{"id":2359,"date":"2025-01-04T09:00:30","date_gmt":"2025-01-04T10:00:30","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.scientificmediagroup.com\/?p=2359"},"modified":"2025-10-02T16:46:09","modified_gmt":"2025-10-02T16:46:09","slug":"ten-living-room-design-ideas-from-dezeen","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.scientificmediagroup.com\/index.php\/2025\/01\/04\/ten-living-room-design-ideas-from-dezeen\/","title":{"rendered":"Ten living room design ideas from Dezeen"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Thinking of sprucing up your living room<\/a> for the new year? Here are 10 living room design ideas taken from Dezeen’s archive of lookbooks<\/a>, featuring suggestions for colours, furniture and lighting.<\/span><\/p>\n

Since 2020, Dezeen has published more than 350 lookbooks that give visual inspiration for all kinds of interiors, based on the stories we publish.<\/p>\n

Below, we’ve collected 10 lookbooks into a useful guide that captures key trends for designing and updating a living room.<\/p>\n

This is the latest in our lookbooks series, which provides visual inspiration from Dezeen’s archive. For more inspiration, see previous lookbooks featuring bedrooms with creative lighting solutions<\/a>, interiors with gold and silver accents<\/a> and all-white interiors<\/a>.<\/p>\n

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\"Wooden<\/a>
Photo by Karimoku Case Study<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Give it a Japandi makeover<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n

A consistently popular interior design trend is the combination of Japanese and Scandinavian aesthetics, known as Japandi<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Defined by minimalist design and natural materials, the Japandi style makes for a calming living room setting, as exemplified in our lookbook of 10 elegant living rooms that adopt the style<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Pictured above is a home in Tokyo by Norm Architects<\/a> and\u00a0Keiji Ashizawa Design<\/a>, which features wood surfaces and neutral-toned furnishings.<\/p>\n

See more Japandi living rooms \u203a<\/em><\/a><\/p>\n

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\"Spears<\/a>
Photo by Nick Glimenakis<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Storage is key<\/b><\/a><\/p>\n

Ample storage is vital to creating functional, clutter-free interiors, and our lookbook of living rooms with statement shelving<\/a> gives examples of how to incorporate beautiful storage into the design of a space.<\/p>\n

The selection of interiors includes custom shelving designed to show off the owners’ book collection and units that double as room dividers.<\/p>\n

The image above shows a renovated factory in New York<\/a>, where architects Ravi Raj and Evan Watts added built-in storage in an eye-catching pastel yellow.<\/p>\n

See more living rooms with statement shelving \u203a<\/em><\/a><\/p>\n

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Photo by Giulio Ghirardi<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Supersize the sofa<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n

If you want to make a bold statement in your living room, add a gigantic sofa.<\/p>\n

Our lookbook of living rooms with giant sofas<\/a> shows spaces that prioritise ample sitting space, making the couch the focal point of the interior.<\/p>\n

For his overhaul of a classic Haussmann-era Parisian apartment<\/a>, shown above, interior designer Rodolphe Parente aimed to contrast the building’s original features with contemporary pieces, including a sculptural sofa that dominates the space.<\/p>\n

See more living rooms with giant sofas \u203a<\/em><\/a><\/p>\n

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\"Amsterdam<\/a>
Photo by Alice Mesguich<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Make a sculptural coffee table the centrepiece<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n

You could also make a sculptural coffee table the focus of your living room, using it as a centre point to arrange the seating around.<\/p>\n

Tables ranging in shape from geometric stone slabs to curved and waved forms were featured in our lookbook of eight contemporary living rooms with sculptural coffee tables<\/a>.<\/p>\n

In the image above, interiors firm DAB Studio<\/a> opted for a glass tabletop perched on cuboid and cone-shaped blocks, which complements the other angular furniture pieces in the Dutch house<\/a>.<\/p>\n

See more living rooms with sculptural coffee tables \u203a<\/em><\/a><\/p>\n

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\"Beach<\/a>
Photo by Eric Petschek<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Illuminate with paper lamps<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n

Paper lamps offer a versatile lighting option for living rooms, creating a warm, cosy glow and adding organic textural surfaces.<\/p>\n

Drawing upon traditional Japanese rice paper lanterns, our lookbook of living rooms illuminated by paper lamps<\/a> showcases the variety of shapes and sizes they come in.<\/p>\n

Shown above is a beach house in the\u00a0Hamptons<\/a>, where a large spherical paper lamp was suspended over a double-height living room to cast its glow on the home’s timber structure.<\/p>\n

See more living rooms with paper lamps \u203a<\/em><\/a><\/p>\n

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Add an eye-catching rug<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n

Adding a rug is one of the easiest ways to transform your living room, whether it’s to inject some colour or help zone different areas.<\/p>\n

Our lookbook of living rooms with statement rugs<\/a> gives inspiration on how to use rugs to tie together the furniture in a space.<\/p>\n

New York firm No Architecture used a warm-toned rug in the living room pictured above, which complements a wooden coffee table and contrasts a navy sofa.<\/p>\n

See more living rooms with statement rugs \u203a<\/em><\/a><\/p>\n

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\"Suspended<\/a>
Photo by Rory Gardiner<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Suspend a fireplace<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n

To enhance the sense of cosiness in your living room, add a suspended fireplace<\/a>.<\/p>\n

As our lookbook of lounge areas with suspended fireplaces shows<\/a>, ceiling-mounted stoves and log burners create an interesting focal point that hovers above the ground.<\/p>\n

An example is the fireplace at Marramarra Shack in Australia<\/a>, pictured above, which is surrounded by tiered seating on one side and a large window overlooking a creek on the other.<\/p>\n

See more suspended fireplaces in living rooms \u203a<\/em><\/a><\/p>\n

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\"Living<\/a>
Photo by Sean Davidson<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Warm it up with autumnal shades<\/b><\/a><\/p>\n

Although autumn only comes once a year, the red and orange hues often associated with the season make for a cosy living room colour palette all year round.<\/p>\n

Dezeen’s lookbook of living rooms decorated in autumnal shades<\/a> highlights living rooms with furniture and surfaces in deep reds, rusty terracottas and burnt oranges.<\/p>\n

The image above shows an apartment in\u00a0New York<\/a>‘s West Village, where interior designer Olivier Garc\u00e9 added a terracotta-toned upholstered chair, a coffee table with a pink-glazed lava stone tabletop and a floor lamp with a fire-engine red shade.<\/p>\n

See more autumnal living rooms \u203a<\/em><\/a><\/p>\n

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\"Living<\/a>
Photo by Salva L\u00f3pez<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Keep it low<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n

For a relaxed and informal feel, decorate your living room with low-slung furniture.<\/p>\n

Sofas, tables and storage units that sit low to the ground are featured in our lookbook of eight living rooms where low-slung furniture creates a casual lounge atmosphere<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Pictured above is a converted<\/a> factory apartment in Barcelona, where a slow-slung shelf, table and sofa with deep seats enhance the high vaulted ceilings<\/a>.<\/p>\n

See more living rooms with low-slung furniture \u203a<\/em><\/a><\/p>\n

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Photo by Darren Bradley<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Build a conversation pit<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n

If you want to go even lower than low-slung furniture, you could build a retro<\/a>-inspired conversation pit into the ground for an intimate gathering space, as shown in our lookbook of residential interiors with cosy conversation pits<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Popularised in the mid-twentieth century, conversation pits have made a comeback in recent years as architects have reimagined the sunken sofa.<\/p>\n

Purple cushions line the 13-square-metre sunken pit in the living room of Pam and Paul’s House in California<\/a>, shown above.<\/p>\n

See more interiors with conversation pits \u203a<\/em><\/a><\/p>\n

This is the latest in our lookbooks series, which provides visual inspiration from Dezeen’s archive. For more inspiration, see previous lookbooks featuring bedrooms with creative lighting solutions<\/a>, interiors with gold and silver accents<\/a> and all-white interiors<\/a>.<\/em><\/p>\n

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