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WIMBLEDON FAMILY HOUSE
WIMBLEDON FAMILY HOUSE
STEPHEN FLETCHER ARCHITECTSSTEPHEN FLETCHER ARCHITECTS
New 'Sky Frame' sliding French doors fill the entire rear elevation of the space and open onto a new terrace and steps. The connection with the rear garden has thereby been hugely improved. A pair of antique French window shutters were adapted to form double doors to a small children's playroom. Photographer: Nick Smith
Naples Beach Coastal Retreat Great Room
Naples Beach Coastal Retreat Great Room
41 West41 West
View of Great Room/Living Room and Entertainment Center: 41 West Coastal Retreat Series reveals creative, fresh ideas, for a new look to define the casual beach lifestyle of Naples. More than a dozen custom variations and sizes are available to be built on your lot. From this spacious 3,000 square foot, 3 bedroom model, to larger 4 and 5 bedroom versions ranging from 3,500 - 10,000 square feet, including guest house options.
Ridgecrest Home
Ridgecrest Home
Mark English Architects, AIAMark English Architects, AIA
Eric Zepeda
Living Room
Living Room
Wolfe Rizor InteriorsWolfe Rizor Interiors
Modern Living Room
Modern Living Room
Re-Style InteriorsRe-Style Interiors
The client wanted clean lines, and minimal decor. Using furniture carefully scaled for the space, a textural area rug to anchor the seating area, and a punch of color makes this room shine. Professional Photos by: Renere Studios www.RenereStudios,com 714.481.0467
Neo-Prairie Style Parade Home
Neo-Prairie Style Parade Home
Hobbs' Ink, LLCHobbs' Ink, LLC
This Neo-prairie style home with its wide overhangs and well shaded bands of glass combines the openness of an island getaway with a “C – shaped” floor plan that gives the owners much needed privacy on a 78’ wide hillside lot. Photos by James Bruce and Merrick Ales.
Sullivan's Island Thompson Avenue Living Room
Sullivan's Island Thompson Avenue Living Room
Phillip Smith General Contractor, LLCPhillip Smith General Contractor, LLC
Photo by: Warren Lieb
Menlo Park Full Remodel
Menlo Park Full Remodel
Fiorella Design, LLCFiorella Design, LLC
Living room with paneling on all walls, coffered ceiling, Oly pendant, built-in book cases, bay window, calacatta slab fireplace surround and hearth, 2-way fireplace with wall sconces shared between the family and living room. Photographer Frank Paul Perez Decoration Nancy Evars, Evars + Anderson Interior Design
jamesthomas, LLC
jamesthomas, LLC
Jamesthomas InteriorsJamesthomas Interiors
Great Room
Los Gatos Residence
Los Gatos Residence
Lizette Marie Interior DesignLizette Marie Interior Design
Photo Credit: David Duncan Livingston
Southamptonn
Southamptonn
Koch ArchitectsKoch Architects
Indoor-outdoor courtyard, living room in mid-century-modern home. Living room with expansive views of the San Francisco Bay, with wood ceilings and floor to ceiling sliding doors. Courtyard with round dining table and wicker patio chairs, orange lounge chair and wood side table. Large potted plants on teak deck tiles in the Berkeley hills, California.
Upper West Side Residence
Upper West Side Residence
Jarlath MellettJarlath Mellett
Photography by Tria Giovan
Living Room
Living Room
Paul Moon DesignPaul Moon Design
Terrell Hills Mid Century Modern Project
Terrell Hills Mid Century Modern Project
Haven Design and ConstructionHaven Design and Construction
The cantilevered living room of this incredible mid century modern home still features the original wood wall paneling and brick floors. We were so fortunate to have these amazing original features to work with. Our design team brought in a new modern light fixture, MCM furnishings, lamps and accessories. We utilized the client's existing rug and pulled our room's inspiration colors from it. Bright citron yellow accents add a punch of color to the room. The surrounding built-in bookcases are also original to the room.
Interior 1709
Interior 1709
Alyssa Collins DesignAlyssa Collins Design
Light oak oversized herringbone parquet installation | Maida Vale W9
Light oak oversized herringbone parquet installation | Maida Vale W9
Fin Wood LtdFin Wood Ltd
Another meticulous installation of a luxurious, light oak, oversized herringbone parquet floor with expert subfloor reconstruction and soundproofing in top floor mansion flat, Maida Vale W9. The objective of this project was to conduct a subfloor reconstruction and fitting a new parquet floor in a distinguished top-floor Victorian mansion flat in Maida Vale. Our customers expressed a preference for the sophisticated aesthetic of light oak oversized herringbone parquet flooring. Given the intricacy of the task at hand in this restricted period property, the project required experts to oversee and execute the sound proofing and installation of a new parquet floor with meticulous attention to detail, from inception to completion.
The Beam House
The Beam House
Tano StudioTano Studio
Pacific Coast Transitional
Pacific Coast Transitional
B Street DesignB Street Design
Expansive living room featuring a soapstone fireplace on white oak plank wall. Pyramid vaulted ceiling, pocketing sliding doors. Custom designed wood and travertine coffee table.
Plush and Welcoming Reception Room
Plush and Welcoming Reception Room
Willow & Bert InteriorsWillow & Bert Interiors
Without wanting to make the room feel too heavy or dramatic, the scheme was developed to include ideas on how to dress the windows with full-length curtains and a blind. Fortunately, the final metres of a favourite Linwood fabric were procured and the neutral background of the fabric provides a lovely contrast to the darker blue walls.
Animal Power Leigh-on-Sea
Animal Power Leigh-on-Sea
Ann Cope Interior DesignAnn Cope Interior Design
This striking and elegant snug has so much character, detailed coving and eco-friendly wallpapers from Omexco and Arte International. Gold accents against the teal work so well together.

Large and Expansive Living Room Ideas and Designs

Looking for Large and Expansive 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 Large and Expansive 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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