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Shabby-Chic Style Brown Living Room Ideas and Designs

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Vineyard Farmhouse
Vineyard Farmhouse
Michelle Thomas DesignMichelle Thomas Design
John Bishop
Inspiration for a romantic open plan living room in Austin with dark hardwood flooring and feature lighting.
Saybrook Country Barn Style
Saybrook Country Barn Style
Saybrook Home Interior Decorating ServicesSaybrook Home Interior Decorating Services
Saybrook Country Barn Fine Home Interiors, Designer Inspired Furniture and Decor 2 Main Street, Old Saybrook, Connecticut 06475 860-388-0891
Photo of a large vintage formal open plan living room in Bridgeport with beige walls, medium hardwood flooring and feature lighting.
Remodeled Jack Marchant Homes in Lafayette CA
Remodeled Jack Marchant Homes in Lafayette CA
Dana GreenDana Green
Inspiration for a vintage living room in San Francisco with grey walls.
Classic Cream
Classic Cream
Renaissance Interiors, Hartley WintneyRenaissance Interiors, Hartley Wintney
This is an example of a vintage living room in Hampshire.
Kravet
Kravet
Mesa UpholsteryMesa Upholstery
Inspiration for a medium sized vintage formal enclosed living room in Orange County with white walls and medium hardwood flooring.
Lido Leather Corner Sofa
Lido Leather Corner Sofa
Harvey Norman IrelandHarvey Norman Ireland
The Lido corner leather sofa is a luxurious, lavish, expertly crafted piece of furniture that’s sure to add the wow factor to your home. Its clean lines, perfect proportions, lustrous finish and dark wooden feet make it a contemporary classic; and with foam filled seats and fibre filled armrests and back cushions, its comfort will last a lifetime too. This sofa is available in a multitude of leather grades, colours, and seating combinations, including armchairs, 2 or 3-seaters, and corner combinations, all of which have the option of manual or electric recliners. A half moon footstool adds the finishing touch design flair – not to mention an irresistible opportunity to stretch out and lounge around.
Julie's Houzz
Julie's Houzz
Madison Modern HomeMadison Modern Home
Madison Modern Home © 2012 Houzz
This is an example of a shabby-chic style living room in Los Angeles.
Dreamy Whites
Dreamy Whites
Dreamy WhitesDreamy Whites
Shabby-chic style living room in Other.
Economy furnishing Shabby Chic style for airbnb project
Economy furnishing Shabby Chic style for airbnb project
Inna KalinovskayaInna Kalinovskaya
living room after
Design ideas for a small romantic living room in Other.
Kent Cottage
Kent Cottage
Chris SnookChris Snook
Chris Snook © 2015 Houzz
Inspiration for a vintage living room in London.
Painted Tukang Collection
Painted Tukang Collection
PujiPuji
Tukang 7 Drawer Console Table by Puji Tukang Coffee Table by Puji Tukang side Table by Puji Photo Credit: Joao Pedro
Inspiration for a small vintage open plan living room in London with painted wood flooring.
My Houzz: Hillside Home in Northern California
My Houzz: Hillside Home in Northern California
UserUser
Alex Amend © 2012 Houzz
Shabby-chic style living room in San Francisco with beige walls.
Apartment Decorating Ideas for Todays Renter
Apartment Decorating Ideas for Todays Renter
Robeson DesignRobeson Design
This is an example of a romantic living room in San Diego with feature lighting.
Wayzata Addition
Wayzata Addition
Revision LLCRevision LLC
Spacecrafting Photography
Inspiration for an expansive shabby-chic style formal open plan living room in Minneapolis with beige walls, dark hardwood flooring, a standard fireplace, a stone fireplace surround, a wall mounted tv and brown floors.
Lake House Renovation
Lake House Renovation
Harrell Renovations LLCHarrell Renovations LLC
Custom TV niche accented with wood found on site from original house built in the 50's. New recessed lighting, floors, trim and paint. Original subfloor in living room was a step down from the kitchen. The new subfloor was raised up to kitchen elevation making the living room transition to the kitchen on the same level.
Alamo Reading Room
Alamo Reading Room
Jill Cox InteriorsJill Cox Interiors
Inspiration for a medium sized vintage formal enclosed living room in San Francisco with beige walls, medium hardwood flooring, a standard fireplace, a stone fireplace surround and no tv.
MAISON DE CHARME EN PROVENCE
MAISON DE CHARME EN PROVENCE
COUP DE SOLEIL DÉCORATIONCOUP DE SOLEIL DÉCORATION
Le séjour, que l'on découvre en montant le grand escalier en pierre, s'articule sur l'espace salon et l'espace salle à manger. Devant la cheminée, les canapés RIVIERA accueillants et moelleux impriment comme l'ensemble du mobilier du salon une sensation douceur et de quiétude. Les couleurs douces et chaleureuses des tissus s'équilibrent avec les teintes de bois présentes par touches délicates.
Mediterranean Living Room
Mediterranean Living Room
Design ideas for a romantic living room in Chicago with brown walls.
Breakfast Room
Breakfast Room
Hill Swift Architect, pllcHill Swift Architect, pllc
Inspiration for a medium sized vintage formal open plan living room in Houston with grey walls, dark hardwood flooring, no fireplace, no tv and brown floors.
Portfolio
Portfolio
Lionel JadotLionel Jadot
Serge Anton
Expansive romantic open plan living room in Other with grey walls, medium hardwood flooring, a standard fireplace, a stone fireplace surround and no tv.

Shabby-Chic Style Brown Living Room Ideas and Designs

Looking for shabby-chic style 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 shabby-chic style 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 vintage 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.

Shabby-Chic Style 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 romantic 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 shabby-chic style 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 vintage small living room ideas to help you make most out of what you’re working with. A couple of romantic 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 shabby-chic style 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 vintage living room furniture

When it comes to the layout of your romantic 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 shabby-chic style 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 shabby-chic 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 shabby-chic 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 shabby-chic style 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 shabby-chic style 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 vintage 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 romantic 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 shabby-chic style 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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