Turquoise Open Plan Living Room Ideas and Designs

This new modern house is located in a meadow in Lenox MA. The house is designed as a series of linked pavilions to connect the house to the nature and to provide the maximum daylight in each room. The center focus of the home is the largest pavilion containing the living/dining/kitchen, with the guest pavilion to the south and the master bedroom and screen porch pavilions to the west. While the roof line appears flat from the exterior, the roofs of each pavilion have a pronounced slope inward and to the north, a sort of funnel shape. This design allows rain water to channel via a scupper to cisterns located on the north side of the house. Steel beams, Douglas fir rafters and purlins are exposed in the living/dining/kitchen pavilion. Photo by: Nat Rea Photography

Sunset Harbour Townhouse

Errez Design Inc.

Photo of a small modern open plan living room in Miami with blue walls, marble flooring and a built-in media unit.

Our Work

WRG Construction

Design ideas for an expansive classic open plan living room in Miami with white walls, lino flooring and no fireplace.

Living Room – South Beach Apartment, Miami Beach

Diego Alejandro Interior Design

For the living room of this apartment located in South Beach, I combined natural woods such as the organic teak chestnut coffee table and the dining chairs with soft linens on the furnishings and natural stone marble on the tables; and vintage accessories throughout the space. It was important for me to create a small dining area, so I placed the table a bit under the staircase, accentuated by the beautiful ceiling lamp that seems to float over the table and anchors the room. The large piece of art over the couch is by New York artist, Jody Morlock. It’s called “Tonic Immobility” referring to the shark character depicted in the painting. The piece was created to incorporate all the colors (blues–magentas–purple and yellows) used throughout the apartment, and it’s the focal point in the living room. The space tells a story about creativity; it’s an eclectic mix of vintage finds and contemporary pieces. Photography by Diego Alejandro Design, LLC

La Maison Normande

Interior Life Design

Design ideas for a large classic open plan living room in Le Havre with white walls, dark hardwood flooring, brown floors, a coffered ceiling, feature lighting, a reading nook and a wall mounted tv.

Boathouse

Prentiss Balance Wickline Architects

Photography: Taj Howe
This is an example of a small contemporary open plan living room in Seattle with light hardwood flooring.

Photo-shoot for Pierre-Louis Gerlier | Architecte

Ercole Salinaro Photography

Inspiration for a contemporary open plan living room in Paris with white walls, medium hardwood flooring, a standard fireplace and brown floors.

Семейное счастье в ЖК Измайловский

Наталья Преображенская | Бюро «Уютная Квартира»

Гостиная - сердце квартиры в этом проекте. Мы оставили здесь достаточно базовый фон, который легко "нарядить" в любой желаемый контекст. Акцентное кресло, подушки и картины задают характер этого интерьера - он теплый, согревающий за счет фактур и очень стильный.

Beverly | 2018

Coats Homes

Inspiration for a medium sized eclectic open plan living room in Dallas with a reading nook, green walls, medium hardwood flooring, a standard fireplace, a stone fireplace surround, no tv and brown floors.

Totalrenovering av vackert 50 tals parhus i Göteborg

Studio A3

Vardagsrummet/tv hörnan med en Stringhylla i valnöt
Design ideas for a large scandi open plan living room in Gothenburg with blue walls, dark hardwood flooring, a standard fireplace, a plastered fireplace surround, a wall mounted tv and brown floors.

San Carlos Hills

JPM Construction

JPM Construction offers complete support for designing, building, and renovating homes in Atherton, Menlo Park, Portola Valley, and surrounding mid-peninsula areas. With a focus on high-quality craftsmanship and professionalism, our clients can expect premium end-to-end service. The promise of JPM is unparalleled quality both on-site and off, where we value communication and attention to detail at every step. Onsite, we work closely with our own tradesmen, subcontractors, and other vendors to bring the highest standards to construction quality and job site safety. Off site, our management team is always ready to communicate with you about your project. The result is a beautiful, lasting home and seamless experience for you.

Hanging Rock House

Six Degrees Architects

Design ideas for a modern formal open plan living room in Melbourne with no fireplace, no tv and grey walls.

Kips Bay Decorator Showhouse

Amy Lau Design

Modern open plan living room in New York.

Project De Mayo

ASR DESIGN STUDIO

Our clients wanted to make the most of their new home’s huge floorspace and stunning ocean views while creating functional and kid-friendly common living areas where their loved ones could gather, giggle, play and connect. We carefully selected a neutral color palette and balanced it with pops of color, unique greenery and personal touches to bring our clients’ vision of a stylish modern farmhouse with beachy casual vibes to life. With three generations under the one roof, we were given the challenge of maximizing our clients’ layout and multitasking their beautiful living spaces so everyone in the family felt perfectly at home. We used two sets of sofas to create a subtle room division and created a separate seated area that allowed the family to transition from movie nights and cozy evenings cuddled in front of the fire through to effortlessly entertaining their extended family. Originally, the de Mayo’s living areas featured a LOT of space … but not a whole lot of storage. Which was why we made sure their restyled home would be big on beauty AND functionality. We built in two sets of new floor-to-ceiling storage so our clients would always have an easy and attractive way to organize and store toys, china and glassware. Then we mindfully selected new furnishings that would be stylish yet practical and able to withstand the normal wear and tear of raising a family.

Valley View Rd: Living Room

Joy Street Design

Our Oakland studio used an interplay of printed wallpaper, metal accents, and sleek furniture to give this home a new, chic look: Designed by Oakland interior design studio Joy Street Design. Serving Alameda, Berkeley, Orinda, Walnut Creek, Piedmont, and San Francisco. For more about Joy Street Design, click here: https://www.joystreetdesign.com/ To learn more about this project, click here: https://www.joystreetdesign.com/portfolio/oakland-home-facelift

Contemporary Living Room

Photo of a large contemporary formal open plan living room in London with grey walls, light hardwood flooring, a standard fireplace, no tv, a stone fireplace surround, brown floors, a vaulted ceiling and a chimney breast.

Гостиная

Татьяна Вакуева | Abwarten!

Дмитрий Лившиц
Photo of a large victorian formal open plan living room in Moscow with green walls, dark hardwood flooring, a freestanding tv and brown floors.

Mid-Century Modern Vintage

Larina Kase Interior Design

Aliza Schlabach Photography
Large midcentury grey and teal open plan living room in Philadelphia with white walls, medium hardwood flooring, a standard fireplace, a brick fireplace surround and no tv.

Living Room Furniture

Albarado's Fine Furnishings

One of the go to color trends for 2016 is green. Always the apple of my eye and never spoiling the whole bushel.
Photo of a small bohemian formal open plan living room in New Orleans with blue walls, carpet, no fireplace, no tv and beige floors.

Bohemian Glam Living room

Kristen Wall

Now the space sings with the personality of its owner and welcomes guests to relax and make themselves at home!
This is an example of a small traditional formal open plan living room in Bridgeport with grey walls, dark hardwood flooring, no fireplace and a wall mounted tv.

Turquoise Open Plan 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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