The 10 Most Popular Living Rooms of Spring 2021
Get ideas for comfortable furnishings, stylish color schemes and focal-point fireplaces from these top new photos
This Trending Now story features the most-saved living room photos uploaded to Houzz since April 1, 2021.
A lot goes on in a living room: conversation, relaxation, entertainment, afternoon naps. And there are as many ways to design and decorate a living room as there are activities that occur in one. For inspiration, consider this countdown of the most-saved new living rooms on Houzz right now. You’ll find ideas for vivid color palettes, cozy furniture arrangements, comfortable sofas and fashionable fireplace focal points.
A lot goes on in a living room: conversation, relaxation, entertainment, afternoon naps. And there are as many ways to design and decorate a living room as there are activities that occur in one. For inspiration, consider this countdown of the most-saved new living rooms on Houzz right now. You’ll find ideas for vivid color palettes, cozy furniture arrangements, comfortable sofas and fashionable fireplace focal points.
9. Large-Scale Solutions
Haven Design and Construction brought the vastness of this living room in Austin, Texas, down to a more comfortable scale by adding a large black iron chandelier and large marble slabs on the fireplace. Woven furnishings and a sofa with thick cushions bring warmth and softness.
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Haven Design and Construction brought the vastness of this living room in Austin, Texas, down to a more comfortable scale by adding a large black iron chandelier and large marble slabs on the fireplace. Woven furnishings and a sofa with thick cushions bring warmth and softness.
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8. Layered Look
MMI Design layered this Houston living room with textures that create comfort and style. The mix includes a marble fireplace surround, grasscloth wallpaper, a hide rug, a rustic wood stool and deep green velvet chairs.
MMI Design layered this Houston living room with textures that create comfort and style. The mix includes a marble fireplace surround, grasscloth wallpaper, a hide rug, a rustic wood stool and deep green velvet chairs.
7. Rustic Meets Modern
This ADU in Steamboat Springs, Colorado, serves as a guesthouse for relatives and a favorite card-playing and entertainment spot for the homeowners and their friends. Rumor Design + reDesign used a colorful Moroccan rug, animal print throw pillows and a herringbone marble fireplace surround to suit the homeowners’ bold and playful tastes.
This ADU in Steamboat Springs, Colorado, serves as a guesthouse for relatives and a favorite card-playing and entertainment spot for the homeowners and their friends. Rumor Design + reDesign used a colorful Moroccan rug, animal print throw pillows and a herringbone marble fireplace surround to suit the homeowners’ bold and playful tastes.
6. Chic Lounge Vibes
Marble book-matched slabs cover the TV wall between expansive windows in this urban home in Maharashtra, India. Inclined Studio gave the space chic hotel lounge appeal with an extra-long emerald blue sectional and black-and-white houndstooth pillows.
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Marble book-matched slabs cover the TV wall between expansive windows in this urban home in Maharashtra, India. Inclined Studio gave the space chic hotel lounge appeal with an extra-long emerald blue sectional and black-and-white houndstooth pillows.
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5. Thoughtful Built-Ins
Creamy white built-ins set against white shiplap walls flank the simple fireplace in this Indiana living room by aaNovo. Two brown leather armchairs, a gray tweed-like sofa and a coffee table of black metal and wood add tailored style.
Creamy white built-ins set against white shiplap walls flank the simple fireplace in this Indiana living room by aaNovo. Two brown leather armchairs, a gray tweed-like sofa and a coffee table of black metal and wood add tailored style.
4. Mountain Inspiration
Spectacular mountain views inspired the natural color and texture palette in this Phoenix living room. Designer Priya McCulloch added rugged mountain elements — exposed beams, a stone fireplace surround and knotty alder wood accents — in a sophisticated way.
Spectacular mountain views inspired the natural color and texture palette in this Phoenix living room. Designer Priya McCulloch added rugged mountain elements — exposed beams, a stone fireplace surround and knotty alder wood accents — in a sophisticated way.
3. Screen Style
Many people are looking for ways to add separation in open floor plans. So it’s no surprise that the botanical room divider in this Chennai, India, living room by blue interior designs grabbed a lot of attention.
15 Ways to Create Separation in an Open Floor Plan
Many people are looking for ways to add separation in open floor plans. So it’s no surprise that the botanical room divider in this Chennai, India, living room by blue interior designs grabbed a lot of attention.
15 Ways to Create Separation in an Open Floor Plan
2. Colorful Character
Sunny yellows and sky blues add happy color to this Las Vegas living room by Sandra Mijan. Family photos, artwork and books give the space bright, personal touches.
Sunny yellows and sky blues add happy color to this Las Vegas living room by Sandra Mijan. Family photos, artwork and books give the space bright, personal touches.
1. Balanced Scale
PLANT Architect mitigated the long, narrow proportions of this Toronto living room by opening up the staircase with clear glass, adding a long custom sectional sofa and dotting the ceiling with globe lights in a random pattern. Walnut millwork adds structure and cohesiveness throughout the entire floor.
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PLANT Architect mitigated the long, narrow proportions of this Toronto living room by opening up the staircase with clear glass, adding a long custom sectional sofa and dotting the ceiling with globe lights in a random pattern. Walnut millwork adds structure and cohesiveness throughout the entire floor.
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This Los Angeles living room is right off the front entry, so interior designer Lauren Jacobsen knew it needed to make a strong first impression. She used lots of curves to soften the ramrod-straight architectural lines of the space and amped up the energy with bold colors.
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