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Make a note of the living room designs you like (pin the pictures to a Pinterest board) and you'll soon notice themes occurring, which will be a good base for your room scheme. What to avoid? A style that clashes obviously with your home's age: 1930s style sits well in homes from that period onwards, but tends not to suit older properties similarly, heavy Victorian doesn't work in a 1970s-built house.Īnd while you might be tempted to stick to one style, don't be afraid to mix and match. Check out our gallery of modern living room ideas for inspiration.

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In other words, if your house is full of kids, choosing a living room filled with ornate antiques probably isn’t practical and a modern living room style might be more your scene. So, while the style of your living room design will be largely dictated by the age of your property, its inherent architectural feature and the style of the rest of your rooms or existing living room furniture, it's got to suit your lifestyle, too. It's where you will spend much of your time: in the evenings if you don't have kids, and from the afternoon onwards if you do. Once you’ve planned your living room furniture design placement you can move on to the fun stuff – choosing the style of your living room.

Consider personal style when designing a living room Find out much more about where to place the living room furniture in our guide the best living room layout ideas. From that you can sketch out a floorplan and draw out a few different ways your furniture could fit into the room. Top tip: If you really don’t know where to start with your living room layout, use a tape measure to size up the room.

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