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Midcentury Living Room with Medium Hardwood Flooring Ideas and Designs

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California Style Mid Century Modern
California Style Mid Century Modern
JuniperOats StudioJuniperOats Studio
A reimagined empty and dark corner, adding 3 windows and a large corner window seat that connects with the harp of the renovated brick fireplace, while adding ample of storage and an opportunity to gather with friends and family. We also added a small partition that functions as a small bar area serving the dining space.
Urban refresh
Urban refresh
Usable Space Interiors, LLCUsable Space Interiors, LLC
Photo of a small retro open plan living room in Nashville with white walls, medium hardwood flooring, a standard fireplace, a timber clad chimney breast, a wall mounted tv and brown floors.
View Ridge Mid-Century
View Ridge Mid-Century
Sand DesignSand Design
Cory Holland Photography
Design ideas for a retro formal living room in Seattle with white walls and medium hardwood flooring.
Living Room
Living Room
Kaleidoscope Design Build, LLCKaleidoscope Design Build, LLC
Jamie Conlan
Medium sized midcentury formal mezzanine living room in Houston with white walls, medium hardwood flooring, no fireplace, no tv and brown floors.
Refined Ranch
Refined Ranch
IntrospecsIntrospecs
Photo by Caleb Vandermeer Photography
Large midcentury open plan living room in Portland with white walls, medium hardwood flooring, a standard fireplace, a stone fireplace surround, a concealed tv and brown floors.
1950s Cottage
1950s Cottage
Burr Salvatore ArchitectsBurr Salvatore Architects
Photo of a small midcentury mezzanine living room in New York with medium hardwood flooring and brown floors.
Living Room
Living Room
The MineThe Mine
Inspiration for a large midcentury open plan living room in Seattle with beige walls, medium hardwood flooring, a standard fireplace, a wooden fireplace surround, no tv and feature lighting.
Stunning Mid-Century Remodel
Stunning Mid-Century Remodel
Brad Cox, Architect, Inc.Brad Cox, Architect, Inc.
A ceiling soffit creates a sense of place for this library within the main living area. The compression shelving system can be moved as desired, making it easy to change the feel of the space.
Modern Home - Maple Ridge
Modern Home - Maple Ridge
Old Town Design GroupOld Town Design Group
This is an example of a medium sized retro open plan living room in Indianapolis with white walls, medium hardwood flooring, a standard fireplace, a plastered fireplace surround, no tv and brown floors.
Alameda Mid Century Modern
Alameda Mid Century Modern
Maxwell & Kennedy Staging + InteriorsMaxwell & Kennedy Staging + Interiors
We had a big, bright open space to work with. We went with neutral colors, a statement leather couch and a wool rug from CB2 with colors that tie in the other colors in the room. The fireplace mantel is custom from Sawtooth Ridge on Etsy. More art from Lost Art Salon in San Francisco and accessories from the clients travels on the bookshelf from S=CB2.
Concordia Midcentury Modern
Concordia Midcentury Modern
risa boyer architecturerisa boyer architecture
Reagen Taylor
Inspiration for a medium sized retro open plan living room in Portland with white walls, medium hardwood flooring, a two-sided fireplace, a brick fireplace surround and a concealed tv.
Midcentury Modern in Mill Valley
Midcentury Modern in Mill Valley
Floyd Construction Inc.Floyd Construction Inc.
This is an example of a medium sized retro formal open plan living room in San Francisco with white walls, medium hardwood flooring, a standard fireplace, a concrete fireplace surround and no tv.
50's ITALIAN LAKE HOUSE
50's ITALIAN LAKE HOUSE
Tommaso Giunchi ArchitettiTommaso Giunchi Architetti
Living: pavimento originale in quadrotti di rovere massello; arredo vintage unito ad arredi disegnati su misura (panca e mobile bar) Tavolo in vetro con gambe anni 50; sedie da regista; divano anni 50 con nuovo tessuto blu/verde in armonia con il colore blu/verde delle pareti. Poltroncine anni 50 danesi; camino originale. Lampada tavolo originale Albini.
Dorchester Remodel
Dorchester Remodel
Teale ArchitectureTeale Architecture
Design ideas for a medium sized midcentury formal open plan living room in Los Angeles with grey walls, medium hardwood flooring, a ribbon fireplace, a concrete fireplace surround and brown floors.
Midcentury Modern Home Addition
Midcentury Modern Home Addition
Normandy RemodelingNormandy Remodeling
The new living space reflects the homeowners personality, with a mid century modern aesthetic. The artistic divider between the foyer and living room was an original part of the home that the owners decided to keep.
Funky Warson
Funky Warson
Nistenhaus Design LLCNistenhaus Design LLC
Large retro open plan living room in St Louis with white walls, medium hardwood flooring, no fireplace and brown floors.
Family Living
Family Living
TKS Design GroupTKS Design Group
Download our free ebook, Creating the Ideal Kitchen. DOWNLOAD NOW Alice and Dave are on their 2nd home with TKS Design Group, having completed the remodel of a kitchen, primary bath and laundry/mudroom in their previous home. This new home is a bit different in that it is new construction. The house has beautiful space and light but they needed help making it feel like a home. In the living room, Alice and Dave plan to host family at their home often and wanted a space that had plenty of comfy seating for conversation, but also an area to play games. So, our vision started with a search for luxurious but durable fabric along with multiple types of seating to bring the entire space together. Our light-filled living room is now warm and inviting to accommodate Alice and Dave’s weekend visitors. The multiple types of seating chosen include a large sofa, two chairs, along with two occasional ottomans in both solids and patterns and all in easy to care for performance fabrics. Underneath, we layered a soft wool rug with cool tones that complimented both the warm tones of the wood floor and the cool tones of the fabric seating. A beautiful occasional table and a large cocktail table round out the space. We took advantage of this room’s height by placing oversized artwork on the largest wall to create a place for your eyes to rest and to take advantage of the room’s scale. The TV was relocated to its current location over the fireplace, and a new light fixture scaled appropriately to the room’s ceiling height gives the space a more comfortable, approachable feel. Lastly, carefully chosen accessories including books, plants, and bowls complete this family’s new living space. Photography by @MargaretRajic Do you have a new home that has great bones but just doesn’t feel comfortable and you can’t quite figure out why? Contact us here to see how we can help!
PORTFOLIO
PORTFOLIO
Anne McDonald DesignAnne McDonald Design
Design ideas for a midcentury formal open plan living room in Other with white walls, medium hardwood flooring, a standard fireplace, a tiled fireplace surround, no tv, beige floors, a vaulted ceiling and a wood ceiling.
Sevier Street
Sevier Street
True DesignTrue Design
Design ideas for a midcentury open plan living room in Raleigh with beige walls, medium hardwood flooring and brown floors.
West Hills Mid-Century
West Hills Mid-Century
SBaird DesignSBaird Design
Inspiration for a retro living room in Portland with white walls, medium hardwood flooring, a standard fireplace, a stone fireplace surround and brown floors.

Midcentury Living Room with Medium Hardwood Flooring 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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