World-Inspired Living Room with a Built-in Media Unit Ideas and Designs

Livingroom

V.I.Photography & Design

Vincent Ivicevic
Photo of a world-inspired living room in Orange County with white walls and a built-in media unit.

Marco Island Waterfront

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Along the inter-coastal waterways, this gorgeous one-story custom home offers just over 5,000 square feet. Designed by Weber Design Group this residence features three bedrooms, four baths, and a three-car side garage. An open floor-plan with the main living area showcasing the beautiful great room, dining room, and kitchen with a spacious pantry. The rear exterior has a pool/spa with water features and two covered lanais, one offering an outdoor kitchen. Extraordinary details can be found throughout the interior of the home with elegant ceiling details and custom millwork finishes. Blaine Johnathan Photography

Mauna Kea Great Room and Pool Patio

Taleah Smith Design

Photo of an expansive world-inspired open plan living room in Hawaii with white walls, no fireplace, a built-in media unit, multi-coloured floors and a wood ceiling.

Intracoastal Treasure

Pineapple House Interior Design

The Florida residence is a winter home, not a beach house, and the clients requested it (1) not look like typical Florida retreat and (2) be conducive to entertaining. To that end, all the primary living areas are open to each other -- and the outdoors. Daniel Newcomb Photography

White House Captiva

Collins DuPont Design Group

Designer: Lana Knapp, Collins & DuPont Design Group Architect: Stofft Cooney Architects, LLC Builder: BCB Homes Photographer: Lori Hamilton
Design ideas for a medium sized world-inspired open plan living room in Miami with white walls, light hardwood flooring, a built-in media unit and brown floors.

Living Rooms

A.D.S. Designs

Cooper Photography
Photo of a medium sized world-inspired open plan living room in Orlando with beige walls, a standard fireplace, a tiled fireplace surround and a built-in media unit.

An Island Retreat in the Heart of the Florida Keys

Shuster Design Associates

The Florida room looks into the kitchen and can be separated via sliding glass doors and used as either an indoor or outdoor space.
Expansive world-inspired open plan living room in Miami with a home bar, white walls, a standard fireplace, a brick fireplace surround, a built-in media unit and porcelain flooring.

Hale Ko'olani- Interior

Kensington Smith Design, LLC

Inspiration for a world-inspired living room in Orange County with beige walls, a built-in media unit and multi-coloured floors.

Tropical Living

Pu'uwai Design & Construction

The tropical open design in the living room was created with pocketing glass doors that open to the lanai and beautiful pool. The use of natural tropical hardwood flooring bring warmth and color into the home while the white walls sooth your senses making the room feel light and open. Traditional Hawaiian canoe paddles hang on either side of the kitchen pass through, the custom pillows are a mix of tropical green and pink fabrics, keeping the sophisticated living room from getting too serious.

Naples, FL - 41 West - Marco Island - Veracruz Condo 2

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valance, drapes, balcony, wall of windows, enclosed book case, glass doors, lighted cabinet, marble floor, geometric area rug, beige couches, gold accent chair, square coffee table, built-in entertainment center, end tables, floor lamp, crown molding, tan walls, ceiling fan, neutral colors

Halo Bay Retreat

Stephanie Brown Inc.

Photography by Living Maui Media
Inspiration for a large world-inspired open plan living room in Hawaii with beige walls, limestone flooring and a built-in media unit.

Kapalua Ironwood Maui Remodel

Interior Design Solutions Maui

Interior Design Solutions www.idsmaui.com Greg Hoxsie Photography, Today Magazine, LLC Ventura Construction Corp.
This is an example of a world-inspired living room in Hawaii with beige walls and a built-in media unit.

Inmobiliaria piso en venta

IDILIC Home Staging

Photo of a small world-inspired mezzanine living room in Barcelona with white walls and a built-in media unit.

Modern Asian apartment

TOW STUDIOS INTERIOR DESIGN LLC

Photo of a medium sized world-inspired mezzanine living room in Portland with a reading nook, grey walls, medium hardwood flooring, a built-in media unit and beige floors.

CASA TRADIZIONALE CINESE

LINEADIARCHITETTURA

LINEADIARCHITETTURA - TREVISO
This is an example of a large world-inspired living room with white walls, medium hardwood flooring, a built-in media unit and multi-coloured floors.

Impiana Hills Show Unit

Metrics Global Sdn. Bhd.

Metrics Global Sdn. Bhd.
Photo of a small world-inspired open plan living room in Other with a home bar, beige walls, porcelain flooring, no fireplace and a built-in media unit.

Haisun Carved Sandstone

Haisun Eco Stone Wall Art

Haisun Carved Sandstone
Design ideas for a large world-inspired formal open plan living room in Other with beige walls, marble flooring, no fireplace, a stone fireplace surround and a built-in media unit.

Eagle Mountain Lake

SAJ Designs, LLC

Family Room
Design ideas for a large world-inspired open plan living room in Dallas with carpet, a standard fireplace and a built-in media unit.

259 Sabine Pensacola Beach, FL

Emerald Coast Real Estate Photography

© Erin Parker, Emerald Coast Real Estate Photography, LLC
This is an example of an expansive world-inspired living room in Miami with a built-in media unit.

Oceanfront Condo

Ridley Interior Design

Preview First
Medium sized world-inspired open plan living room in San Diego with blue walls, terracotta flooring, a standard fireplace, a wooden fireplace surround and a built-in media unit.

World-Inspired Living Room with a Built-in Media Unit 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:

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