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Living Room
Living Room
UserUser
Photo Credit: Mark Ehlen
Medium sized classic formal enclosed living room in Minneapolis with beige walls, a standard fireplace, no tv, dark hardwood flooring, a wooden fireplace surround and feature lighting.
Boise Residence
Boise Residence
Hsu McCulloughHsu McCullough
Living Room. Photo by Clark Dugger
Inspiration for a small contemporary open plan living room in Los Angeles with white walls, a standard fireplace, medium hardwood flooring, a plastered fireplace surround, no tv and brown floors.
Louisville Abode
Louisville Abode
Dragonfly DesignsDragonfly Designs
Susie Brenner Photography
Photo of a medium sized classic grey and teal living room in Denver with a music area, grey walls, dark hardwood flooring, a standard fireplace, a brick fireplace surround and no tv.
Transitional Project 1
Transitional Project 1
Interiors By Agostino'sInteriors By Agostino's
Interior Design Naples, FL
This is an example of a medium sized classic enclosed living room in Miami with green walls, medium hardwood flooring, no fireplace, a wall mounted tv and beige floors.
AVONDALE BUNGALOW
AVONDALE BUNGALOW
Gordon and Johnson DesignGordon and Johnson Design
JESSIE PREZA PHOTOGRAPHY
Inspiration for a small shabby-chic style formal living room in Jacksonville with white walls, medium hardwood flooring, a standard fireplace and a tiled fireplace surround.
Washington Crossing Farmhouse
Washington Crossing Farmhouse
Kaminski + PewKaminski + Pew
Formal sitting room with patterned wallcovering and original wood flooring. Photo by Kyle Born.
Medium sized farmhouse enclosed living room in Philadelphia with dark hardwood flooring, no tv, brown floors and multi-coloured walls.
Vineyard Lagoon Front
Vineyard Lagoon Front
Sherman AssociatesSherman Associates
For this project we converted an old ranch house into a truly unique boat house overlooking the Lagoon. Our renovation consisted of adding a second story, complete with a roof deck and converting a three car garage into a game room, pool house and overall entertainment room. The concept was to modernize the existing home into a bright, inviting vacation home that the family would enjoy for generations to come. Both porches on the upper and lower level are spacious and have cable railing to enhance the stunning view of the Lagoon.
Broad Ripple Modern Craftsman
Broad Ripple Modern Craftsman
WERK | Building ModernWERK | Building Modern
The living room retains its existing character while being enhanced by the newly lofted ceiling and exposed beams - Architecture/Interiors/Renderings: HAUS | Architecture - Construction Management: WERK | Building Modern - Photography: Tony Valainis
The view with benefits apartment
The view with benefits apartment
Villages In ParisVillages In Paris
This is an example of a medium sized contemporary formal open plan living room in Paris with white walls, medium hardwood flooring, no fireplace and feature lighting.
Anderson, Kansas City
Anderson, Kansas City
+ Modern Design+ Modern Design
Mid Century Condo Kansas City, MO ​ - Mid Century Modern Design - Bentwood Chairs - Geometric Lattice Wall Pattern - New Mixed with Retro Wesley Piercy, Haus of You Photography
Elmwood
Elmwood
Boomgaarden ArchitectsBoomgaarden Architects
Jen Talbot Design
Photo of a medium sized traditional formal living room curtain in Chicago with grey walls, dark hardwood flooring, no fireplace and no tv.
The Sylvan Project
The Sylvan Project
UserUser
Andrea Pietrangeli, http://andrea.media/
Mancheski
Mancheski
cityhomeCOLLECTIVEcityhomeCOLLECTIVE
This is an example of a medium sized retro living room in Salt Lake City with white walls, light hardwood flooring, a standard fireplace, a stone fireplace surround and a concealed tv.
Vancouver Loft - Vintage Modern
Vancouver Loft - Vintage Modern
theMACNABstheMACNABs
Dan Stone - Stone Photo
This is an example of a large urban open plan living room in Vancouver with white walls, concrete flooring, a ribbon fireplace and a wall mounted tv.
Lobster Boat Residence
Lobster Boat Residence
chadbourne + doss architectschadbourne + doss architects
The modern Great Room designed by chadbourne + doss architects is a composition of wood and steel. The open shelves separate the stair from the Living space. Photo by Benjamin Benschneider
Broadway - Homewood AL
Broadway - Homewood AL
Jessica Conner Design & Co.Jessica Conner Design & Co.
Medium sized traditional living room curtain in Birmingham with white walls, medium hardwood flooring, a standard fireplace and a stone fireplace surround.
6th Street
6th Street
J. Kurtz DesignJ. Kurtz Design
Amy Bartlam
Traditional formal open plan living room in Los Angeles with no tv, white walls, medium hardwood flooring and a corner fireplace.
Arts District Loft
Arts District Loft
Kai Cross Design: Home Staging + RenovationsKai Cross Design: Home Staging + Renovations
Medium sized urban living room in Los Angeles with carpet, grey walls and no fireplace.
Open concept great room
Open concept great room
Southern Development HomesSouthern Development Homes
The large great room is open to the kitchen and is flooded with light from the large transom windows. Wall color is Sherwin Williams SW#7030 Anew Gray, flooring is Mannington 5 Inch American Oak Engineered 'Bark'.
London Victorian House
London Victorian House
Kate RenwickKate Renwick
Elegant formal sitting room in detached Victorian London house. Colour and pattern are balanced with neutrals. Contemporary and traditional pieces are combined to create a personal, glamorous feel. Interior Design Kate Renwick Photography Nick Smith

Affordable 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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