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Example of a transitional formal dark wood floor and brown floor living room design in Los Angeles with white walls, a standard fireplace and a stone fireplace

Photo: Lucy Call © 2014 Houzz Design: Imbue Design
Example of a trendy living room design in Salt Lake City

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Example of a mid-sized classic open concept light wood floor living room design in Charlotte with beige walls and a standard fireplace

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Living room - mid-sized coastal formal light wood floor living room idea in Jacksonville with beige walls, a standard fireplace and a metal fireplace

Example of a large ornate formal light wood floor living room design in Dallas with a standard fireplace and no tv

Transitional living room photo in Boston with a music area and beige walls

Ball & Albanese
Inspiration for a large coastal living room remodel in New York

Photo: Margot Hartford © 2015 Houzz
Living room - farmhouse dark wood floor living room idea in San Francisco with beige walls and a standard fireplace

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Living room - mid-sized traditional formal and enclosed medium tone wood floor living room idea in Minneapolis with gray walls, a standard fireplace, a tile fireplace and a wall-mounted tv

Inspiration for a mid-sized transitional enclosed and formal carpeted and white floor living room remodel in Toronto with white walls, a standard fireplace, a tile fireplace and no tv

Sunroom - traditional carpeted sunroom idea with no fireplace and a standard ceiling

Photo: Paula Coldiron © 2014 Houzz
Elegant living room photo in Birmingham

Inspiration for a transitional formal dark wood floor living room remodel in Portland Maine with gray walls, a standard fireplace and no tv

A spacious seating area and cozy fireplace provide a comfortable setting for entertaining, or watching your favorite movie. Photo by: Daniel Contelmo Jr.

Inspiration for a large timeless home office library remodel

Inspiration for a timeless formal living room remodel in Miami with beige walls and no tv

Our clients for this project are a professional couple with a young family. They approached us to help with extending and improving their home in London SW2 to create an enhanced space both aesthetically and functionally for their growing family. We were appointed to provide a full architectural and interior design service, including the design of some bespoke furniture too. A core element of the brief was to design a kitchen living and dining space that opened into the garden and created clear links from inside to out. This new space would provide a large family area they could enjoy all year around. We were also asked to retain the good bits of the current period living spaces while creating a more modern day area in an extension to the rear. It was also a key requirement to refurbish the upstairs bathrooms while the extension and refurbishment works were underway. The solution was a 21m2 extension to the rear of the property that mirrored the neighbouring property in shape and size. However, we added some additional features, such as the projecting glass box window seat. The new kitchen features a large island unit to create a workspace with storage, but also room for seating that is perfect for entertaining friends, or homework when the family gets to that age. The sliding folding doors, paired with floor tiling that ran from inside to out, created a clear link from the garden to the indoor living space. Exposed brick blended with clean white walls creates a very contemporary finish throughout the extension, while the period features have been retained in the original parts of the house.

Builder: Scott Christopher Homes Interior Designer: Francesca Owings Landscaping: Rooks Landscaping
Living room - transitional living room idea in Grand Rapids with a standard fireplace and a wall-mounted tv

This Cobble Hill Brownstone for a family of five is a fun and captivating design, the perfect blend of the wife’s love of English country style and the husband’s preference for modern. The young power couple, her the co-founder of Maisonette and him an investor, have three children and a dog, requiring that all the surfaces, finishes and, materials used throughout the home are both beautiful and durable to make every room a carefree space the whole family can enjoy. The primary design challenge for this project was creating both distinct places for the family to live their day to day lives and also a whole floor dedicated to formal entertainment. The clients entertain large dinners on a monthly basis as part of their profession. We solved this by adding an extension on the Garden and Parlor levels. This allowed the Garden level to function as the daily family operations center and the Parlor level to be party central. The kitchen on the garden level is large enough to dine in and accommodate a large catering crew. On the parlor level, we created a large double parlor in the front of the house; this space is dedicated to cocktail hour and after-dinner drinks. The rear of the parlor is a spacious formal dining room that can seat up to 14 guests. The middle "library" space contains a bar and facilitates access to both the front and rear rooms; in this way, it can double as a staging area for the parties. The remaining three floors are sleeping quarters for the family and frequent out of town guests. Designing a row house for private and public functions programmatically returns the building to a configuration in line with its original design. This project was published in Architectural Digest. Photography by Sam Frost