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Residence along the Hudson
Residence along the Hudson
John B. Murray ArchitectJohn B. Murray Architect
Living Room to Entry Hall - Residence along the Hudson - John B. Murray Architect - Interior Design by Sam Blount - Martha Baker Landscape Design - Photography by Durston Saylor
Villanova Residence - living room
Villanova Residence - living room
Archer & Buchanan Architecture, Ltd.Archer & Buchanan Architecture, Ltd.
Photographer: Tom Crane
Design ideas for a large classic formal open plan living room in Philadelphia with beige walls, no tv, carpet, a standard fireplace, a stone fireplace surround and a dado rail.
Scenic Drive
Scenic Drive
GREER Interior DesignGREER Interior Design
Reagen Taylor Photography
Traditional formal living room in Austin with brown walls, dark hardwood flooring and brown floors.
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Transitional Central Park Home
Transitional Central Park Home
Fox Force Five ConstructionFox Force Five Construction
Designed by Chango & Co Photos by Jacob Snavely
Inspiration for a medium sized classic formal open plan living room in New York with white walls, dark hardwood flooring and feature lighting.
Lakewood Boulevard
Lakewood Boulevard
English Heritage Homes of TexasEnglish Heritage Homes of Texas
Traditional living room in Dallas with yellow walls.
Hilltop Gambrel Family Room
Hilltop Gambrel Family Room
LDa Architecture & InteriorsLDa Architecture & Interiors
Photography: Michael J. Lee, www.michaeljleephotography.com Interior Design: Jill Litner Kaplan, www.jilllitnerkaplan.com Builder: Wellen Construction, www.wellenconstruction.com
Naperville Realtor Luxury Custom Home Living Room
Naperville Realtor Luxury Custom Home Living Room
MILLER + MILLER Architectural PhotographyMILLER + MILLER Architectural Photography
Pass through window between family room and kitchen allows for easy entertaining. Granite countertops in the kitchen. Two larders for food and dish storage. Distressed live sawn, wide plank, white oak hardwood floors. Recessed lighting and museum quality fixtures/trims. Naperville Realtor Luxury Custom Home Living Room
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Grand Living Room
Grand Living Room
Bella Luna Services, Inc.Bella Luna Services, Inc.
Photo of a traditional living room curtain in Tampa with yellow walls.
Living Room & Dining Room
Living Room & Dining Room
Michael Abrams InteriorsMichael Abrams Interiors
Photo of a classic living room in Chicago with a stone fireplace surround.
Transitional Corner
Transitional Corner
Morgante Wilson ArchitectsMorgante Wilson Architects
Chicago's North Shore, Illinois ● Werner Straube Photography
Design ideas for a classic living room in Chicago with dark hardwood flooring and a standard fireplace.
Arlington Family Room
Arlington Family Room
Phoenix RenovationsPhoenix Renovations
Traditional living room in Atlanta with a stone fireplace surround.
Thomas Residence
Thomas Residence
UserUser
Inspiration for a classic living room in Nashville with a two-sided fireplace, a reading nook, dark hardwood flooring and feature lighting.
LIVING ROOM | Contemporary Home Remodel | Century City Townhouse | Part One
LIVING ROOM | Contemporary Home Remodel | Century City Townhouse | Part One
FOUR POINT DESIGN BUILD INCFOUR POINT DESIGN BUILD INC
This elegant 2600 sf home epitomizes swank city living in the heart of Los Angeles. Originally built in the late 1970's, this Century City home has a lovely vintage style which we retained while streamlining and updating. The lovely bold bones created an architectural dream canvas to which we created a new open space plan that could easily entertain high profile guests and family alike.
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Northcove
Northcove
John Bynum Custom Homes, Inc.John Bynum Custom Homes, Inc.
Photo of a traditional living room in Atlanta with beige walls and a built-in media unit.
House in Old Greenwich
House in Old Greenwich
Huestis Tucker Architects, LLCHuestis Tucker Architects, LLC
Nancy Hill
Classic living room in New York with yellow walls.
Traditional Living Room
Traditional Living Room
Photo of a classic living room in Providence with beige walls.
Prindle Road
Prindle Road
Dennis Mayer - PhotographerDennis Mayer - Photographer
Photography, Dennis Mayer
Inspiration for a traditional open plan living room in San Francisco with a standard fireplace.

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:
Mt. Rose
Mt. Rose
Sierra Sustainable BuildersSierra Sustainable Builders
This is an example of an expansive traditional open plan living room in Other with a standard fireplace, white walls, dark hardwood flooring, a plastered fireplace surround, no tv and brown floors.
Edgartown Harbor Makeover
Edgartown Harbor Makeover
Patrick Ahearn ArchitectPatrick Ahearn Architect
Greg Premru
Design ideas for a large traditional formal open plan living room in Boston with white walls, medium hardwood flooring, a standard fireplace and a stone fireplace surround.
KBK Interior Design Portfolio
KBK Interior Design Portfolio
KBK Interior DesignKBK Interior Design
This is an example of a classic living room in Newark with a stone fireplace surround.
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