My living room is in a Victorian Tenement flat typical of where I live in Scotland

My living room is in a Victorian Tenement flat typical of where I live in Scotland. These buildings were designed to house the workforce of the newly industrialized city and have a typical look to them featuring red sandstone, high ceilings, bay windows and good proportions.

Traditionally each room would have housed a whole family, including a fireplace where all the cooking would have been done and a bed recess where they would sleep.

My living room still features the bed recess, which I have used to build my kitchen, although the fireplace has been blocked up.

Essentially the room is square with a large window letting in lots of light, and the recess that has a fitted kitchen.

I didn’t want a typical kitchen and so it is very modern with sleek grey units, and a bright red Perspex splash back.

The living area needed to match that, and has a perfect shade of purple-grey on the walls which complements the red and grey of the kitchen but is a soft warm color. This color flows through and ties into the palette in the rest of the house, cappuccino and heather colored. Read more »

My living room is large with hardwood floors

My living room is about 20×15. It is a large, open room with hardwood floors. In the middle is a white Oriental rug with a floral design in pastels.

The walls are white, and there is not much furniture. There is a large mural on one wall, but the others are bare.

There are three couches, that are all white. The main theme of my living room, I suppose, is white and wood. There are several large wooden sculptures, some of which are from Africa, and some African instruments near the fireplace.

The fireplace is my favorite part of the room. It has painted white molding and a green marble base. In front of the fireplace is my favorite place to curl up in the winter and read a good book. Read more »