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Living Room with Light Hardwood Flooring Ideas and Designs

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Aspen House
Aspen House
Pavilion Property HoldingsPavilion Property Holdings
Design ideas for a medium sized contemporary enclosed living room curtain in Cheshire with beige walls, light hardwood flooring, a ribbon fireplace and a wall mounted tv.
Scandinavian Living Room
Scandinavian Living Room
This is an example of a scandinavian living room in Denver with white walls, light hardwood flooring, a standard fireplace and no tv.
Romany
Romany
Unique HomestaysUnique Homestays
Unique Home Stays
Photo of a small shabby-chic style living room in Cornwall with white walls, light hardwood flooring and beige floors.
Penthouse Kamin
Penthouse Kamin
HONEYandSPICE innenarchitektur + designHONEYandSPICE innenarchitektur + design
honeyandspice
Photo of a large contemporary open plan living room in Frankfurt with white walls, light hardwood flooring, a hanging fireplace and no tv.
Tame Fish Lodge
Tame Fish Lodge
Nor-Son Custom BuildersNor-Son Custom Builders
Scott Amundson Photography
Design ideas for a traditional open plan living room in Minneapolis with beige walls, light hardwood flooring, a standard fireplace and a stone fireplace surround.
Bag End - Living Room
Bag End - Living Room
Oliver Grahame PhotographyOliver Grahame Photography
Oliver Grahame Photography - shot for Character Cottages. This is a 3 bedroom cottage to rent in Stow-on-the-Wold that sleeps 6+2. For more info see - www.character-cottages.co.uk/all-properties/cotswolds-all/bag-end
Edgecomb Cottage
Edgecomb Cottage
PHELPS ARCHITECTSPHELPS ARCHITECTS
Beach style living room in Portland Maine with grey walls, light hardwood flooring, a standard fireplace, a stone fireplace surround, no tv and a dado rail.
Rustic Zen
Rustic Zen
Locati ArchitectsLocati Architects
Rustic Zen Residence by Locati Architects, Interior Design by Cashmere Interior, Photography by Audrey Hall
Inspiration for a rustic living room in Other with a reading nook, white walls and light hardwood flooring.
Loft Olivedalsgatan Gothenburg
Loft Olivedalsgatan Gothenburg
papac media ABpapac media AB
Christian Johansson / papac
Medium sized scandinavian open plan living room in Gothenburg with white walls, light hardwood flooring, a standard fireplace and a plastered fireplace surround.
A Designer's Dream Home
A Designer's Dream Home
RLH StudioRLH Studio
Steve Henke
This is an example of a medium sized classic formal enclosed living room in Minneapolis with beige walls, light hardwood flooring, a standard fireplace, a stone fireplace surround, no tv and a coffered ceiling.
Home farm in Costwolds
Home farm in Costwolds
Laetitia Jourdan PhotographyLaetitia Jourdan Photography
© Laetitia Jourdan Photography
This is an example of a medium sized country formal open plan living room curtain in Gloucestershire with grey walls, light hardwood flooring, a wood burning stove and beige floors.
Wollmar Yxkullsgatan 52 A
Wollmar Yxkullsgatan 52 A
NooksNooks
Nadja Endler for Nooks
Design ideas for a medium sized contemporary formal open plan living room in Stockholm with blue walls, light hardwood flooring and no tv.
Mission Loft | Interior Styling
Mission Loft | Interior Styling
Erin Roberts DesignErin Roberts Design
Interior Design & Styling | Erin Roberts
Design ideas for a large scandi open plan living room in New York with white walls, light hardwood flooring, a standard fireplace, a metal fireplace surround and beige floors.
Lorensberg, Hedåsgatan 6
Lorensberg, Hedåsgatan 6
Entrance FastighetsmäkleriEntrance Fastighetsmäkleri
This is an example of a scandi living room in Gothenburg with white walls, light hardwood flooring and no fireplace.
CHALET A VAL D'ISERE
CHALET A VAL D'ISERE
Café de BalmeCafé de Balme
This is an example of a small rustic enclosed living room in Lyon with a reading nook, white walls, light hardwood flooring, no fireplace, no tv and brown floors.
Cherry Residence
Cherry Residence
Cornerstone ArchitectsCornerstone Architects
Design ideas for a contemporary living room in Austin with black walls and light hardwood flooring.
General Vallejo's Olive Grove
General Vallejo's Olive Grove
Bevan + AssociatesBevan + Associates
This is an example of a nautical open plan living room in San Francisco with a reading nook, white walls, light hardwood flooring and a standard fireplace.
Contemporary residence in Mechelen
Contemporary residence in Mechelen
Sofia Garefi PhotographySofia Garefi Photography
Inspiration for a scandinavian formal enclosed living room in Amsterdam with white walls, light hardwood flooring and a ribbon fireplace.
Compact city living, Gothenburg
Compact city living, Gothenburg
papac media ABpapac media AB
Christian Johansson / papac
Inspiration for a medium sized scandinavian formal open plan living room in Gothenburg with white walls, light hardwood flooring and no tv.
Homestyling
Homestyling
IntroIntro
Design ideas for a medium sized scandi formal open plan living room in Gothenburg with grey walls, light hardwood flooring and a dado rail.

Living Room with Light Hardwood Flooring 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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