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Living Room with a Dado Rail Ideas and Designs

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Moorsfort
Moorsfort
Juliet Murphy PhotographyJuliet Murphy Photography
Inspiration for a medium sized traditional formal enclosed living room in London with multi-coloured walls, medium hardwood flooring, a standard fireplace, a stone fireplace surround, brown floors, wallpapered walls and a dado rail.
Transitional Living Room
Transitional Living Room
This is an example of a classic living room in London with light hardwood flooring, a stone fireplace surround and a dado rail.
Victorian Renovation
Victorian Renovation
Simpson & VoyleSimpson & Voyle
The scale of this reception room, with the beautiful bay window, was designed to feel like a glamorous, luxurious hotel reception room. The black grand piano, placed in the space, with the backdrop of the newly restored Victorian window is the epitome of old meets new. The abundance of original features sing in the space. The room was painted in a warm neutral, introducing a blushy pink velvet bespoke sofa from The Sofa & Chair Company. The dark herringbone floor anchors the space in calm and luxury. Touches of marble from the side table and fireplace add to the sense of period. The huge artwork sat perfectly in the space adding strong colour pops that tie perfectly with the neutral palette.
Moseley Victorian semi-detached house, Birmingham
Moseley Victorian semi-detached house, Birmingham
Rumi Bunya Design LtdRumi Bunya Design Ltd
Design ideas for a medium sized traditional open plan living room in West Midlands with white walls, light hardwood flooring, a wood burning stove, a stone fireplace surround, grey floors and a dado rail.
Historic Inspiration
Historic Inspiration
Welsh Construction, Inc.Welsh Construction, Inc.
Inspiration for a victorian living room in Other with a dado rail.
Happy Valley Family Home
Happy Valley Family Home
JL Interior Design, LLCJL Interior Design, LLC
Photo of a classic grey and purple living room in San Francisco with grey walls, medium hardwood flooring, a standard fireplace, brown floors and a dado rail.
Naperville - Kid Friendly Small Loft with Movable Parts
Naperville - Kid Friendly Small Loft with Movable Parts
New Perspective Design, Inc.New Perspective Design, Inc.
An unusual loft space gets a multifunctional design with movable furnishings to create a flexible and adaptable space for a family with three young children.
Lakemont
Lakemont
Marianne Simon DesignMarianne Simon Design
Photo credit: Holli Dunn
Inspiration for a classic living room in Seattle with a music area, white walls, dark hardwood flooring and a dado rail.
Parkwood Road Residence Living Room 2
Parkwood Road Residence Living Room 2
O’Hara InteriorsO’Hara Interiors
Martha O'Hara Interiors, Interior Selections & Furnishings | Charles Cudd De Novo, Architecture | Troy Thies Photography | Shannon Gale, Photo Styling
Cochrane Design Victorian Villa, Clapham
Cochrane Design Victorian Villa, Clapham
Paul Craig PhotographyPaul Craig Photography
Paul Craig ©Paul Craig 2014 All Rights Reserved. Interior Design - Cochrane Design
Photo of a victorian formal living room in London with grey walls, medium hardwood flooring, a standard fireplace and a dado rail.
Villanova Residence - living room
Villanova Residence - living room
Archer & Buchanan Architecture, Ltd.Archer & Buchanan Architecture, Ltd.
Photographer: Tom Crane
Design ideas for a large classic formal open plan living room in Philadelphia with beige walls, no tv, carpet, a standard fireplace, a stone fireplace surround and a dado rail.
Pacific Avenue
Pacific Avenue
Sutro ArchitectsSutro Architects
Photo of a traditional living room in San Francisco with white walls, dark hardwood flooring, a standard fireplace, a stone fireplace surround, a wall mounted tv and a dado rail.
Sweetwater Residence
Sweetwater Residence
Threshold DesignThreshold Design
This is an example of a classic formal and grey and teal enclosed living room in Boston with blue walls, dark hardwood flooring, no tv and a dado rail.
Warm and Inviting Formal Sitting Room
Warm and Inviting Formal Sitting Room
Willow & Bert InteriorsWillow & Bert Interiors
We designed bespoke bookcases for either side of the fireplace to add grandeur to what will be a formal room, and this was also a key design choice for storage and lighting.
Piano + Wine Room
Piano + Wine Room
Harmony Drive InteriorsHarmony Drive Interiors
Classic formal living room in DC Metro with green walls, dark hardwood flooring, no fireplace, brown floors and a dado rail.
Clapham Townhouse
Clapham Townhouse
Lu Fitoussi-FindlayLu Fitoussi-Findlay
This is an example of a medium sized victorian living room in London with white walls, medium hardwood flooring, a standard fireplace, a wooden fireplace surround, a wall mounted tv, brown floors and a dado rail.
Connecticut Estate
Connecticut Estate
Crisp ArchitectsCrisp Architects
Photography by Rob Karosis
Inspiration for a classic living room in New York with a dado rail.
Formal Sitting Room
Formal Sitting Room
Arte ArchitectureArte Architecture
Photo of a traditional living room in Houston with beige walls, beige floors and a dado rail.
Freestone Residence
Freestone Residence
LuAnn Development, Inc.LuAnn Development, Inc.
Cozy walk street Cape Cod, Doug Leach Architect, Built by LuAnn Development, Photos by Greg Bowman
Inspiration for a traditional living room in Los Angeles with a tiled fireplace surround and a dado rail.
Lloyd Harbor
Lloyd Harbor
Safavieh Home FurnishingsSafavieh Home Furnishings
Victorian living room in New York with a dado rail.

Living Room with a Dado Rail 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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