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Midcentury Enclosed Living Room Ideas and Designs

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Canary Wharf Project
Canary Wharf Project
Distinction GroupDistinction Group
Distinction Group
Photo of a small retro formal enclosed living room in London with white walls, medium hardwood flooring, no fireplace and a freestanding tv.
Highland Park Mid Century Remodel
Highland Park Mid Century Remodel
Jennifer Garner InteriorsJennifer Garner Interiors
Photography: Michael Hunter
Design ideas for a medium sized midcentury enclosed living room in Austin with white walls, medium hardwood flooring, a standard fireplace and a wall mounted tv.
Brooklyn Heights
Brooklyn Heights
Minami Livingston Interior DesignMinami Livingston Interior Design
Small midcentury enclosed living room feature wall in New York with beige walls, dark hardwood flooring, no fireplace, a freestanding tv and wallpapered walls.
Midcentury Modern Living Rooms
Midcentury Modern Living Rooms
exactly.exactly.
Bob Foran
Photo of a medium sized retro enclosed living room in Detroit with grey walls, medium hardwood flooring, a standard fireplace, a tiled fireplace surround, no tv and brown floors.
Living Room
Living Room
Vicki Simon Interior DesignVicki Simon Interior Design
Christopher Dibble
Design ideas for a small retro enclosed living room in Portland with beige walls, carpet, no fireplace, a freestanding tv and multi-coloured floors.
Electric Blue Bedroom
Electric Blue Bedroom
Mariama Janneh Online Interior DesignMariama Janneh Online Interior Design
Mid century, Art Deco inspired sitting room.
This is an example of a medium sized retro formal enclosed living room in London with blue walls, carpet, no fireplace, no tv and beige floors.
Vintage Home
Vintage Home
Eye Was Here PhotographyEye Was Here Photography
Dave Butterworth | EyeWasHere Photography
This is an example of a medium sized retro enclosed living room with yellow walls, lino flooring and red floors.
Rhonda Vista
Rhonda Vista
JENNIFER GIERSBROOK INTERIOR DESIGNJENNIFER GIERSBROOK INTERIOR DESIGN
Inspiration for a medium sized midcentury enclosed living room in Los Angeles with white walls, light hardwood flooring, no tv and beige floors.
Mohawk Flooring Gallery
Mohawk Flooring Gallery
American FloorcraftAmerican Floorcraft
Photo of a medium sized midcentury formal enclosed living room in St Louis with white walls, light hardwood flooring, a standard fireplace and no tv.
Shaw Flooring Gallery
Shaw Flooring Gallery
Distinctive FlooringDistinctive Flooring
Inspiration for a medium sized retro formal enclosed living room in Orange County with beige walls, dark hardwood flooring, no tv and brown floors.
Ave 57
Ave 57
The Here CompanyThe Here Company
Photo of a medium sized retro enclosed living room in Los Angeles with no fireplace, white walls, dark hardwood flooring, no tv and brown floors.
Midcentury Kling Residence Renovation
Midcentury Kling Residence Renovation
k YODER design, LLCk YODER design, LLC
Original white wall sconces were conserved, cleaned, and retained. The original wood and metal terrace bench was restored and retained; the terrace trellis was rebuilt to original specifications. © Jeffrey Totaro, photographer
Sunny Nob Hill Apartment
Sunny Nob Hill Apartment
Studio NauleauStudio Nauleau
Claire Callagy
Photo of a small midcentury formal enclosed living room in Los Angeles with beige walls and light hardwood flooring.
Brentwood - Sullivan Canyon
Brentwood - Sullivan Canyon
Susan Jay DesignSusan Jay Design
Tom Bonner Photography
Photo of a medium sized midcentury enclosed living room in Los Angeles with a music area, beige walls, carpet, no fireplace and no tv.
Colorful Mid-century Modern
Colorful Mid-century Modern
Nathan Taylor for Obelisk HomeNathan Taylor for Obelisk Home
Large retro enclosed living room in Other with brown walls, light hardwood flooring, a brick fireplace surround, a wall mounted tv, a corner fireplace and beige floors.
SOMA Remodel
SOMA Remodel
PHASE2 BUILDERS INC.PHASE2 BUILDERS INC.
Photo of a medium sized retro formal enclosed living room in San Francisco with white walls, light hardwood flooring, a standard fireplace, a stone fireplace surround, no tv and beige floors.
CS City Flat
CS City Flat
Filippo Colombetti, architettoFilippo Colombetti, architetto
Soggiorno con parete scorrevole chiusa
Photo of a medium sized midcentury enclosed living room in Milan with white walls, light hardwood flooring and tongue and groove walls.
Гостиная
Гостиная
MO interior designMO interior design
Диван IKEA, этажерка Satin Furniture, ковер Carpet Decor, винтажный стул и бра, текстиль H&M Home
Photo of a small midcentury enclosed living room in Moscow with blue walls, medium hardwood flooring, no fireplace, no tv and brown floors.
Grey Apartment
Grey Apartment
SPACES ARCHITECTS@kaSPACES ARCHITECTS@ka
Bharat Aggarwal
This is an example of a retro formal and grey and yellow enclosed living room in Delhi with grey walls, no tv and grey floors.
MOD Mid-Century Colonial
MOD Mid-Century Colonial
Darlene Chimaliro Interior DesignDarlene Chimaliro Interior Design
To add some umff to the home, we decided to make the living room a cozy retreat from the main portion of the home.
Inspiration for a retro enclosed living room in DC Metro with purple walls.

Midcentury Enclosed Living Room Ideas and Designs

Looking for midcentury 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 midcentury 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 retro 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.

Midcentury 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 midcentury 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 retro 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 midcentury small living room ideas to help you make most out of what you’re working with. A couple of retro 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 midcentury 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 retro living room furniture

When it comes to the layout of your midcentury 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 midcentury 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 1950s style 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 1960s style 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 midcentury 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 retro 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 midcentury 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 retro 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 midcentury 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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