20 Living Rooms With Clever Built-In Storage
See how designers incorporate stylish built-in storage with extra shelves, drawers, cabinets in these living rooms
Built-in storage units can increase the functionality and the aesthetic appeal of your living room. Take a look at these 20 well-designed and well-planned spaces.
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2. A combination of differently-sized open shelves and closed storage units in contrasting colours such as grey and burnt orange provides ample space for storage and adds a pop of colour to the living room.
3. Firm: PJ Designworks
The design of this TV unit incorporates a floating drawer in black, open shelves in brown and closed cabinets in white, all lit by diffused lighting, to form a layered look.
Browse through these photos for living room design ideas
The design of this TV unit incorporates a floating drawer in black, open shelves in brown and closed cabinets in white, all lit by diffused lighting, to form a layered look.
Browse through these photos for living room design ideas
4. Firm: Luca Andrisani Architect
A wall was broken down between a spare room and the living room to expand the space. The built-in acts as a partition and hides not just the TV but also storage.
A wall was broken down between a spare room and the living room to expand the space. The built-in acts as a partition and hides not just the TV but also storage.
6. Firm: Rajeshh Jeswaani Interior Architects
Check out this unit – it is aesthetically pleasing and highly functional, with clear zones for storage and for the display of accessories of different sizes.
Check out this unit – it is aesthetically pleasing and highly functional, with clear zones for storage and for the display of accessories of different sizes.
7. Firm: Avacado Sweets Design Studio
This living room wall is made up of open cabinets that are finished in rainbow colours. It brings in a sense of playfulness and forms an accent feature.
This living room wall is made up of open cabinets that are finished in rainbow colours. It brings in a sense of playfulness and forms an accent feature.
8. Firm: AShah Architects
A low-height storage cabinet and open shelves are built into the back of one section of this sofa.
Look for storage products on Houzz
A low-height storage cabinet and open shelves are built into the back of one section of this sofa.
Look for storage products on Houzz
9. Firm: Blakes London
Frame the doorway of your living room with an array of open shelves, just as in this example. The white sofa combines with the black shelving to give the living room a modern look.
Frame the doorway of your living room with an array of open shelves, just as in this example. The white sofa combines with the black shelving to give the living room a modern look.
10. Firm: Fadd Studio
Floral prints embellish the shutters of the closed cabinets and the drawers to take the design of this multipurpose TV unit to a whole new level.
Floral prints embellish the shutters of the closed cabinets and the drawers to take the design of this multipurpose TV unit to a whole new level.
11. Firm: zero6studio
This all-white alcove storage incorporates flush shelves and a base storage-cum-TV unit.
This all-white alcove storage incorporates flush shelves and a base storage-cum-TV unit.
12. Firm: Zed designs
This floor-to-ceiling storage-um-TV unit includes brown drawers, open shelving for books and overhead cabinets in off-white, matching the colour of the ceiling.
This floor-to-ceiling storage-um-TV unit includes brown drawers, open shelving for books and overhead cabinets in off-white, matching the colour of the ceiling.
13. Firm: SEK-Residential Organization
The equidistant arrangement of the closed cabinets and open shelves creates an interesting linear pattern.
The equidistant arrangement of the closed cabinets and open shelves creates an interesting linear pattern.
14. Firm: Orange Lane
Dedicate one wall of the living room to open shelves, divide it into a uniform grid as in this example and highlight it with backlighting.
Dedicate one wall of the living room to open shelves, divide it into a uniform grid as in this example and highlight it with backlighting.
15. Firm: Francesco Pierazzi Architects
This living room incorporates white overhead cabinets that blend with the white walls and ceiling to give the space a minimalist look.
This living room incorporates white overhead cabinets that blend with the white walls and ceiling to give the space a minimalist look.
16. Firm: Lisa Borgnes Giramonti
This floor-to-ceiling built-in storage unit in white does not look bulky and efficiently partitions the living room from rest of the home.
This floor-to-ceiling built-in storage unit in white does not look bulky and efficiently partitions the living room from rest of the home.
17. Firm: atelier KS
The closed built-in cabinets are neatly designed to resemble the look of continuous wooden paneling.
The closed built-in cabinets are neatly designed to resemble the look of continuous wooden paneling.
18. Firm: Da Ponte & Silva
In this tall, narrow and compact living room, the staggered open shelves touch the ceiling to form an interesting design feature. They match the colour of the wooden flooring, completing the look.
In this tall, narrow and compact living room, the staggered open shelves touch the ceiling to form an interesting design feature. They match the colour of the wooden flooring, completing the look.
19. Firm: Fadd Studio
This informal living room uses an alcove to install a floating base cabinet with colourful laminates that form an interesting pattern. It also includes a wooden wine rack with slanting shelves for keeping books.
This informal living room uses an alcove to install a floating base cabinet with colourful laminates that form an interesting pattern. It also includes a wooden wine rack with slanting shelves for keeping books.
20. Firm: Ioc design house
This wall incorporates a breakfast counter, a cut-out for the semi-open kitchen and also open shelves that form a chequered grid to form a striking design feature.
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This wall incorporates a breakfast counter, a cut-out for the semi-open kitchen and also open shelves that form a chequered grid to form a striking design feature.
Read more:
7 Breathtaking Living Rooms That Make Open-Plan Work
Expert Speak: How to Decorate a Small Living Room
Tell us:
Which built-in storage option would you like to incorporate in your living room? Share in Comments.
The white base and wall cabinets blend with the white walls and ceiling to form a unified look. The niche is smartly designed to incorporate open shelves and a TV unit. It repeats the colour of the sofa, breaking the monotony of white, creating a dynamism that holds the decor together.
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