Are you looking for a living room interior? Then you’ve landed at the right place. The living room is one of the most used spaces in the house, meaning it needs to look great and be functional and comfortable. Accomplishing this trifecta can be a design challenge, no doubt, so we rounded up the best living room examples to inspire your decorating projects and make the process a whole easier.
Living Room Interior Ideas:
From modern and formal spaces to approachable and rustic environments, the Mehraaz group has living room ideas you’ll want to take home. Keep reading!
1. Keep It Simple:
This living room is simple, clean-lined, and inviting, with glamour and many comforts. To highlight the architectural details, the mouldings are painted in high-gloss white.
2. Elongate the Ceiling:
Blend neutral grey walls with sleek, modern furniture and lighting. It’ll look chic rather than dated. A velvet throw pillow will add a nice iridescent flare, too.
Also, a pro tip: hang your curtains at the tippy-top of your walls to make the ceilings seem higher.
3. Consider Black and Add Flowers:
Designer Kristin Kong hid a door to the basement behind millwork painted in Sherwin-Williams Black Fox in her home near Atlanta. The trick “makes the room look less choppy,” she says since the dark colour helps everything blend. And never underestimate the power of a beautiful flower arrangement on the coffee table!
4. Set Up a Few Sitting Areas:
This huge rustic room was built to resemble a converted barn. Set up multiple sitting areas if you’re blessed with a large enough open-plan living room. One for hanging and snacking, cuddling up with a good book, and formal entertaining.
5. Add Candles:
Can you imagine how beautiful this room looks, glowing in the candlelight? Opt for a chandelier with candles instead of lightbulbs for a rustic vibe. Or, if that’s not an option, display them on your mantel and light them up when you need to strike a romantic mood. (Use flameless candles to play it safe).
6. Make It Relaxing:
The clean lines throughout this living room designed by Robson Rak make a small but mighty difference. From the white panelled walls to the black-trimmed window and modern angular yet plush sofa, the linear motif is super easy on the eyes. And we love how the green nesting tables bring in some round contrast without clashing. Choose light colours and modern, low-to-the-ground furniture for a similarly calming aesthetic. Then splice in contemporary decorative objects to add personality.
And bonus points if your living room has a lot of access to natural light.
7. Paint Your Walls a New Color:
“Soft pink was used here as a neutral base, which connects all the other elements throughout the space,” said the design duo behind 2LG Studio. “We designed bespoke plywood joinery throughout to unite the spaces and create much-needed storage,” they add. If you’re bored of looking at stark white. Try a soft colour that can function as a neutral but exciting backdrop.
8. Work With What You Have:
This floor-to-ceiling fireplace in a living room designed by Leanne Ford takes style notes from the best of both worlds: a classic mountain chalet and the Malibu coast. Whether the snow is falling or waves are crashing outside that window, we want to be curled up on that linen slip-covered chair. This living room is also a testament to the perks of working with what you have. The fireplace was given a new life with a makeshift mantle of reclaimed wood and a fresh coat of white paint.
9. Set Up a Library Ladder:
The bookshelves in photographer Victoria Pearson’s Ojai living room allow various opportunities for displaying different items and storage. Adding a ladder for high shelves adds another decorative touch.
10. Take Advantage of High Ceilings:
In this stylish, comfortable, and formal living room by Romanek Design Studio. The off-white feels bright and airy while also warming things up and bringing them to a human scale. Accent with soft textures, a few pops of colour, and a tall plant or tree for an energizing contrast.
11. Be Playful:
Have fun with little details like that, and look for inspiration everywhere! If painting your entire living room, a bold colour sounds intimidating, opt for a statement wall or mantle.
12. Go All Out With a Gallery Wall:
This gallery wall is the clear statement-maker in this living room, designed by Philip Mitchell. Mix and match frames for a subtle nod of personality. And speaking of personal touches, consider hanging art that means something to you, whether it’s your children’s artwork, your own, or a portrait of your pets.
13. Encourage Conversation:
If you frequently entertain guests at your home, choose a strategic living room layout that promotes Conversation and comfort. For example, this living room designed by Leanne Ford Interiors incorporates semi-circle seating that’s both spacious and inviting. Sectionals are also a good option when a circular sofa isn’t. And if you love the all-white aesthetic, take note: Ford brush-painted the natural Ikea rug and custom-made rope light.
14. Pick Comfy Seating:
This eclectic Parisian apartment is a breath of fresh air. Not only does it prove that you can use a wallpaper mural in a minimalist environment, but it’s also the perfect example of how to design a living room that’s both fun and relaxed, sophisticated and formal. The key? Seating needs to be comfortable, and materials must be casual but clean.
15. Mix and Match Patterns:
The sofa in Apartment Therapy founder Maxwell Ryan’s living room is a prime example of perfectly mismatched patterns. The couch maintains a tonal blue scheme, and the blue rug ties the whole look together. It’s a great way to practice your pattern mixing if you still need to get ready to work with the entire rainbow.
16. Hang Modern Art: (Living Room Interior)
Wall art is a great way to add a big statement to a minimalist living room. It doesn’t take up any surface space but can transform the aesthetic. Use an abstract photograph like this to dictate the colours of your throw pillows for cohesion.
17. Install Statement Lighting Overhead:
Want to go a little glam without looking too showy? Add minimal brass accents, like a metal-frame coffee table and eye-catching metallic lighting. This living room is also a good blueprint for small space decorating. While the only three furniture items are two seats and a small coffee table, the ceiling light is all it takes to make the entire room feel special.
18. Bring Some Texture to the Walls:
If you love the soft look and feel of upholstered walls but want to avoid embarking on that significant project, try a fabric-effect wallpaper or a grasscloth. In this living room by Gail Davis Design, it suits the warm leather and brass pieces wonderfully, while the blue painted accents cool things off.
19. Bring the Fun to the Floor:
When you have crisp white walls and neutral staples, like a sofa and coffee table, choose one statement item that brings in a surge of colourful energy. It can be anything from a vibrant piece of art on the walls to a bright carpet like this one in a living room designed by Leanne Ford Interiors.
20. Hang a Chair:
Nothing ramps up the fun like a playful touch in the family room. This hanging chair in a living room designed by Romanek Design Studio proves our point, but the handsome leather upholstery also ensures a more sophisticated look. It’s the perfect blend of cosy and relaxed.
21. Keep It Classic and Crisp:
A crisp, matte white living room is pristine, elegant, and timeless. Adding glass and metallic features sharpens up the white pieces. Sherwin-Williams Pure White is there for you when you don’t just want to experiment with trends anymore.
22. Upholster the Walls: (Living Room Interior)
Though classic and timeless, this living room by interior designer Kevin Dumais is also having tons of fun. No detail is overlooked, from the red-painted ceiling to the velvet floor cushions for extra seating and the bold artwork. Dumais upholstered the walls in a leather fabric to make the room feel even more soft and intimate.
23. Incorporate Indoor Trees and Plants:
Spruce up your empty corners with large indoor plants and trees. Atelier ND and Carice Van Houten used a variety of species to create visual intrigue with different heights and shapes. It freshens up the rich jewel and earth tones.
24. Create Zones With Area Rugs:
This sitting room is right off the open kitchen, so designer Regan Baker decided to separate it with a custom sectional and area rug visually. A cleek armchair is positioned at a diagonal, establishing a lovely balanced whole.
25. Enhance a Backyard View:
Working with landscape architect, designer Nestor Santa Cruz chose a wall of steel and glass windows and doors for this formal pool house living room that leads to the backyard. Though the glass decor, from the pendant light to the coffee table and doors, leaves a decidedly sleek impression, the plush rug and ethereal curtains make it extra cosy, too.
