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Open Plan Living Room Ideas and Designs

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House on the Lake- Shorewood
House on the Lake- Shorewood
Mark D. Williams Custom Homes, Inc.Mark D. Williams Custom Homes, Inc.
Cozy bright greatroom with coffered ceiling detail. Beautiful south facing light comes through Pella Reserve Windows (screens roll out of bottom of window sash). This room is bright and cheery and very inviting. We even hid a remote shade in the beam closest to the windows for privacy at night and shade if too bright.
West Seattle New Build Design
West Seattle New Build Design
ULLE StudioULLE Studio
Design ideas for a medium sized contemporary open plan living room in Seattle with white walls, medium hardwood flooring, a tiled fireplace surround, no tv, a ribbon fireplace and brown floors.
Jacksonville, FL Window Replacement Project
Jacksonville, FL Window Replacement Project
Florida Home Improvement AssociatesFlorida Home Improvement Associates
Photo of a traditional open plan living room in Jacksonville with beige walls, medium hardwood flooring, a standard fireplace, a tiled fireplace surround and brown floors.
Berkeley Vale Home
Berkeley Vale Home
AMA Studio InteriorsAMA Studio Interiors
This is an example of a medium sized nautical open plan living room in Sydney with white walls, concrete flooring, a corner fireplace, grey floors and tongue and groove walls.
Sudbury Townhouse
Sudbury Townhouse
Laurie Gorelick InteriorsLaurie Gorelick Interiors
Design ideas for a small traditional open plan living room in Boston.
Henley Downs Place
Henley Downs Place
COLLECTED INTERIOR DESIGNCOLLECTED INTERIOR DESIGN
Inspiration for a beach style open plan living room in Orlando with grey walls, a standard fireplace and a tiled fireplace surround.
Copper Bay
Copper Bay
Glas AssociatesGlas Associates
A comfortable living room with large furniture-style built-ins around the stone fireplace Photo by Ashley Avila Photography
Photo of a medium sized classic open plan living room in Grand Rapids with beige walls, dark hardwood flooring, a standard fireplace, a stone fireplace surround, no tv, brown floors and a coffered ceiling.
3 Bed apartment
3 Bed apartment
Interior ConceptsInterior Concepts
Beautiful relaxed open plan living zone featuring tan leather sofa with accents of blue and green.
This is an example of a large contemporary open plan living room in Melbourne with white walls, a freestanding tv and grey floors.
Modern Condo Design: Living Room
Modern Condo Design: Living Room
Joy Street DesignJoy Street Design
Fun wallpaper, furniture in bright colorful accents, and spectacular views of New York City. Our Oakland studio gave this New York condo a youthful renovation: Designed by Oakland interior design studio Joy Street Design. Serving Alameda, Berkeley, Orinda, Walnut Creek, Piedmont, and San Francisco. For more about Joy Street Design, click here: https://www.joystreetdesign.com/
West Village II
West Village II
Tina Ramchandani CreativeTina Ramchandani Creative
Inspiration for a medium sized contemporary open plan living room in New York with white walls, light hardwood flooring, no fireplace, a wall mounted tv and beige floors.
George Living Room
George Living Room
NeptuneNeptune
Photo of a traditional formal open plan living room in Belfast with white walls, dark hardwood flooring, a standard fireplace, no tv and brown floors.
Modern Farm House in Cherry Hills
Modern Farm House in Cherry Hills
Haley Custom HomesHaley Custom Homes
This elegant Great Room celing is a T&G material that was custom stained, with wood beams to match. The custom made fireplace is surrounded by Full Bed Limestone. The hardwood Floors are imported from Europe
Transitional Lake Cottage
Transitional Lake Cottage
Lenox House DesignLenox House Design
The centerpiece of this living room is the 2 sided fireplace, shared with the Sunroom. The coffered ceilings help define the space within the Great Room concept and the neutral furniture with pops of color help give the area texture and character. The stone on the fireplace is called Blue Mountain and was over-grouted in white. The concealed fireplace rises from inside the floor to fill in the space on the left of the fireplace while in use.
Green Hills House
Green Hills House
Don Tankersley & Co.Don Tankersley & Co.
Photo of a midcentury open plan living room in Portland with white walls, medium hardwood flooring, a standard fireplace, a wall mounted tv and brown floors.
Braeburn Mid Century Modern, Houston, TX
Braeburn Mid Century Modern, Houston, TX
Victoria SheffieldVictoria Sheffield
Midcentury modern living room with navy blue sofa, vintage fireplace with brass hood, vintage mid century modern wall shelf unit, and painted brick accent wall.
San Blas
San Blas
Jula Cole DesignJula Cole Design
This is an example of a classic open plan living room in San Diego with white walls, light hardwood flooring and beige floors.
Sweet Southern - Palmetto Bluff
Sweet Southern - Palmetto Bluff
Southern Grace InteriorsSouthern Grace Interiors
Inspiration for a large coastal open plan living room in Atlanta with white walls, light hardwood flooring, a standard fireplace, a brick fireplace surround, a wall mounted tv and brown floors.
Siesta Key Custom Home- Heron Lagoon Low Country Home
Siesta Key Custom Home- Heron Lagoon Low Country Home
Nautilus HomesNautilus Homes
Siesta Key Low Country great room and kitchen featuring custom cabinetry, exposed wood beams, vaulted ceilings, and patio area. This is a very well detailed custom home on a smaller scale, measuring only 3,000 sf under a/c. Every element of the home was designed by some of Sarasota's top architects, landscape architects and interior designers. One of the highlighted features are the true cypress timber beams that span the great room. These are not faux box beams but true timbers. Another awesome design feature is the outdoor living room boasting 20' pitched ceilings and a 37' tall chimney made of true boulders stacked over the course of 1 month.
Monterey Vista Coastal Living Room
Monterey Vista Coastal Living Room
Beachy Boheme InteriorsBeachy Boheme Interiors
This living room got an upgraded look with the help of new paint, furnishings, fireplace tiling and the installation of a bar area. Our clients like to party and they host very often... so they needed a space off the kitchen where adults can make a cocktail and have a conversation while listening to music. We accomplished this with conversation style seating around a coffee table. We designed a custom built-in bar area with wine storage and beverage fridge, and floating shelves for storing stemware and glasses. The fireplace also got an update with beachy glazed tile installed in a herringbone pattern and a rustic pine mantel. The homeowners are also love music and have a large collection of vinyl records. We commissioned a custom record storage cabinet from Hansen Concepts which is a piece of art and a conversation starter of its own. The record storage unit is made of raw edge wood and the drawers are engraved with the lyrics of the client's favorite songs. It's a masterpiece and will be an heirloom for sure.
Living Room Hardwood Floors
Living Room Hardwood Floors
CMC Hardwood FloorsCMC Hardwood Floors
European Oak supplied, installed, sanded and finished on site with Rubio Monocoat custom blend finish.
Inspiration for a rural formal open plan living room in Los Angeles with white walls, light hardwood flooring, a standard fireplace, a stone fireplace surround, no tv and brown floors.

Open Plan Living Room 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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