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Whitehorse Custom Home
Whitehorse Custom Home
Younger Brothers Door and TrimYounger Brothers Door and Trim
Photo of a large traditional formal enclosed living room curtain in Phoenix with dark hardwood flooring, beige walls and brown floors.
Living Room
Living Room
Get It TogetherGet It Together
Sean Malone
Design ideas for a large traditional formal enclosed living room in San Francisco with beige walls, a standard fireplace, a stone fireplace surround, no tv and feature lighting.
Living Room
Living Room
Bruce Johnson & Associates Interior DesignBruce Johnson & Associates Interior Design
Living Room
Design ideas for a traditional grey and cream living room in Calgary with a stone fireplace surround, beige walls, medium hardwood flooring, a wall mounted tv, brown floors and feature lighting.
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North Road, London
North Road, London
UserUser
www.michaelkyle.com
Design ideas for a classic formal living room curtain in London with beige walls and light hardwood flooring.
Urban Townhome Living Room
Urban Townhome Living Room
LORRAINE G VALE, Allied ASIDLORRAINE G VALE, Allied ASID
In this combination living room/ family room, form vs function is at it's best.. Formal enough to host a cocktail party, and comfortable enough to host a football game. The wrap around sectional accommodates 5-6 people and the oversized ottoman has room enough for everyone to put their feet up! The high back, stylized wing chair offers comfort and a lamp for reading. Decorative accessories are placed in the custom built bookcases freeing table top space for drinks, books, etc. Magazines and current reading are neatly placed in the rattan tray for easy access. The overall neutral color palette is punctuated by soft shades of blue around the room. LORRAINE G VALE photo by Michael Costa
Mountain Meadow
Mountain Meadow
Carrick Custom Home DesignCarrick Custom Home Design
Rebecca Westover
Photo of a large classic formal enclosed living room in Salt Lake City with white walls, light hardwood flooring, a standard fireplace, a stone fireplace surround, no tv, beige floors and feature lighting.
Classical Villa
Classical Villa
42 MM ARCHITECTURE42 MM ARCHITECTURE
Inspiration for a large classic living room curtain in Delhi with beige walls.
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Upper Bank Addition and Renovations
Upper Bank Addition and Renovations
Wyant ArchitectureWyant Architecture
Spaces in the historic core of the house were refurbished, with important features such as fireplaces, wood paneling and wide-plank flooring being sensitively restored. Photography: Sam Oberter
Charlotte House
Charlotte House
Phoebe HowardPhoebe Howard
This is an example of a traditional formal living room in Charlotte with carpet.
Traditional Living Room
Traditional Living Room
Photo of a large classic living room curtain in New York with a reading nook, beige walls, medium hardwood flooring and a built-in media unit.
5th Avenue Pied-A-Terre NYC
5th Avenue Pied-A-Terre NYC
Wadia AssociatesWadia Associates
Photo of a traditional formal living room in New York with feature lighting.
Living
Living
Memar Architects Inc.Memar Architects Inc.
This is an example of a medium sized classic enclosed living room curtain in Toronto with a reading nook, beige walls, medium hardwood flooring, no fireplace, no tv and brown floors.
Warm Contemporary
Warm Contemporary
Newberry ArchitectureNewberry Architecture
Tria Giovan
Large traditional formal enclosed living room curtain in Houston with grey walls, no fireplace and no tv.
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Penthouse
Penthouse
Bart Goldstein Interior DesignBart Goldstein Interior Design
This is an example of a large traditional formal open plan living room in DC Metro with beige walls, carpet, no fireplace and no tv.
Fulham Family Home
Fulham Family Home
UserUser
Formal Lounge Nick Smith Photography
Photo of a traditional formal living room curtain in London.
Lone Pine
Lone Pine
Jones-Keena & Co.Jones-Keena & Co.
Photography by Beth Singer
Photo of a classic formal enclosed living room curtain in Detroit with beige walls, a standard fireplace and no tv.
Wilding
Wilding
Thompson Custom HomesThompson Custom Homes
Jack Thompson
Photo of a medium sized classic formal enclosed living room curtain in Houston with white walls, a standard fireplace, medium hardwood flooring, a stone fireplace surround, no tv and brown floors.

Traditional Living Room Ideas and Designs

Looking for traditional 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 traditional 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 classic 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.

Traditional 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 traditional 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 classic 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 traditional small living room ideas to help you make most out of what you’re working with. A couple of classic 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 traditional 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 classic living room furniture

When it comes to the layout of your traditional 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 traditional 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 elegant 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 traditional 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 elegant 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 classic 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 traditional 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 classic 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 traditional 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:
Cross River
Cross River
Spice Hill InteriorsSpice Hill Interiors
Yale Wagner
Medium sized classic open plan living room curtain in New York with a music area, no tv, light hardwood flooring, beige floors, no fireplace and beige walls.
Lux Decor - Westmount
Lux Decor - Westmount
angela auclair photographyangela auclair photography
Photos by Angela Auclair Photography www.angelaauclair.com All photos @angelaauclair Design by Lux Decor www.lux-decor.com
This is an example of a classic living room curtain in Montreal with a tiled fireplace surround.
Great Neighborhood Homes - Spring Parade of Homes #307 - Edina, MN
Great Neighborhood Homes - Spring Parade of Homes #307 - Edina, MN
Spacecrafting / Architectural PhotographySpacecrafting / Architectural Photography
Mike McCaw - Spacecrafting / Architectural Photography
Photo of a medium sized classic open plan living room in Minneapolis.
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