50 inspirational living room ideas
Decorating your living room? We've compiled 50 gorgeous living room ideas to use as a starting point for your next decorating project. From decor to design to furniture, if you're looking for living room inspiration you've come to the right place. You can also shop similar looks with our living room accessories.
This contemporary, open-plan living space embraces a modern rustic feel. The beamed ceiling is a nod to the rustic setting, while a mix of vintage pieces blend with contemporary designs including the sofa.
With Victorian-style panelling, this grey living room is light, airy and welcoming. A modern print, geometric rug and blue cushions add colour to this neutral space.
Create a relaxing living room environment by choosing furniture with clean lines to allow light to circulate around the room.
A painterly floral wallpaper provides a delicate backdrop to a beautiful and rich deep-blue velvet sofa. For the perfect finishing touch, add velvet cushions with a contrasting trim for a truly wonderful living room scheme.
Keep it contemporary yet pared back by teaming drips, drops and splatter patterns for an impressionistic look.
A simple Roman blind and textured flooring has resulted in an elegant update for this neutral living room.
Use vibrant shades of fern, forest green and moss to bring natural luxury to a neutral palette. Include touches of black for definition and depth.
Combine straight, curved and angular lines with splashes of colour for a graphic look, keeping the background of this living room understated.
Abstract floral wallpaper creates a dramatic backdrop in this living room. The metallic ceiling pendant and table lamp bring a contemporary contrast, while the sweeping wooden frame of the coffee table and grey rug add texture and softness.
White walls, soft grey upholstery and pale wooden furniture create a relaxed and welcoming look. Choose a classic sofa as the centrepiece, then introduce pattern with a mix-and-match collection of patterned cushions and a geometric rug.
Choose eyecatching furniture and accessories to create impact in a big, airy room with high ceilings – as seen in this Regency townhouse renovation that's a perfect mix of old and new.
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A vibrant floral wallpaper defines the accent colours in the rest of this room. The soft sage green on the plush sofa and petal pink on the armchair, each with sleek black metal legs, complete the cohesive, contemporary look of this living room.
Pink is still a huge interiors trend. Layer soft rose with grey, choose a classic sofa as the room's focal point and introduce pattern with decorative cushions and a rug. Contrast the soft colours with a statement floor lamp and coffee table.
For hygge vibes, add extra comfort to seating with a toning mix of patterned and plain cushions in linen and wool. It's the perfect autumn/winter look.
This living room has a two-tone palette of grey and chalky white. The darker grey is used on the chimney breast, with the other three walls painted in warm white, which makes the room feel more spacious.
A Welsh 16th-century plank-and-leg coffee table gives this living room a cosy, rustic look. The cream bobble rug and wood logs add texture.
Vintage sofas bring an elegant feel in this Victorian home. Promote a sense of intimacy in an open-plan or big room by arranging seating around a coffee table with a rug beneath. The aim is to create a cosy zone within the space.
Dark walls, bold graphic prints and a pale mustard sofa creates a cosy seating area in this living space.
In a small lounge area, a tactile velvet sofa in a golden shade and compact, rounded shape provides impact. Meanwhile, fringed and patterned cushions add individuality. Combining these tactile textures provide sumptuous depth, particularly useful for elevating small spaces.
A sofa with a low back looks contemporary and won't interrupt a great view, as can be seen in this modern farmhouse in Scottish highlands.
A corner sofa, such as this leather Freya from DFS, can help to give shape to a featureless room. A console table arranged with tall vases is a clever idea that gives the scheme height.
This classic country style scheme is made relaxed and informal with a squashy sofa and chairs, neutral colours and natural textures. The gilt-framed mirror and glamorous table lamps add a touch of elegance to the look.
Turn your living room into a masterpiece with painterly patterned fabrics, arty effects and a palette of soft colours. Choose fine cottons, linens and silks printed in washes of colour as a starting point for your scheme. Team highly decorative pieces with streamlined furniture for a perfect balance of form and function.
Toning grey walls teamed with upcycled furniture and vintage finds give this living room a cosy feel.
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This living room scheme has a mid-century feel. Bold splashes of bright yellow is teamed with sophisticated grey and white to create a striking yet very homely atmosphere.
Soft grey tones and crisp white details bounce light around this contemporary living room. Pale wooden furniture also helps to keep the room looking bright and airy.
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Moody greys and burnt orange tones create a welcoming, modern scheme. Offset a dark wall colour with sumptuous textures such as a wool upholstered sofa and a stylish chair in burnished leather.
The key to this colourful look is to layer intricate pattern on pattern while keeping the backdrop understated. Spots, stripes, ikat prints and colour block all work together beautifully when united by a harmonious palette.
Black feature walls and engineered wood create a focal point in this small living room.
In this living room, a neutral backdrop of greys with deep green feature walls makes for a contemporary space. The ladder shelf is perfect for displaying accessories.
A limited black and white colour palette always looks stylish. But introducing just one or two pops of bright colour, such as in this Glasgow flat, will add a sense of fun.
A corner sofa, fireplace and artwork are the focal points of this neutral grey living room. The gorgeous bay windows bring in plenty of natural light.
The living room in this 1950s house is a glorious example of how to indulge your love of a particular interior style or period without the scheme becoming clichéd or too kitsch. Simply include a few modern pieces for contrast.
Let the rich colours and textures from far-flung locations be the inspiration for your scheme. A dark wood floor and textured wallpaper provide a perfect base for this opulent look. Turn up the luxe factor with a mix of tactile fabrics and gold accessories.
Select a neutral paint colour with a warm tone as a backdrop for soft furnishings in rich russet shades. Team with classic patterns and choose rustic wooden furniture with simple industrial lines to complement the look.
The vivid teal sofa and footstool in the living room of this Victorian home rich with bold colours and original features, demonstrate a confident use of colour that really brings the space to life.
Incorporate antique and vintage furniture into a modern home, as seen in this Edinburgh flat, by including different pieces from a similar period.
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A neutral colour palette and an emphasis on adding texture and light have turned this Grade II listed former schoolhouse's living room into a family home.
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Cheerful Orla Kiely wallpaper and retro accessories brings this living room to life.
Sleek leather sofas and chrome details give the living room in this Edwardian home a contemporary Bauhaus feel. The floor, although dark, has a reflective surface that actually helps to bounce light around the space.
The living room in this 1940s house is a celebration of luxurious finishes. The velvet sofas and plush carpet are complemented by silky cushions for a wonderful feel-good factor.
With a deep blue colour on the walls, this north-east-facing living room feels warm and cosy in the evenings.
While it's contemporary and designed for modern living, this derelict barn transformed into a stunning family home also makes a virtue of retaining original details, such as this exposed stone wall.
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A gallery of prints and posters in the living room of this extended Victorian flat turns a blank space into an eyecatching feature wall. Plan your arrangement with pieces of paper laid out on the floor before fixing the frames in place.
Inject a neutral palette with highlights of bold colour through the lighting and accessories. This way you can draw attention to key areas of the room – and ring the changes from season to season at a relatively low cost.
Originally two rooms, this space has been united with bespoke shelves painted in white to show off a display of photos and ornaments. A desk and chair create a small study area at the end of the room.
A soft and subtle colour scheme creates a light and airy living room space, which doubles up as a home office. A window seat for the bay window provides extra seating.
Introduce burnished golden accessories in your living room to highlight walls (seen here papered in a mineral patterned wallpaper). Bring in touches of silver for luxurious contrast.
An understated decorating scheme allows period features to shine in this Victorian terrace.
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