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Design ideas for a classic living room in London with beige walls and beige floors.
Knightsbridge Town House
By Lily Paulson-Ellis Interior Design

Todd Sutherland
Design ideas for a classic living room in London with beige walls and beige floors.
Tall thin room - floor to ceiling doors out to back of house. - joto20

Photo of a medium sized contemporary enclosed living room in London with grey walls, light hardwood flooring, a built-in media unit and beige floors.
Portobello Road
By Guy Logan Architects

Taaya Griffith
Photo of a medium sized contemporary enclosed living room in London with grey walls, light hardwood flooring, a built-in media unit and beige floors.
like wall covering and also base unit with TV over - nickwoods

Design ideas for a small retro formal living room in Other with grey walls, a tiled fireplace surround and no tv.
Cornish Cottage Refurbishment
By Helen Bainbridge Interior Design

This was a lovely 19th century cottage on the outside, but the interior had been stripped of any original features. We didn't want to create a pastiche of a traditional Cornish cottage. But we incorporated an authentic feel by using local materials like Delabole Slate, local craftsmen to build the amazing feature staircase and local cabinetmakers to make the bespoke kitchen and TV storage unit. This gave the once featureless interior some personality. We had a lucky find in the concealed roof space. We found three original roof trusses and our talented contractor found a way of showing them off. In addition to doing the interior design, we also project managed this refurbishment. Brett Charles Photography
Use of smaller chairs and cosy coffee table set up - esarmstrong

Design ideas for a contemporary open plan living room in Other with a reading nook, white walls, dark hardwood flooring and brown floors.
Pembrook Villa
By Michael Jones Architects

Design ideas for a contemporary open plan living room in Other with a reading nook, white walls, dark hardwood flooring and brown floors.
Books books and more books - mhawwa

Traditional formal living room in London with beige walls, a standard fireplace, medium hardwood flooring and brown floors.
Project Woolf
By No.12

Tina Hillier
Traditional formal living room in London with beige walls, a standard fireplace, medium hardwood flooring and brown floors.
Devine sofa and Artwork curation. - speakdesign1

This is an example of a contemporary living room in Sussex with white walls, medium hardwood flooring, a standard fireplace and brown floors.
London shoots
By Property Photographer

This is an example of a contemporary living room in Sussex with white walls, medium hardwood flooring, a standard fireplace and brown floors.
unusual niche details - edzhoy

This is an example of a medium sized scandi enclosed living room in London with beige walls and a freestanding tv.
Scandinavian Living Room

This is an example of a medium sized scandi enclosed living room in London with beige walls and a freestanding tv.
End Of Tenancy Cleaning Guildford - 020 3807 9455 -https://procleanersguildford.co.uk/end-of-tenancy-cleaning/ - webuser_498397674

This is an example of a contemporary formal living room in London with medium hardwood flooring, no fireplace and wallpapered walls.
Manor Place Apartment
By Studio Morton

This is an example of a contemporary formal living room in London with medium hardwood flooring, no fireplace and wallpapered walls.

Photo of a contemporary living room in London with beige walls and light hardwood flooring.
Belgravia II
By Tessuto Interiors

Jonathan Bond Photography
Photo of a contemporary living room in London with beige walls and light hardwood flooring.
Just like it - carol_crabtree37

Medium sized bohemian formal enclosed living room in London with pink walls, medium hardwood flooring and brown floors.
Townhouse in Notting Hill
By Kopal Jaitly Photography

Kopal Jaitly
Medium sized bohemian formal enclosed living room in London with pink walls, medium hardwood flooring and brown floors.
Very traditional with a twist and flair love it - amyhpage

Design ideas for a medium sized scandinavian enclosed living room in London with white walls, light hardwood flooring, no tv, brown floors, a wood burning stove and a metal fireplace surround.
Reihenhaus-Apartment Quilter Street London
By Finkernagel Ross GmbH

Design ideas for a medium sized scandinavian enclosed living room in London with white walls, light hardwood flooring, no tv, brown floors, a wood burning stove and a metal fireplace surround.
Fireplace arrangement - neil_burns42

Contemporary open plan living room in London with red walls, dark hardwood flooring, brown floors and brick walls.
living area and rear extension
By Croft Structural Engineers

Full footprint basement to terraced property in Chiswick with two large light-wells providing a bright and airy basement area.
Contemporary open plan living room in London with red walls, dark hardwood flooring, brown floors and brick walls.
Glass stair-screen with the couch backed-up to it - webuser_889904884

Design ideas for a medium sized contemporary open plan living room in London with white walls, painted wood flooring, a wood burning stove, a tiled fireplace surround, a concealed tv and beige floors.
Brixton Townhouse II
By Indie & Co.

Anna Stathaki
Design ideas for a medium sized contemporary open plan living room in London with white walls, painted wood flooring, a wood burning stove, a tiled fireplace surround, a concealed tv and beige floors.
Knocking a square hole in the wall to open up living room - lynda_ridley26

Inspiration for a traditional living room in Belfast.
Stranmillis-Riverside
By Sadie&Ink

Inspiration for a traditional living room in Belfast.
love the leather chair,metalic lega - webuser_58799433

This is an example of a contemporary open plan living room in Edinburgh with white walls, light hardwood flooring, a standard fireplace, beige floors, a vaulted ceiling and wainscoting.
Selected Recent Work
By Johnny Burnett Photography

This is an example of a contemporary open plan living room in Edinburgh with white walls, light hardwood flooring, a standard fireplace, beige floors, a vaulted ceiling and wainscoting.

This is an example of a small traditional open plan living room in London with grey walls, medium hardwood flooring, a standard fireplace, a stone fireplace surround and grey floors.
London cottage (Tania Azadian Interiors)
By Chris Murphy

This is an example of a small traditional open plan living room in London with grey walls, medium hardwood flooring, a standard fireplace, a stone fireplace surround and grey floors.
slightly darker walls than we have now - julie_paz8

Design ideas for a medium sized classic formal enclosed living room in London with beige walls, dark hardwood flooring, a standard fireplace, no tv and brown floors.
Pelham Place
By Jo Cowen Architects

Design ideas for a medium sized classic formal enclosed living room in London with beige walls, dark hardwood flooring, a standard fireplace, no tv and brown floors.
Colours - webuser_630071297

This is an example of a medium sized bohemian formal enclosed living room in London with grey walls, light hardwood flooring and beige floors.
Luxury Living
By Kia Designs

This is an example of a medium sized bohemian formal enclosed living room in London with grey walls, light hardwood flooring and beige floors.
imi place pentru ca este deschis si colorat hihihi - dinu_margarint

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:



Whether you want inspiration for planning a living room renovation or are building a designer living room from scratch, Houzz has 1,523,592 images from the best designers, decorators, and architects in the country, including Kia Designs and Johnny Burnett Photography. 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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