You spend a lot of time in your living room, so it not only needs to look great, but it also needs to be functional and comfortable. Mastering this trifecta can be a design challenge for sure, but we've rounded up the best living room examples to inspire your own

A living area with a plush sofa that exudes elegance and furniture of materials that are sustainable.

Entering the living room, you are greeted by the warm glow of natural light that serves as a spacious canvas to amplify the luxury of the charismatic bohemian-inspired furniture that frames the room. The furniture is rooted in light, natural wood that pairs beautifully with a cane swing, making it hard not to conjure up an image of a breezy beach vacation at home. The earthy, boho-chic theme of the room is quickly highlighted by the opulence of trendy accent pieces elegantly strewn across the room.

An elegant 10,000 sq.ft residence in Kuruppampady designed along a gently sloping terrain blends in effortlessly with its surrounding landscape. Accessed from the east along the lower side of the slope, the residence conceived in 2 levels spreads across xx cents of land. Surrounded by buildings on all 3 sides, the house is designed with delicately merging in the exteriors to its interiors without compromising the privacy of the client. The client's desire to not have a large imposing structure on site lead to the proposal of large sloping roofs for the built mass to considerably scale down the structure and to resolve it as part of the extended landscape. The house is oriented towards outside, with the main feature being its ‘openness to the surrounding landscape’ with almost all the rooms opening into the exterior greens and all the terraces converted to green roofs, the house is a beautiful manifestation of achieving inside - outside relation through design.

The daughters are both artistic in nature and a lot of space in their bedrooms has been given for their private collections of knick-knacks, photos and artwork. Both the bedrooms have wooden flooring though one is black, white and wooden in theme while the other has a touch of sea-green. Lighting has played an important role in creating different moods depending on the use of the room. While light pieces have added colour in one room, the other uses books and small personal effects to add colour in an all white brick wall unit.

Warm and light living room