo of a medium sized retro living room in Kent.
الرمادي مع الأخضر الفاتح - rasha_elmalik
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Design ideas for a medium sized classic enclosed living room in London with brown walls, dark hardwood flooring, no tv, brown floors and a wood burning stove.
Wood panels on walls and white fire surround - marcus_race
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Photo of a medium sized farmhouse living room in Other with white walls and a wood burning stove.
In-built log pile - webuser_724197773
Photo of a classic living room in London with grey walls and dark hardwood flooring.
maybe bookshleves in Pool room? - veronica_congdon
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Medium sized contemporary enclosed living room in London with blue walls, light hardwood flooring, a wooden fireplace surround, a reading nook, a standard fireplace, a freestanding tv and beige floors.
Blend it all inIf you’re painting the walls, why not paint everything else while you’re at it? The designers of this living room have gone the whole hog and given a lick of blue to the skirting boards, the shelves and storage, and even the fireplace. Worried they’ve gone too far? Well, the blue only appears here and behind the sofa… - t_cunningham2
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Blue doors, shutters and skirtings warm the grey scheme up. - gillianhodson