The living room is the heart of your home, serving as a space for relaxation, entertainment, and connection. Design it with both function and style in mind, ensuring it aligns with your lifestyle. Our curated list of 15 beautiful living room ideas offers inspiration and solutions for any design challenge, from choosing paint colors to incorporating a statement ceiling. Let us help you create a living room that reflects your unique style and meets your functional needs.
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Choosing an interior design color scheme can be challenging, but we have our favorite hues for a reason. Select a color, whether it’s a navy blue like this space or something more neutral, and build your living room’s design around it.
Create the illusion of a swinging couch in your living room by attaching a rope from the arm to the ceiling, as Michael Ellison did in this Nantucket home. If you can’t or simply don’t want to go that far, you can still draw inspiration from outdoor furniture pieces to create a more whimsical space.
Some parts of a house simply aren’t aesthetically pleasing, but you can do your best to make them so by thinking outside the box and covering them up in unique ways or decorating on top of them. Take a cue from this 2023 Whole Home, specifically from Rasheeda Gray, and cover a less-than-pretty radiator with a custom window seat.
Choose calming colors, soft lights, pleasant textiles, and soothing scents when planning how your living room will be experienced, especially if someone in your life has sensory sensitivity. This living room by Studio Plow, while not designed specifically for someone with a sensory processing disorder, is a good visual example of how plush furniture, mellow colors, and soft textures can create an elegant and calming atmosphere.
Curved couches, statement accent chairs, and oversized mirrors create a modern living room, even in a 1920s-era San Francisco townhouse. Brit Epperson of Studio Plow transformed this home, which had recently been renovated with more traditional materials, to suit her clients’ contemporary aesthetic by filling it with undeniably modern furnishings.
Add a bohemian touch to your living room with a tasseled chandelier, as Cortney Bishop did in this new build home. To create a lived-in feel and a sense of place, Bishop incorporated natural materials and tones. This soft light fixture is a beautiful way to introduce natural yet modern energy.
Textures are the key to refreshing a soft white living room. Take a cue from Sharon Rembaum, who dressed this living room in textured neutral pieces to enhance its overall coziness.
For a sultry and mysterious living room idea, skip brighter hues. Take inspiration from this treasure of a space by Rupp Studio, which combines olive limewash walls, a terra-cotta velvet sofa, and eye-catching teal accents.
We love the dark blue-green color in this living room idea by Avery Cox. It’s stylish enough to stand out against the rich chartreuse velvet fabric and the layers of quirky prints. She painted only one wall, along with the door and moldings, allowing a complementary wallpaper to be applied on the opposite side.
Victoria Sass of Project Refuge Studio discreetly placed a record player in the corner of this texture-rich, minimalist living room. The living room seamlessly opens into the kitchen, where the island’s side facing the sitting area features ample exposed shelving for an extensive record collection.
If your living room has hardwood floors or tile flooring and lots of glass surfaces, like this one by Caroline Turner, soften it up with super-plush seating and rich materials like jewel-toned velvet. A statement light can also help create a more intimate atmosphere.
This sitting room, located adjacent to the open kitchen, was visually separated by Regan Baker using a custom sectional and area rug. A sleek armchair positioned diagonally creates a balanced composition.
In this living room by Carmel Greer, the paint color (Peach Blossom by Benjamin Moore) and casual jute rug create a welcoming foundation, while the modern, angular artwork, light fixture, seating, and throw blanket add a touch of edge. One built-in niche is optimized to function as a full-fledged home bar station, while the other stores and displays firewood. The mirrored wall within the bar niche helps bounce light and gives the room a swanky nightclub vibe.
Designed by Studio Razavi, this eclectic Parisian apartment is a breath of fresh air. It demonstrates that a mural can be used effectively in a minimalist space, thanks to the grayscale color palette. The living room is both fun and relaxed, sophisticated and formal. The key? Comfortable seating and casual yet clean materials.
For a bold statement in wall decor and art, choose pieces that break away from traditional rectangular or square frames. This living room by Studio DB features colorful nesting coffee tables and an ombré carpet, adding a touch of fun to the space. The unique and eye-catching artwork creates a focal point and adds visual interest.
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