Turquoise Formal Living Room Ideas and Designs

Inspiration for a large contemporary formal open plan living room in Minneapolis with white walls, light hardwood flooring, a ribbon fireplace, no tv, brown floors and a wooden fireplace surround.

Walnut Retreat

TRG Architecture + Interior Design

Bernard Andre
Inspiration for a medium sized contemporary formal living room in San Francisco with white walls, dark hardwood flooring, no fireplace, no tv and grey floors.

Darlinghurst

David Parsons Architect

Inspiration for a small eclectic formal enclosed living room in Sydney with white walls, medium hardwood flooring, no fireplace, no tv and brown floors.

Elmhurst Residence

Polay Interiors

Small classic formal open plan living room in Chicago with green walls, medium hardwood flooring, no fireplace, no tv, brown floors, a coffered ceiling and wallpapered walls.

Shabby-Chic Country Kitchen & Sunroom

12/12 Architects & Planners

Photo of a medium sized vintage formal enclosed living room in Chicago with green walls, medium hardwood flooring, no fireplace, no tv, brown floors, exposed beams and wainscoting.

Golf Course Estate

Baxter Interiors

Inspiration for a classic formal living room in Charleston with beige walls, no tv and a dado rail.

Loft-like living room

Dixon Projects

Black steel railings pop against exposed brick walls. Exposed wood beams with recessed lighting and exposed ducts create an industrial-chic living space.

Nautilus Progenies (The Family)

D'Alan

This gorgeous painting depicts the Nautilus Family huddled together in the embrace of love and affection. The family heritage and its lineage carries on. South Florida artist, David Alan Sincavage, is known mostly online by his signature nom de guerre, D'Alan.

Naperville - Kid Friendly Small Loft with Movable Parts

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.

Greenwich Home

Tim Hine

Douglas VanderHorn Architects Builder - Significant Homes, LLC Owner's Representative - Tim Hine
This is an example of a victorian formal living room in New York with green walls, light hardwood flooring and no tv.

Traditional Living Room

Design ideas for a classic formal enclosed living room in New York with green walls and no tv.

E Cottage - Timber Development Project

Addison 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.

A Designer's Dream Home

RLH Studio

Steve Henke
This is an example of a medium sized classic formal enclosed living room in Minneapolis with beige walls, light hardwood flooring, a standard fireplace, a stone fireplace surround, no tv and a coffered ceiling.

Kiawah Island

Beth Webb Interiors

Emily Followill
Coastal formal and grey and pink living room in Atlanta with beige walls and medium hardwood flooring.

Mid Century Modern Masterpiece | Candler Park - Atlanta, GA

Minhnuyet Hardy Interiors

Mali Azima
Large classic formal and grey and black enclosed living room in Atlanta with blue walls, medium hardwood flooring, a standard fireplace, a tiled fireplace surround and feature lighting.

San MIchele

Harbourside Custom Homes

Giovanni Photography
Photo of a traditional formal open plan living room in Miami with white walls, a ribbon fireplace, a tiled fireplace surround, a wall mounted tv and feature lighting.

Downtown Condo #2

Interior Trends Inc. Design & Remodeling

View of open layout of condo. Photo By Taci Fast
Inspiration for a contemporary formal open plan living room in Wichita with beige walls, concrete flooring, no fireplace, no tv and grey floors.

Project Reann

ESW Designs

Photo of a small modern formal open plan living room in Phoenix with a built-in media unit.

Krameria

Duet Design Group

Formal & Transitional Living Room with Sophisticated Blue Walls, Photography by Susie Brenner
Inspiration for a medium sized classic formal open plan living room in Denver with blue walls, medium hardwood flooring, a standard fireplace, a stone fireplace surround, no tv and brown floors.

Sun City Refresh

Joyce Marie Interiors

This home, in a Sun City development in Georgetown, Texas is awash with pure, clear tones of aqua, chartreuse, teal and turquoise. Off-white walls serve as the perfect backdrop for custom draperies trimmed with luxurious tasseled fringe and furniture in jewel-toned upholstery.

Turquoise 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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