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Living Room with a Home Bar Ideas and Designs

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Lincoln Square Modern
Lincoln Square Modern
Carla 1 DesignCarla 1 Design
Large contemporary living room in Chicago with a home bar, beige walls, a wall mounted tv, a standard fireplace, porcelain flooring, a stone fireplace surround and feature lighting.
Olympia Eld Inlet Cabin Remodel and Studio Addition
Olympia Eld Inlet Cabin Remodel and Studio Addition
Kristina ClarkKristina Clark
Charles Johnson Design
Classic living room in Other with grey walls, a home bar and medium hardwood flooring.
Midtown Modern
Midtown Modern
Connie Anderson PhotographyConnie Anderson Photography
Connie Anderson Photography Designer Jorge Cantu - Oz Interiors
Inspiration for a contemporary open plan living room curtain in Houston with a home bar.
The Tara
The Tara
Perkinson Homes, Inc.Perkinson Homes, Inc.
Photo of a medium sized classic enclosed living room in Richmond with a home bar, black walls, medium hardwood flooring, a standard fireplace and no tv.
Sunset Strip
Sunset Strip
McClean DesignMcClean Design
Designer: Paul McClean Project Type: New Single Family Residence Location: Los Angeles, CA Approximate Size: 15,500 sf Completion Date: 2012 Photographer: Jim Bartsch
Cord Shiflet Acquavilla
Cord Shiflet Acquavilla
Cord ShifletCord Shiflet
Photo of a contemporary living room in Austin with a home bar, white walls and medium hardwood flooring.
Poolside Escape
Poolside Escape
Jules Duffy DesignsJules Duffy Designs
Pool House Laura Moss Photography
This is an example of a nautical living room in New York with a home bar and white walls.
Arlington Condo
Arlington Condo
Rill ArchitectsRill Architects
Stacy Goldberg
This is an example of a traditional open plan living room in DC Metro with a home bar, white walls and brown floors.
Corte Esperanza
Corte Esperanza
Tracy Lynn StudioTracy Lynn Studio
Photography by Ryan Garvin
Mediterranean living room curtain in San Diego with a home bar and beige walls.
Bohemian Chic Loft
Bohemian Chic Loft
WeisshouseWeisshouse
Adam Millrom
This is an example of a large traditional open plan living room in Other with white walls and a home bar.
Contemporary Living Room
Contemporary Living Room
Photo of a contemporary open plan living room in Miami with a home bar and white walls.
Vivian Lofts
Vivian Lofts
Finn Team, Coldwell BankerFinn Team, Coldwell Banker
Holly Finn
Photo of an industrial open plan living room in Cincinnati with a home bar, red walls, a wood burning stove and a wall mounted tv.
Philadelphia Colonial
Philadelphia Colonial
Michele Plachter DesignMichele Plachter Design
Andrea Cipriani Mecchi
Photo of a classic living room curtain in Philadelphia with a home bar, grey walls, dark hardwood flooring and brown floors.
Golf Magazine's 2015 Golf Dream Home
Golf Magazine's 2015 Golf Dream Home
Design WestDesign West
Design ideas for a traditional open plan living room in Miami with a home bar, grey walls, light hardwood flooring and a tiled fireplace surround.
East Balboa
East Balboa
Winkle Custom HomesWinkle Custom Homes
Photo of a nautical living room in Orange County with a home bar, light hardwood flooring, a standard fireplace, a tiled fireplace surround and grey walls.
Marino
Marino
COASTAL CABINETSCOASTAL CABINETS
This is an example of a classic open plan living room in Other with a home bar, dark hardwood flooring and a standard fireplace.
Towerview
Towerview
Boise Photo FinishBoise Photo Finish
Boise Photo Finish
This is an example of a contemporary open plan living room in Boise with a home bar, grey walls, dark hardwood flooring and a standard fireplace.
Contemporary Stone Living Room
Contemporary Stone Living Room
Eldorado StoneEldorado Stone
Contemporary living room in San Diego with a home bar, grey walls, light hardwood flooring, a ribbon fireplace, a stone fireplace surround and a wall mounted tv.
Reeds Landing Circle
Reeds Landing Circle
Lori Loomis InteriorsLori Loomis Interiors
Classic living room in Richmond with a home bar, grey walls and feature lighting.
Beverly Hills Palm Drive Residence
Beverly Hills Palm Drive Residence
Studio1PlasterStudio1Plaster
Photo of a classic living room in Los Angeles with slate flooring, white walls, no fireplace and a home bar.

Living Room with a Home Bar 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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