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World-Inspired Living Room Ideas and Designs

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1000 Flamingo-Laguna Beach
1000 Flamingo-Laguna Beach
Kirk Saunders ArchitectKirk Saunders Architect
Design ideas for a large world-inspired formal open plan living room in Orange County with beige walls, ceramic flooring, a standard fireplace, a stone fireplace surround and no tv.
Luxury Living in Southern California
Luxury Living in Southern California
Tech AmbassadorsTech Ambassadors
This is an example of a medium sized world-inspired enclosed living room in Orange County with a music area, beige walls and medium hardwood flooring.
Living Room
Living Room
Capital State RemodelCapital State Remodel
This is an example of a medium sized world-inspired enclosed living room in Austin with a home bar, beige walls, terracotta flooring, a standard fireplace, a brick fireplace surround and no tv.
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Whalton House Living Room
Whalton House Living Room
Matthew Fowler, ArchitectMatthew Fowler, Architect
A view of the living room with operable glass doors opening to the the front tropical garden. Walls are painted light blue, floors are terra-cotta tile, and furniture and curtains are blue, gold, and olive in color.
Laminate
Laminate
Barnards Carpet One Floor & HomeBarnards Carpet One Floor & Home
Swifton Mount Blanc laminate
This is an example of a large world-inspired formal open plan living room in Miami with grey walls, laminate floors, no fireplace and no tv.
Asian Living Room
Asian Living Room
Inspiration for a small world-inspired living room in Los Angeles with yellow walls, medium hardwood flooring, no fireplace and no tv.
HGTV Smart Home 2013
HGTV Smart Home 2013
Glenn Layton HomesGlenn Layton Homes
HGTV Smart Home 2013 by Glenn Layton Homes, Jacksonville Beach, Florida.
Photo of a large world-inspired open plan living room in Jacksonville with a wall mounted tv, multi-coloured walls, medium hardwood flooring, no fireplace, brown floors and feature lighting.
Mid-Century Remodel
Mid-Century Remodel
Dogwood InteriorsDogwood Interiors
Dogwood Interiors
Inspiration for a world-inspired living room in Sacramento with a corner fireplace, a stone fireplace surround and feature lighting.
RESIDENCE FOR SR BHUPATI
RESIDENCE FOR SR BHUPATI
ARCHPLUSARCHPLUS
VAMSHIDHAR BEERA
Design ideas for a world-inspired living room in Hyderabad.
Ownby Design
Ownby Design
Ownby DesignOwnby Design
Hualalai Estate Photo Credit: Mark Boisclair Photography
This is an example of an expansive world-inspired living room in Hawaii with beige walls and feature lighting.
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JSID
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Photo of a world-inspired living room in Hawaii with beige walls.
Luxurious Zen Resort - Paradise Valley
Luxurious Zen Resort - Paradise Valley
IMI Design, LLCIMI Design, LLC
photo by: Dino Tonn Photography
Photo of a world-inspired enclosed living room in Phoenix with a reading nook, brown walls and medium hardwood flooring.
住宅：リビング
住宅：リビング
￥29,000円撮影：建築撮影専門カメラマン　『建美写』（けんびしゃ）￥29,000円撮影：建築撮影専門カメラマン　『建美写』（けんびしゃ）
This is an example of a world-inspired living room in Osaka.
Earthen Elegance
Earthen Elegance
MIDsMIDs
Design ideas for a world-inspired living room in Ahmedabad.
Timeless Traditional Apartment
Timeless Traditional Apartment
AndSpacesAndSpaces
Photo of a world-inspired living room in Pune.
Tropical Mid-Century Tiki Oasis
Tropical Mid-Century Tiki Oasis
Just Go Home DesignJust Go Home Design
A bright and colorful eclectic living space with elements of mid-century design as well as tropical pops and lots of plants. Featuring vintage lighting salvaged from a preserved 1960's home in Palm Springs hanging in front of a custom designed slatted feature wall. Custom art from a local San Diego artist is paired with a signed print from the artist SHAG. The sectional is custom made in an evergreen velvet. Hand painted floating cabinets and bookcases feature tropical wallpaper backing. An art tv displays a variety of curated works throughout the year.
Mrs. Praveena Villa
Mrs. Praveena Villa
SIMPLIFYHOMESIMPLIFYHOME
A contemporary style living room
Design ideas for a world-inspired living room in Hyderabad.
Belgrave 333, Woodlea Estate
Belgrave 333, Woodlea Estate
UserUser
Inspiration for a world-inspired living room in Melbourne.
Hidden Cove Residence
Hidden Cove Residence
Silk Cavassa Marchetti Architecture & InteriorsSilk Cavassa Marchetti Architecture & Interiors
Inspiration for a world-inspired living room in Seattle.

World-Inspired Living Room Ideas and Designs

Looking for world-inspired 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 world-inspired 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 world-inspired 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.

World-Inspired 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 world-inspired 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 world-inspired 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 world-inspired small living room ideas to help you make most out of what you’re working with. A couple of world-inspired 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 world-inspired 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 world-inspired living room furniture

When it comes to the layout of your world-inspired 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 world-inspired 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 Moroccan style 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 japanese style 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 zen 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 world-inspired 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 world-inspired 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 world-inspired 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 world-inspired 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:
Mr Mukherjee's 995 Sq. Ft. 3BHK Flat
Mr Mukherjee's 995 Sq. Ft. 3BHK Flat
Ivy Habitat Interior Kraft LLPIvy Habitat Interior Kraft LLP
Living & Dining Area
Photo of a world-inspired living room in Kolkata.
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