Elevate Your Style: 77 Captivating Living Room Decor Ideas to Enhance Your Home – Best Hunter Zone

Front view of a well-styled living room — The Spruce / Jason Donnelly

Your living room is a place built for leisure time, from bonding with family to entertaining friends to relaxing and recharging on your own. While design decisions such as layout will be largely determined by the size and style of the room, the decor should be built around your lifestyle, tailored to the needs of those who use it most while remaining flexible enough to accommodate guests or growing families.

Check out these living rooms that vary in style, size, and personality, for some ideas on how to elevate your living room decor—from furniture to lighting to textiles to accessories to window treatments, wallpaper, paint and more—to create a living room that’s livable, inviting, and looks as good as it feels.

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Accent With Bright Yellow

Design by Ghislaine Viñas / Photo by Garrett Rowland

In this bright, neutral SoHo loft in New York City from interior designer Ghislaine Viñas, curvy furniture helps to balance the boxy, industrial proportions of the living room area, and a pair of bright yellow armchairs injects some mood-boosting color that energizes and warms the space.
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Add Coastal Elements

Design by Allison Babcock Design / Photo by Matt Kisiday

This living room from Allison Babcock Design in Sag Harbor, New York has a coastal feel that doesn’t read too much like a theme thanks to its subtle blue and white palette, rustic wood accents, and eclectic mix of furnishings.
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Use Weathered Materials

Design and Photo by Alfredo Paredes Studio

This Cape Cod fisherman’s cabin from Alfredo Paredes Studio has an indoor outdoor feel and rustic finishes and decor—like a pair of cozy weathered leather French club chairs—that look right at home. Choosing vintage pieces with a well worn patina will help make your home feel lived in and authentic, whether or not it comes with a salty oceanfront view.
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Add Color with a Rainbow Rug

Design by Ghislaine Viñas / Photo by Garrett Rowland

If you love color but have difficulty choosing a color palette for the living room, why not install a giant rainbow area rug and cover all your bases. In this white- and brick-walled New York City apartment from interior designer Ghislaine Viñas, the rainbow rug anchors the seating area with its saturated red sofa and pair of blue armchairs, while a large red wall cabinet and a multicolored piece of framed art over the fireplace pulls some of the color throughout the rest of the room.

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Layer Textures

Design by Atelier Davis / Photo by Emily Followill

In this Atlanta living room from interior designer Jessica Davis of Atelier Davis, the floor-to-ceiling windows are juxtaposed with a jumble of artwork on the warm wood paneled walls, and the room is generously layered with texture, from the Beni Ourain rug to the chunky knit blanket, patterned throw pillows, and coffee table styled with books and decor objects.
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Paint It All Black

Design by Caroline Andréoni Interior Design / Photo by Sophie Lloyd

In this sophisticated French living room from Caroline Andréoni Interior Design, matte black paint on the walls and ceiling creates an enveloping feel day or night that invites relaxation. Light oak flooring, a pale area rug, and a large, deep sectional sofa in a soft pale shade of gray create a cozy conversation area. If black sounds too intimidating, spend some time with a bunch of paint swatches in shades of what the French call “faux black,” meaning shades of gray, blue, green, brown, and other neutrals that are so deep they almost look black while retaining a livable and sometimes more flattering softness, depending on the room and its orientation and natural light.
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Supersize Your Greenery

Design by Michelle Gerson Interiors / Photo by Patrick Cline

This living room from Michelle Gerson Interiors has clean lines and a black-and-white palette, giving choice decorative accents like a recycled airplane wall hanging and an oversized fiddle leaf fig tree a chance to shine. While a jumble of plants always cheers up a room, a single oversized plant, tree, green wall, or other type of greenery can create added drama that works well in a minimalist or more sophisticated room.
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Mix Pink and Yellow

Fantastic Frank

When it comes to pink, remember to think beyond blush tones and embrace the many shades of this crowd-pleasing and versatile color. In this serene living room from Fantastic Frank, warm pink walls, a plush rose-colored sofa, mustard accents, oversized lighting, and warm woods create a soothing and inviting ambiance with just a few well chosen elements.
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Place a Decorative Screen Behind the Sofa

Design by Marie Flanigan Interiors / Photo by Julie Soefer

Windows placed high on a wall can help flood a room with natural light, but they can also create an awkward feel when located above a seating area. To cheat the gap between the top of the sofa and to make this living room seating area feel more cozy, Marie Flanigan Interiors placed a multi-paneled decorative screen (otherwise known as a room divider) behind the sofa that creates a backdrop for the seating area and distracts the eye from the tall windows.
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Install a Wood Accent Wall

Design by Jessica Davis of Atelier Davis / Photo by Heidi Harris

The hero of this light-flooded living room from Atelier Davis is a striking medium-toned wood accent wall that adds closed storage, display space, and warmth to the room and complements furniture and decor elements in bright shades of blue and coral.
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Try Some Mirrored Furniture

Design by Leanne Ford Interiors / Photo by Tessa Neustadt

This Echo Park cabin from Leanne Ford Interiors mixes rustic, organic, textural, and vintage pieces, like a large mirrored cube coffee table that adds sparkle, reflects light, and makes the room feel larger and more vibrant.
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Add Plants

Design by Emilie Fournet Interiors / Photo by Kasia Fiszer

When in doubt, add plants. Then add some plant-based framed prints casually leaning on a shelf or on the mantel of your fireplace, plus some Moroccan rugs and a pouf and comfy armchair, and you have this inviting and effortless living room from London-based Emilie Fournet Interiors.
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Choose a Monumental Coffee Table

Design by Michelle Gerson Interiors / Photo by Marco Ricca

To ground the large sectional sofa in this neutral toned living room with high ceilings and exposed beams, Michelle Gerson Interiors chose a monumental coffee table with generous proportions and enough visual weight to anchor the space and make it feel cozy for watching movies and hanging out.
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Create Double Seating Zones

Design by Marie Flanigan Interiors / Photo by Julie Soefer

In a large space, creating distinct zones multiplies the functionality of the room. In this living room from Marie Flanigan Interiors, a conversation area with comfortably overstuffed linen slipcovered armchairs is centered around a transparent table. On the other side, a larger seating area has a large sofa with its back to conversation area that is visually separated by a console table with table lamps on each end that helps balance light throughout the room. In addition to layout, you can help visually separate different zones with area rugs, room dividers, or plants.
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Add Dimension with Carved Wood

Design by Alvin Wayne

Finding ways to decorate around the TV so that it looks integrated into the decor rather than sticking out like an eyesore is always a challenge. In this New York City living room from interior designer Alvin Wayne, a long carved wood console adds storage and structures the wall housing the flat screen TV, which is finished in a rough and textural concrete-effect gray that adds dimension to the room and gives the eye something other than the TV to focus on when it’s not in use.
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Hang an Oversized Pendant Light

Design by Leanne Ford Interiors / Photo by Amy Neunsinger

In this 1920’s California hunting cabin in the canyons of Los Angeles from Leanne Ford Interiors, an oversized round paper lantern hangs in the middle of the room, highlighting the ceiling beams and helping to make the space feel cozier and more intimate.
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Brighten Your Walls

Design by Leanne Ford Interiors / Photo by Josh Franerï»¿ï»¿

Adding bright multicolored pops of color in a neutral room is an easy way to change the decor and add personality with a few well chosen strokes, like this living room from Leanne Ford Interiors with its pair of eye-catching prints mounted on simple white frames.
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Use Coastal Colors

Design by Allison Babcock Design / Photo by Matt Kisiday

In this beach front living room in Nantucket, Massachusetts from Allison Babcock Design, the all-white interior is punctuated with shades of blue and natural materials like wood and rattan to give it a clean, coastal vibe.
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Hang Double Chandeliers

Design by Marie Flanigan Interiors / Photo by Julie Soefer

If you’ve got a room with soaring vaulted ceilings that results in a giant volume of airspace overhead, hanging a decorative pendant light is an obvious choice to help bridge the space between the roof and the floor. But if the room is especially large, one light fixture might not be enough. In this spacious California living room from Marie Flanigan Interiors, a pair of decorative black metal chandeliers adds visual interest, helps balance the light in the room after dark, and draws the eye up to admire the exposed ceiling beams.
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Split Your Sectional

Design by Andrea May Interiors / Photo by Jenny Siegwart

In this living room from Andrea May Interiors, a small table between two sections of a modular sofa helps to elongate it so that it fits the wall, while providing space for books and a small light that wouldn’t fit on either side of the wall.
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Swap the End Table for a Rolling Bar Cart

Design by Leanne Ford Interiors / Photo by Josh Franerï»¿ï»¿

In this living room from Leanne Ford Interiors, a round vintage metal and glass rolling bar cart subs for an end table, stocked with everything you need to pour a cocktail while simultaneously housing a brass-toned lamp.

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Use Rounded Furniture

Design by Jessica Davis of Atelier Davis / Photo by Heidi Harris

In this living room from Atelier Davis, red wall paint adds life to a long, rectangular shape of the space, and a large sectional sofa with rounded corners softens the sharp linear lines of the room.
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Choose a Sculptural Coffee Table

Design by Michelle Gerson Interiors / Photo by Marco Ricca

A focus on varying shapes adds interest to this gray-and-white living room from Michelle Gerson Interiors, and a sculptural coffee table anchors the space with soft curves that aids circulation without bashed shins or stubbed toes.
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Use a Plinth to Display Plants

Design by Tyler Karu / Photo by Erin Little

In this Maine living room from Tyler Karu, a vintage plinth classically used to display sculptures shows off a large plant instead. It’s a twist on the usual plant stand and a fun way to add height that makes your living room layout more interesting while helping make sure that your plant gets the requisite amount of light.
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Build In Seating

Design by Jessica Davis of Atelier Davis / Photo by Emily Followill

In this living room from Atelier Davis, a built-in banquette outfitted with throw pillows creates an additional seating area by the window.
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Blacken the Fireplace

Design by Laquita Tate Interior Styling and Designs

In this spacious and light-flooded living room from Laquita Tate Interior Styling and Designs, painting the tall brick fireplace in a shade of matte charcoal black anchors the room and complements shades of green.
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Choose a Statement Pendant Lamp

Design by Leanne Ford Interiors / Photo by Amy Neunsinger

A simple way to bring life to a minimalist living room is to focus on a statement piece. In this living room from Leanne Ford Interiors, an extra tall rattan pendant light is hung above the coffee table between opposite sofas, adding a sculptural element and soft ambient lighting.
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Update Your Retro Space

Design by Laura Brophy Interiors / Photo by Hugo Landa Garcia

This desert living room in Rancho Mirage, California from Laura Brophy Interiors gets a quirky retro lift with a pair of lucite armchairs that suits the midcentury modern home and mixes well with contemporary furniture and decor in warm shades of caramel and beige.
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Wash the Walls in Acid Yellow

Design by Studio Peake

This cozy British living room from Studio Peake takes a stand against the gray skies of London with acid yellow wall paint that bring the sun and the good vibes, energizing the classic architecture of the room. Yellow is a versatile shade that plays well with other colors, and makes a great foil for pops of green and red scattered throughout this spirited room.
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Overlap the Art

Design by Leanne Ford Interiors / Photo by Erin Kelly

To help fill the wall space behind a long sectional sofa, Leanne Ford Interiors layered two large-scale pieces of simple, unframed abstract black-and-white art that is in keeping with the neutral tones of the room. This informal approach to hanging art on the wall creates a casually chic vibe that’s easier to compose and hang than a gallery wall.
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Wallpaper the Built-Ins

Design by Caroline Andréoni Interior Design / Photo by Sophie Lloyd

In this Parisian living room from Caroline Andréoni Interior Design, built-in bookshelves flanking the period fireplace are wallpapered in a dark pattern that adds subtle interest and dimension.
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Hang a Gilded Mirror

Design by Leanne Ford Interiors / Photo by Erin Kelly

This contemporary all-white living room from Leanne Ford Interiors has curvy, chunky, sculptural furniture and is highlighted with a vintage gilded mirror on the wall that adds a decorative element over the minimalist fireplace.
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Stack the Art

Fantastic Frank

Take the stress out of hanging your artwork and stack it casually on the floor against the baseboards instead, like this cool and colorful Barcelona, Spain apartment from Fantastic Frank. Be sure to vary shapes and heights, and if you prefer, use this same technique to stack vintage mirrors of varying sizes and shapes and frame styles instead.
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Tile the Fireplace

Design by Studio Peake

This London living room from Studio Peake is a joyful mix of cool and warm tones, decor objects, and patterns, but black-and-white zigzag tiling on the classic fireplace surround adds a graphic modern touch.
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Display Your Art Collection

Design by Tyler Karu / Photo by Erin Little

Interior designer Tyler Karu treated this white-walled living room like an art gallery to display a collection of colorful art, adding plenty of pattern and cozy textiles and furnishings to the seating area.
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Add a Giant Floor Mirror

Design by Alvin Wayne

There are multiple ways to decorate with mirrors in your living room. Here, NYC-based interior designer Alvin Wayne leaned a giant floor mirror against the wall that bounces around light, increases sightlines, and makes the room feel doubled in size.
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Skip the Curtains

Design by Cathie Hong Interiors / Photo by Margaret Austin Photo

Curtains, drapes, and window shades can come in handy for privacy, light, and temperature controls. But if your windows are located out of sight from nosy neighbors, and especially if they are energy efficient and located in a non-south-facing room, you might decide to leave them naked instead. In this light and airy midcentury modern living room from Cathie Hong Interiors, a wall of windows creates an indoor outdoor feel and a private backyard removes the need for curtains. If light control is an issue, you can install custom automated window shades that won’t interfere with the aesthetics of the architecture.
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Hang a Painting from the Bookcase

Design by Leanne Ford Interiors / Photo by Tessa Neustadt

There’s no reason you have to hang a painting over the sofa or the fireplace. Displaying art in unconventional ways can help you pay more attention to it and create more of a dialogue between a piece of art and its surroundings. In this living room from Leanne Ford Interiors, a large unframed portrait is hung casually from a wall of bookshelves perpendicular to the fireplace, adding surprise and encouraging passersby to engage with the painting.
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Repurpose a Vintage Trunk

Design by Tyler Karu / Photo by Erin Little

In this Spanish Colonial style living room from interior designer Tyler Karu, a repurposed vintage trunk doubles as a coffee table, complementing the earthy brown tones of the room.
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Highlight a Design Classic

Design by Cathie Hong Interiors / Photo by Margaret Austin Photo

In this Mountain View, California living room in a 1956 John Calder Mackay home from Cathie Hong Interiors, a reproduction Grasshopper lamp from legendary midcentury designer Greta Grossman adds a period-appropriate and sculptural decor accent that looks just as modern as it did when it was first designed in 1947.
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Bust Out

Design by Leanne Ford Interiors / Photo by Max Kim-beeï»¿

This living room gallery wall from Leanne Ford Interiors features an eclectic mix of photos, prints, and objects hung on the wall, while a bust posed on the bench in front of it creates a 3D effect that gives it more dimension.
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Define Space with a Pendant Light

Fantastic Frank

In this open plan Swedish living room from Fantastic Frank, a simple triangular-shaped pendant light is hung low over the coffee table, helping to define the seating area, and providing ambient light that makes the space feel more intimate after dark.
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Add a Book Tower

Design by Cathie Hong Interiors / Photo by Christy Q. Photo

This San Francisco living room from Cathie Hong Interiors features a stylish book tower nestled in a bank of windows next to a comfortable reading chair, allowing reading material to be right at hand without compromising the minimalist feel of the airy room.

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Play with Ombre

Design by Tina Ramchandani Creative

The star feature of this living room from Tina Ramchandani Creative is the blue gradient paint treatment on the walls and ceiling that creates a calming atmosphere and is more memorable than flat painted walls.
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Skip the Coffee Table

Fantastic Frank

While the coffee table is generally regarded as a must-have piece of decor in a living room, rules were meant to be broken. This spacious Ibiza living room from Fantastic Frank skips the coffee table, anchoring the room and its wrap-around seating area with a large colorful rug instead that leaves an open space for sleepovers, games of Twister, group yoga sessions, or hanging out on a rainy afternoon.
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Add a Preserved Moss Wall Hanging

Design by Louis Duncan-He Designs / Photo by Eymeric Wilding Photography

If you lack a green thumb or travel too much to feel confident decorating your living room with house plants, a preserved moss wall hanging is a natural option that functions like a work of art, no maintenance required. In this living room from Louis Duncan-He Designs, a round preserved moss wall hanging is framed by the painted wood paneling, adding a stylized touch of nature that fits with the polished room.
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Install a Stealth Bar Cabinet

Design by JLA Designs

In this living room from JLA Designs, a stealth bar cabinet hides its contents when closed, but reveals a gleaming showcase for choice bottles and glassware with a mirrored back that ensures that it looks stylish and organized when left open.
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Include a Conversation Piece

Design by Leanne Ford Interiors / Photo by Erin Kelly

When you’re styling your living room, one school of thought goes that even in the most well designed spaces, there should always be one surprising element that challenges conventional notions of good taste, makes you chuckle, or just feels a little off kilter. In this living room from Leanne Ford Interiors, a giant disco ball is placed among stacks of books on a console table in the window and behind the sofa, reflecting light, creating magical shadows, and providing the room with a natural conversation starter that will break the ice when guest drop by.
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Hang an Antique Chandelier

Fantastic Frank

This Swedish country living room from Fantastic Frank has flowy curtains, a loosely slipcovered sofa, a Scandi-style rocking chair, a large vintage area rug, and an antique chandelier hanging in the center of the room that adds a note of delicacy and old world charm.
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Highlight Your Vinyl Collection

Design by Louis Duncan-He Designs / Photo by Eymeric Wilding Photography

Your living room decor should be dictated by how you like to spend time and entertain. In this living room from Louis Duncan-He Designs, matte black accents walls on either side of the classic fireplace are lined with floating shelves that serve as a showcase for a treasured vinyl collection and stereo setup for evenings by the fire listening to music.
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Blend Beige and Black

Sissy + Marley Interior Design / Photo by Marco Ricca Studio

This beige and black living room from Sissy + Marley Interior Design feels sophisticated and chic, while a low-slung black sectional, plush area rug, and large square light wood coffee table make it user-friendly and comfortable.
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Create an Indoor Outdoor Feel

Design by Cathie Hong Interiors / Margaret Austin Photo

This light and airy California living room from Cathie Hong Interiors has enormous glass doors to the generous backyard and outdoor spaces, giving it an indoor outdoor feel.
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Accent With Orange

Design by Cathie Hong Interiors / Margaret Austin Photo

An orange Womb Chair and matching ottoman, a colorful painting, and a towering potted tree adds color and coziness to this large and airy living room from Cathie Hong Interiors.
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Add Curves

Desiree Burns Interiors

This cool-toned, coastal-inspired living room from Desiree Burns Interiors is warmed up with a pair of curvy armchairs covered in sandy beige velvet and a honey-toned wood coffee table that echoes the hardwood flooring.
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Include Ambient Lighting

Tyler Karu Design + Interiors / Photo by Erin Little

Make sure your living room is well lit so that it’s comfortable and inviting. Warm wall sconces add a transformative glow to this coastal Maine living room from Tyler Karu Design + Interiors.
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Add a Giant Cactus

Design by Amanda Barnes Interiors / Styling and Photo by Alyssa Rosenheck

A giant cactus is the star of this coastal-inspired living room from Amanda Barnes Interiors that is decorated in shades of white and blue and accented with natural wood tones.
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Use a Sectional to Define Space

Design by Cathie Hong Interiors / Margaret Austin Photo

An L-shaped sectional helps to define the living area of this open plan living and dining room from Cathie Hong Interiors.

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Add a Sofa Table

Desiree Burns Interiors

Desiree Burns Interiors added a sofa table behind the touch in this spacious and airy living room that helps define the space. Styled with books and stylish woven closed storage baskets below makes it functional as well.
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Paint a Half Wall

Design by Leanne Ford Interiors / Photo by Erin Kelly

Painting the lower half of the wall is an easy way to refresh your living room without the hassle of a total paint job. Leanne Ford Interiors modernized the walls of this living room by painting a neutral border around the room that makes the seating area feel cozier while making the ceilings seem taller.
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Add a Midcentury Modern Mini Bar

Design by Cathie Hong Interiors / Margaret Austin Photo

Cathie Hong Interiors turned a small midcentury modern cabinet into a stylish mini bar in the corner of this comfortable and cozy California living room that is ready for company.
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Accent With Wallpaper

Forbes + Masters

This Oakland, CA highrise living room from Forbes + Masters has black-and-white accent wallpaper that energizes the space.
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Add a Sculptural Side Table

Desiree Burns Interiors

A sculptural natural wood side table lends an organic feel to this living room from Desiree Burns Interiors.
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Hang a Chandelier

K+Co. Living

K+Co. Living elevated this bright blue and white beach house living room with an elegant beaded chandelier that draws the eye up to the dramatic wood ceiling beams.
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Add a Luxe Window Seat

Sissy + Marley Interior Design / Photo by Marco Ricca Studio

A dreamy window seat beneath a massive picture window with a wide open view of New York City adds a special place to relax, read, or contemplate the view in this minimalist chic living room from Sissy + Marley Interior Design.
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Camouflage the TV

Design by Sissy + Marley Interior Design / Photo by Marco Ricca Studio

This sleek NYC living room from Sissy + Marley Interior Design has a built-in wall that houses a small fireplaces and helps to camouflage the TV to keep the focus on the modern furnishings and geometric decor accents.
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Add Color Photography

Desiree Burns Interiors

Desiree Burns Interiors hung a trio of color landscape photographs over the sofa in this relaxing living room decorated in shades of brown and blue with a focus on organic shapes from the velvet poufs to the coffee table and armchair.
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Focus on Natural Materials

Becca Interiors

Natural materials like a simple jute area rug, woven window shades, and a vintage wood mantel add warmth to this coastal living room from Becca Interiors.
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Hang Midcentury Wall Art

Erin Williamson Design

A piece of midcentury modern wall art hung on a bold blue wall above a curvy white sofa is the crowning touch in this high-energy living room from Erin Williamson Design.
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Choose Low-Slung Seating

Fantastic Frank

This cozy Swedish living room from Fantastic Frank has a chunky low-slung sofa with minimalist lines that makes the ceilings feel even taller.
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Texturize the Walls

Design by Leanne Ford Interiors / Photo by Erin Kelly

This cottage living room from Leanne Ford Interiors has a textured wall treatment that gives the walls a warm and lived-in feel.
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Use Natural Accents

Fantastic Frank

This Mallorca living room from Fantastic Frank has beautiful warm toned exposed stone walls, neutral furnishings, and natural decor elements that give it an earthy and inviting feel.
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Include Witty Details

Fantastic Frank

Fantastic Frank added a pair of Fornasetti throw pillows featuring the immortal opera singer Lina Cavalieri that will get your guests talking and keep you company when you’re home alone.
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Pair Mismatched Sofas

Jessica Nelson Design / Carina Skrobecki Photography

Mismatched sofas positioned opposite one another give this living room from Jessica Nelson Design personality and a relaxed feeling while ensuring that it doesn’t feel too calculated.
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Add a Glass Wall

Jessica Nelson Design / Carina Skrobecki Photography

This living room from Jessica Nelson Design has a glass and black metal wall that floods the space with light and gives it an indoor outdoor feel.
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Add Sailor Stripes

Fantastic Frank

Two-tone blue stripes at the base of the floor-to-ceiling drapes and a deconstructed striped rug add sophistication to this seafront living room on the Spanish island of Mallorca.
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Decorate With Vintage Signage

Liz Marie Blog

Blogger Liz Marie decorated the wall above her fireplace with a vintage sign that complements the neutral-toned farmhouse living room.
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Include a Statement Lamp

Design by Studio Henree / Photo by Jenny Siegwart

Interior designer Emily Taber-Moore of Studio Henree used an arched floor lamp to define the seating area in this living room that adds ambient light and warmth from the gold-toned finish.