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Traditional Living Room with a Dado Rail Ideas and Designs

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Moseley Victorian semi-detached house, Birmingham
Moseley Victorian semi-detached house, Birmingham
Rumi Bunya Design LtdRumi Bunya Design Ltd
Design ideas for a medium sized traditional open plan living room in West Midlands with white walls, light hardwood flooring, a wood burning stove, a stone fireplace surround, grey floors and a dado rail.
HOUSE IN KENSINGTON
HOUSE IN KENSINGTON
STEPHEN FLETCHER ARCHITECTSSTEPHEN FLETCHER ARCHITECTS
Photo of a large classic formal and grey and yellow enclosed living room in London with yellow walls, medium hardwood flooring, a standard fireplace, a stone fireplace surround, a concealed tv, brown floors, a coffered ceiling, wainscoting and a dado rail.
Golf Course Estate
Golf Course Estate
Baxter InteriorsBaxter Interiors
Inspiration for a classic formal living room in Charleston with beige walls, no tv and a dado rail.
Naperville - Kid Friendly Small Loft with Movable Parts
Naperville - Kid Friendly Small Loft with Movable Parts
New Perspective Design, Inc.New Perspective Design, Inc.
An unusual loft space gets a multifunctional design with movable furnishings to create a flexible and adaptable space for a family with three young children.
E Cottage - Timber Development Project
E Cottage - Timber Development Project
Addison Quinn Development, LLCAddison Quinn Development, LLC
Matt Robnett from Plush Photography
Photo of a traditional formal living room in Philadelphia with dark hardwood flooring, no tv, a standard fireplace and a dado rail.
Art Apartment
Art Apartment
recdi8recdi8
Design ideas for a large classic formal enclosed living room in Barcelona with white walls, no fireplace, no tv and a dado rail.
Connecticut Estate
Connecticut Estate
Crisp ArchitectsCrisp Architects
Photography by Rob Karosis
Inspiration for a classic living room in New York with a dado rail.
East Mountain
East Mountain
DD Ford ConstructionDD Ford Construction
NMA Architects
Photo of a large traditional formal open plan living room in Santa Barbara with a standard fireplace, a tiled fireplace surround, beige walls, light hardwood flooring, no tv and a dado rail.
Back Bay residential interior photography project Boston MA
Back Bay residential interior photography project Boston MA
Keitaro Yoshioka PhotographyKeitaro Yoshioka Photography
Back Bay residential interior photography project Boston MA Client/Designer: Nicole Carney LLC Photography: Keitaro Yoshioka Photography
Design ideas for a classic living room in Boston with grey walls, medium hardwood flooring, a standard fireplace, brown floors and a dado rail.
Piano + Wine Room
Piano + Wine Room
Harmony Drive InteriorsHarmony Drive Interiors
Classic formal living room in DC Metro with green walls, dark hardwood flooring, no fireplace, brown floors and a dado rail.
Wyndmoor Residence Living Room
Wyndmoor Residence Living Room
Hanson Fine BuildingHanson Fine Building
Photography: Barry Halkin
Inspiration for a traditional living room in Philadelphia with beige walls and a dado rail.
Transitional Style Living Room with White Wainscoting
Transitional Style Living Room with White Wainscoting
MILLER + MILLER Architectural PhotographyMILLER + MILLER Architectural Photography
A transitional style living room with custom French lime stone fireplace mantle, white wainscoting throughout, large vase with modern stick branches for decor, curtains / blinds, crown moulding millwork, art painting, pattern fabric chair, pocket doors, dark Hardwood Floors and simple, elegant rug. Custom Home Builder and General Contractor for this Home: Leinster Construction, Inc., Chicago, IL www.leinsterconstruction.com Miller + Miller Architectural Photography
Los Angeles Elegance
Los Angeles Elegance
Christine Vroom InteriorsChristine Vroom Interiors
Design ideas for a traditional formal living room in Los Angeles with blue walls, light hardwood flooring, a standard fireplace, beige floors and a dado rail.
Living Room Detail
Living Room Detail
RLH StudioRLH Studio
Architect: Cook Architectural Design Studio General Contractor: Erotas Building Corp Photo Credit: Susan Gilmore Photography
Medium sized classic living room in Minneapolis with white walls, dark hardwood flooring and a dado rail.
Westchester Living Room
Westchester Living Room
Regan Wood PhotographyRegan Wood Photography
Inspiration for a traditional living room in New York with grey walls, dark hardwood flooring, a standard fireplace and a dado rail.
Montgomery Place Townhouse
Montgomery Place Townhouse
DHD Architecture and Interior DesignDHD Architecture and Interior Design
Montgomery Place Townhouse The unique and exclusive property on Montgomery Place, located between Eighth Avenue and Prospect Park West, was designed in 1898 by the architecture firm Babb, Cook & Willard. It contains an expansive seven bedrooms, five bathrooms, and two powder rooms. The firm was simultaneously working on the East 91st Street Andrew Carnegie Mansion during the period, and ensured the 30.5’ wide limestone at Montgomery Place would boast landmark historic details, including six fireplaces, an original Otis elevator, and a grand spiral staircase running across the four floors. After a two and half year renovation, which had modernized the home – adding five skylights, a wood burning fireplace, an outfitted butler’s kitchen and Waterworks fixtures throughout – the landmark mansion was sold in 2014. DHD Architecture and Interior Design were hired by the buyers, a young family who had moved from their Tribeca Loft, to further renovate and create a fresh, modern home, without compromising the structure’s historic features. The interiors were designed with a chic, bold, yet warm aesthetic in mind, mixing vibrant palettes into livable spaces. Photography: Annie Schlechter www.annieschlechter.com © DHD / ALL RIGHTS RESERVED.
Bedford
Bedford
LTW DesignLTW Design
Photoshoot staging/styling of 2 rooms only
Inspiration for a traditional grey and pink enclosed living room in New York with pink walls, medium hardwood flooring, a standard fireplace, a wooden fireplace surround, no tv, brown floors and a dado rail.
Интерьер на Балтике
Интерьер на Балтике
Alexander ShevtsovAlexander Shevtsov
Дизайн, декор: Ната Зыкина Фото: Александр Шевцов
This is an example of a traditional formal open plan living room in Other with beige walls, multi-coloured floors and a dado rail.
Plum - ICON Design & Construction
Plum - ICON Design & Construction
Moment Engineering + DesignMoment Engineering + Design
Design ideas for a classic formal open plan living room in DC Metro with beige walls, dark hardwood flooring and a dado rail.
Happy Valley Family Home
Happy Valley Family Home
JL Interior Design, LLCJL Interior Design, LLC
Photo of a classic grey and purple living room in San Francisco with grey walls, medium hardwood flooring, a standard fireplace, brown floors and a dado rail.

Traditional Living Room with a Dado Rail 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:
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