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Purple Formal Living Room Ideas and Designs

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Color Tells a Story!
Color Tells a Story!
Urso DesignsUrso Designs
This closeup of a dramatic, sophisticated Living Room in a large traditional home illustrates what a wonderful background color can do to enhance a beautiful piece of original art. Photo by Jeff Garland.
Eclectic Living Room
Eclectic Living Room
This is an example of a bohemian formal living room in Other with white walls and light hardwood flooring.
Emily Ruddo Design
Emily Ruddo Design
Emily RuddoEmily Ruddo
Design by Emily Ruddo of Armonia Decors. Photographed by Meghan Beierle-O'Brien. Benjamin Moore Classic Gray paint Quadrille Ikat fabric. William Sonoma Mirror
Pied-a-Terre
Pied-a-Terre
UserUser
Joe Fletcher www.shootinggallery.es
This is an example of a medium sized midcentury formal enclosed living room in Barcelona with white walls, medium hardwood flooring and no fireplace.
Daphne Purple Velvet Sofa
Daphne Purple Velvet Sofa
Ashcroft Imports Furniture Co.Ashcroft Imports Furniture Co.
Mid Century Modern Style Purple Velvet Sofa. Solid wood legs with two toss pillow. Oval shaped Solid wood coffee table with angled legs.
Design ideas for a medium sized retro formal enclosed living room in Houston with white walls and carpet.
Vermont Modern
Vermont Modern
Glassman LightingGlassman Lighting
Medium sized modern formal enclosed living room in San Francisco with no fireplace, purple walls, dark hardwood flooring and no tv.
House in the Country
House in the Country
Dalia Canora Design, LLCDalia Canora Design, LLC
Jane Beiles Photography
Inspiration for a medium sized traditional formal and grey and pink enclosed living room in DC Metro with grey walls, a standard fireplace, carpet, a wooden fireplace surround, no tv and brown floors.
Amanda Nisbet Upper East Side Townhome
Amanda Nisbet Upper East Side Townhome
Space & LineSpace & Line
Interior Design by Amanda Nisbet Photography by Space and Line (Spaceandline.com)
Medium sized bohemian formal enclosed living room in New York with purple walls, dark hardwood flooring, a corner fireplace, a stone fireplace surround and a built-in media unit.
vanCollier house
vanCollier house
Catherine Nguyen PhotographyCatherine Nguyen Photography
sofa, hide chair, hide bench and mirror by vanCollier Catherine Nguyen Photography
Small eclectic formal and grey and purple living room in Raleigh with grey walls, no fireplace and no tv.
Peter Pap Rugs in Interior Spaces
Peter Pap Rugs in Interior Spaces
Peter Pap Oriental Rugs, Inc.Peter Pap Oriental Rugs, Inc.
Design ideas for a medium sized traditional formal enclosed living room in San Francisco with white walls, medium hardwood flooring, no fireplace and no tv.
Miami Penthouse Mancave Gameroom Grand Piano
Miami Penthouse Mancave Gameroom Grand Piano
Pool Table PortfolioPool Table Portfolio
Chic, White and Black Living Room with a Steinway Grand Piano. Premium Partners integrated within the showcase: Lutron Crestron Steinway Apple James Loudspeaker Tru Audio Genelec
Formal room- Sigma Kappa Sorority
Formal room- Sigma Kappa Sorority
M&M InteriorsM&M Interiors
Brian Blauser
Inspiration for a medium sized traditional formal enclosed living room in Other with purple walls, medium hardwood flooring, no fireplace, no tv and brown floors.
Bedazzled by Purple
Bedazzled by Purple
Company CCompany C
Company C
Inspiration for a large modern formal open plan living room in Boston with purple walls and medium hardwood flooring.
Harold Way Hollywood Hills modern home open plan dining room, kitchen & living r
Harold Way Hollywood Hills modern home open plan dining room, kitchen & living r
Whipple Russell ArchitectsWhipple Russell Architects
Harold Way Hollywood Hills modern home open plan dining room, kitchen & living room with colored LED lighting
Photo of an expansive modern formal mezzanine living room in Los Angeles with white walls, porcelain flooring, a two-sided fireplace, a tiled fireplace surround, white floors and a drop ceiling.
LIVING ROOMS
LIVING ROOMS
Home At Last DecorHome At Last Decor
Paint color alone transformed this space into a bold modern design. The color on the ceiling in the adjacent dining room balances the color below the chair rail and on the living room walls.
Bohemian Glam Living room
Bohemian Glam Living room
Kristen WallKristen Wall
This stunning bar houses all of the essentials for a wonderful party.
Inspiration for a small classic formal open plan living room in Bridgeport with medium hardwood flooring, no tv and brown floors.
Bohemian Glam Living room
Bohemian Glam Living room
Kristen WallKristen Wall
Now the space sings with the personality of its owner and welcomes guests to relax and make themselves at home!
This is an example of a small traditional formal open plan living room in Bridgeport with grey walls, dark hardwood flooring, no fireplace and a wall mounted tv.
HIghland Park STAGE
HIghland Park STAGE
Kim Lyles, Realtor & Home StagerKim Lyles, Realtor & Home Stager
this house screamed PURPLE to me!
Photo of a small traditional formal and grey and purple living room in Dallas with grey walls, medium hardwood flooring, a standard fireplace, a tiled fireplace surround, no tv, brown floors and a dado rail.
Skandium install
Skandium install
Julian James of LondonJulian James of London
Shop install of Poul Cadovius shelving system.
This is an example of a small retro formal enclosed living room in London.
Vintage Modern Parlor
Vintage Modern Parlor
Gold InteriorsGold Interiors
Daniel Blue Photography
Photo of a medium sized contemporary formal open plan living room in San Francisco with medium hardwood flooring.

Purple Formal 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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