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White Open Plan Living Room Ideas and Designs

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Dulwich Family House in Conservation Area
Dulwich Family House in Conservation Area
Child Stewart DesignChild Stewart Design
Architect designed extension to a traditional family home in Dulwich, We worked closely with the clients to design the interior with a modern, clean lined aesthetic. The carefully considered storage in the pantry, utility room and hallway was specifically designed for the client to have a place for everything and everything in its place to easily keep family life ordered and easily tidied away.
London
London
Oksana ButmanOksana Butman
This is an example of a medium sized contemporary formal open plan living room curtain in London with grey walls and a wall mounted tv.
60's Townhouse - Open plan living
60's Townhouse - Open plan living
Jackson Merrick DesignsJackson Merrick Designs
Bespoke steel staircase, Bespoke coffee table, reclaimed "ship porthole" mirror
Photo of a medium sized contemporary open plan living room in London with white walls, brown floors and medium hardwood flooring.
Single family house in West London
Single family house in West London
Up For Grabs InteriorsUp For Grabs Interiors
Formal sitting room for entertainment. Home owners chose an accent blue furniture and gold details. Bespoke integrated floating shelves with tile backdrop was a requirement to expose many souvenirs from World wide travel.
Linking Extension & Refurbishment of Outbuildings
Linking Extension & Refurbishment of Outbuildings
Ashdale Projects LtdAshdale Projects Ltd
Ground floor extension linking main house with outbuildings. Extension created kitchen/diner with family space. Utility room fitted in outbuildings with access from kitchen/diner
Aldridge Road Villas
Aldridge Road Villas
Dio DaviesDio Davies
This living room was created in a new extension to bring more light and space to the apartment. The clients wanted modern luxurious indoor our door living.
Project Garden
Project Garden
CCASA ArchitectsCCASA Architects
Small compact living area and kitchen with great natural light coming f rom different rooflights. The exposed beams on the area extended define the space and also diffuse the light coming from the new rooflights,
Contemporary Living Room
Contemporary Living Room
Contemporary open plan living room in Other with white walls and grey floors.
POLYDOR
POLYDOR
Boffe DesignBoffe Design
Medium sized contemporary open plan living room in London.
Maison Blanche
Maison Blanche
Unique HomestaysUnique Homestays
Photo of a medium sized bohemian open plan living room in Kent with pink walls and light hardwood flooring.
Storage Sculpture - Taplow
Storage Sculpture - Taplow
Exploit SpaceExploit Space
Storage sculpture Spaces and shapes designed around client's art collection
This is an example of a large contemporary formal open plan living room in London with white walls, carpet, a built-in media unit and beige floors.
West Dulwich Family Home
West Dulwich Family Home
Imperfect InteriorsImperfect Interiors
The sitting room in this family home in West Dulwich was opened up to the kitchen and the dining area of the lateral extension to create one large family room. A pair of matching velvet sofas & mohair velvet armchairs created a nice seating area around the newly installed fireplace and a large rug helped to zone the space
Grade II Listed Home
Grade II Listed Home
Murray Hurst InteriorsMurray Hurst Interiors
Classic open plan living room in Other with grey walls, carpet, a standard fireplace, a wall mounted tv, white floors and panelled walls.
Kuro Koti
Kuro Koti
San StaeSan Stae
Photo of a large modern open plan living room in West Midlands with white walls, a wood burning stove, no tv, brown floors and a chimney breast.
Born & Bred Studio - Reception Rooms, Muswell Hill
Born & Bred Studio - Reception Rooms, Muswell Hill
Born & Bred StudioBorn & Bred Studio
Medium sized classic cream and black open plan living room in London with beige walls, painted wood flooring, a standard fireplace, a metal fireplace surround, a freestanding tv and grey floors.
Brooklyn Brownstone Cobble Hill
Brooklyn Brownstone Cobble Hill
Bonaventura ArchitectBonaventura Architect
Please see this Award Winning project in the October 2014 issue of New York Cottages & Gardens Magazine: NYC&G http://www.cottages-gardens.com/New-York-Cottages-Gardens/October-2014/NYCG-Innovation-in-Design-Winners-Kitchen-Design/ It was also featured in a Houzz Tour: Houzz Tour: Loving the Old and New in an 1880s Brooklyn Row House http://www.houzz.com/ideabooks/29691278/list/houzz-tour-loving-the-old-and-new-in-an-1880s-brooklyn-row-house Photo Credit: Hulya Kolabas
Small Living Room
Small Living Room
Wilkinson Brochier Interior DesignWilkinson Brochier Interior Design
Small modern apartments benefit from a less is more design approach. To maximize space in this living room we used a rug with optical widening properties and wrapped a gallery wall around the seating area. Ottomans give extra seating when armchairs are too big for the space.
The Mountain Green Modern Farmhouse
The Mountain Green Modern Farmhouse
Habitations Residential Design GroupHabitations Residential Design Group
Design ideas for a medium sized country formal open plan living room in Salt Lake City with white walls, medium hardwood flooring, a standard fireplace, a brick fireplace surround, a wall mounted tv and brown floors.
Custom Built-In Entertainment Center
Custom Built-In Entertainment Center
John Bost Custom WoodworkingJohn Bost Custom Woodworking
Custom built-in entertainment center consisting of three base cabinets with soft-close doors, adjustable shelves, and custom-made ducting to re-route the HVAC air flow from a floor vent out through the toe kick panel; side and overhead book/display cases, extendable TV wall bracket, and in-wall wiring for electrical and HDMI connections. The last photo shows the space before the installation.
Woodlands Remodel - From Traditional To Contemporary
Woodlands Remodel - From Traditional To Contemporary
Carla Aston | Interior DesignerCarla Aston | Interior Designer
To obtain sources, copy and paste this link into your browser. http://carlaaston.com/designed/before-after-the-extraordinary-remodel-of-an-ordinary-custom-builder-home / Photographer, Tori Aston

White 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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