The 10 Most Popular Living Rooms of Summer 2022
Get ideas for color combos, design styles and furniture layouts from the most-saved living room photos new to Houzz
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Pros say natural materials, an abundance of color and layers of textures are popular features for interiors right now. So it’s no surprise these elements show up in force in this countdown of the most-saved living room photos recently uploaded to Houzz. See if any inspire an update of your own space.
Pros say natural materials, an abundance of color and layers of textures are popular features for interiors right now. So it’s no surprise these elements show up in force in this countdown of the most-saved living room photos recently uploaded to Houzz. See if any inspire an update of your own space.
9. Soft and Serene
Designed by Karen B Wolf Interiors, this light-filled modern-farmhouse-style living room in New York soothes with soft woven materials and a restrained palette of light wood and soft white, beige and gray-blue.
The clean-lined furnishings complement the home’s rich architectural details and finishes, which include custom shiplap, beams and plentiful paned windows and doors.
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Designed by Karen B Wolf Interiors, this light-filled modern-farmhouse-style living room in New York soothes with soft woven materials and a restrained palette of light wood and soft white, beige and gray-blue.
The clean-lined furnishings complement the home’s rich architectural details and finishes, which include custom shiplap, beams and plentiful paned windows and doors.
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8. On the Grid
This Omaha, Nebraska, living room by Haven Design & Construction illustrates the power of repetition. The grid design of the large windows is repeated in the coffered ceiling. And the custom bookcases repeat the window frames’ shape and color. Even the television mirrors the fireplace’s black firebox, which has a custom marble surround.
While the overall effect of the contemporary design, luxe materials and white, wood and black color scheme is sophisticated, the space is still cozy and durable thanks to wood-look tile with under-floor radiant heating.
This Omaha, Nebraska, living room by Haven Design & Construction illustrates the power of repetition. The grid design of the large windows is repeated in the coffered ceiling. And the custom bookcases repeat the window frames’ shape and color. Even the television mirrors the fireplace’s black firebox, which has a custom marble surround.
While the overall effect of the contemporary design, luxe materials and white, wood and black color scheme is sophisticated, the space is still cozy and durable thanks to wood-look tile with under-floor radiant heating.
7. Dripping With Drama
This Tuxedo Park, New York, parlor is in the late-19th-century home of actor Sutton Foster. And its all-out glamour befits the Tony Award-winning Broadway star. Designed by Michael Ostrow of Grace Home Furnishings, the riotous room boasts a dark floral wallpaper, striped chairs with a coordinating pink tufted couch, ornate brass and antique accents, a piano (of course) and a bold chartreuse fireplace anchoring one end.
This Tuxedo Park, New York, parlor is in the late-19th-century home of actor Sutton Foster. And its all-out glamour befits the Tony Award-winning Broadway star. Designed by Michael Ostrow of Grace Home Furnishings, the riotous room boasts a dark floral wallpaper, striped chairs with a coordinating pink tufted couch, ornate brass and antique accents, a piano (of course) and a bold chartreuse fireplace anchoring one end.
6. Chic Contemporary
In this custom-built Chicago home, designer Melissa Benham of Studio Gild softened the right angles of the living room fireplace design with round armchairs and coffee tables, arched sculptures and the sinuous silhouette of a grand piano. The teal quilted couch, pleated floor-to-ceiling curtains and rope-like wall hangings add contrasting color and texture to the clean, contemporary space.
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In this custom-built Chicago home, designer Melissa Benham of Studio Gild softened the right angles of the living room fireplace design with round armchairs and coffee tables, arched sculptures and the sinuous silhouette of a grand piano. The teal quilted couch, pleated floor-to-ceiling curtains and rope-like wall hangings add contrasting color and texture to the clean, contemporary space.
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5. Artful Aesthetic
The homeowners’ vintage art collection and “collected aesthetic” helped Twelve Chairs Interiors create a layered feel in this Milton, Massachusetts, home. A mix of contemporary, midcentury modern and other vintage elements looks at home in the parlor of the 1840 Greek Revival, which has beautiful original architectural features including a bay window fitted with custom window treatments.
The homeowners’ vintage art collection and “collected aesthetic” helped Twelve Chairs Interiors create a layered feel in this Milton, Massachusetts, home. A mix of contemporary, midcentury modern and other vintage elements looks at home in the parlor of the 1840 Greek Revival, which has beautiful original architectural features including a bay window fitted with custom window treatments.
4. Round and Round
You’ll find organic textures, arches and curves throughout this Los Angeles home by AE Design — all characteristic of its Spanish modern style. In the living room, they take the form of a curved sofa with spherical pillows; kidney-shaped coffee tables; a sloped-arm, channel-stitched armchair; and a bulbous boucle accent chair, all grounded by a circular rug and illuminated by a round woven chandelier.
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You’ll find organic textures, arches and curves throughout this Los Angeles home by AE Design — all characteristic of its Spanish modern style. In the living room, they take the form of a curved sofa with spherical pillows; kidney-shaped coffee tables; a sloped-arm, channel-stitched armchair; and a bulbous boucle accent chair, all grounded by a circular rug and illuminated by a round woven chandelier.
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3. Built-In Beauty
This London living room by design-build firm Legacy Squares mixes midcentury designs (note the Noguchi-style coffee table and glass-globe chandelier) with contemporary and classical elements to create a timeless, elegant look. The color and symmetry of the built-in cabinetry surrounding the fireplace are particularly pleasing, as is the roaring fire.
This London living room by design-build firm Legacy Squares mixes midcentury designs (note the Noguchi-style coffee table and glass-globe chandelier) with contemporary and classical elements to create a timeless, elegant look. The color and symmetry of the built-in cabinetry surrounding the fireplace are particularly pleasing, as is the roaring fire.
2. Softly Sumptuous
Etch Design Group maintained the original character of this 1930s Austin, Texas, bungalow but tailored it to the client’s eclectic taste. A few pieces with striking textures and colors — a tufted leather couch; soft, rounded club chairs in an earthy ochre; a herringbone-tiled fireplace — load it with style while keeping the overall look fairly restrained.
Etch Design Group maintained the original character of this 1930s Austin, Texas, bungalow but tailored it to the client’s eclectic taste. A few pieces with striking textures and colors — a tufted leather couch; soft, rounded club chairs in an earthy ochre; a herringbone-tiled fireplace — load it with style while keeping the overall look fairly restrained.
1. Big and Bodacious
The most popular living room of summer 2022 is anything but restrained. In a newly built lakeside home in a suburb of Denver, this Andrea Schumacher-designed room is bursting with bold colors and patterns in both the finishes and the furnishings. Its focal point is a hanging fireplace covered in dimensional Coffered Wood wallpaper by Phillip Jeffries. But there’s eye candy — and design inspiration — everywhere you look.
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The most popular living room of summer 2022 is anything but restrained. In a newly built lakeside home in a suburb of Denver, this Andrea Schumacher-designed room is bursting with bold colors and patterns in both the finishes and the furnishings. Its focal point is a hanging fireplace covered in dimensional Coffered Wood wallpaper by Phillip Jeffries. But there’s eye candy — and design inspiration — everywhere you look.
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This youthful, midcentury-modern-leaning living room in Madrid by Banana Home Agency sticks to a mostly neutral palette but keeps it interesting with richly grained wood floors laid in a herringbone pattern, as well as natural fibers, geometric black-and-white patterns and greenery. A single round pillow in sunny yellow picks up pops of color in the artwork arranged gallery-like on the wall.
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