Choosing to design a living room in a Traditional style doesn’t mean the look needs to rely on outdated decorating ideas or a bland color palette — it’s all in the approach you take to realize your interior design objectives. We’ve put together a curated gallery of Traditional-style living rooms that update the aesthetic without abandoning the classical inspiration behind the design ideas.
1. French Doors Open Up Living Room to Outdoor Space
Traditional-style living room design features a gray sofa, a coffee table, upholstered accent side chairs, and a table set on an area rug. The space also includes a wood-burning fireplace with a wall-mounted circular mirror, gray walls, white wainscoting, and hardwood flooring. French doors and windows draw in plenty of natural light.
2. Coffered Ceiling Distinguishes Traditional Design
Traditional-style living room design features a wood-burning fireplace on a wall with built-in shelving, hardwood flooring, and a coffered ceiling. An upholstered sofa set includes matching chairs and an ottoman with a small, circular glass-top coffee table. Sliding glass doors lead out to a back deck.
3. Upholstered Furnishings Surround Ottoman Coffee Table
Large traditional living room design features upholstered sofas and chairs with plenty of cushions surrounding an ottoman coffee table and an area rug. The space also includes a wall-mounted flat-screen TV over a fireplace, a pendant light fixture, and hardwood flooring. Glass windows and doors brighten the room with natural light.
4. Abstract Painting and Fireplace Provide Splashes of Color
One wall in this traditional living room design is filled with splashes of red, yellow, and orange in both the fireplace and the abstract painting above it. Conceptually, the artwork serves as a visual pun on the burning embers below. The space also features matching beige cushioned armchairs, a sofa facing a glass-top coffee table set over an area rug, and hardwood flooring. Illumination is provided by recessed ceiling lighting, table lamps , and full-height windows drawing in natural light.
5. Wet Bar Takes Up One Wall of Living Room
The spacious living room design features a large upholstered L-shaped sectional sofa, a leather armchair, two faux-fur stools, and a glass-top coffee table facing an ornate wood-burning fireplace. The space also includes a geometric-patterned area rug over marble flooring, arch and radius windows, a wet bar, and a ceiling with a fan and recessed lighting.
6. Cathedral Ceiling with Exposed Beams Towers Over Living Room
The living room features a candlestick chandelier suspended from a cathedral ceiling with exposed wooden beams. The decor also includes a massive stone wood-burning fireplace, an upholstered L-shaped sectional sofa, and two leather wingback chairs facing a wooden coffee table over an area rug with hardwood flooring. A winding staircase with ornate metal railing connects the room with the second floor.
7. Tall Wall of Glass Provides Expansive Views of the Waterfront
Double-height glass wall brings in plenty of natural light and provides expansive waterfront views. The living room decor includes a sofa, two leather club chairs over an area rug, and hardwood flooring facing a rustic wooden coffee table and fireplace. A pony wall separates the area from an adjacent dining room.
8. Natural Light Streams in through Large French Windows
The double-height living room features an upholstered beige sofa with two blue armchairs facing a glass-topped coffee table illuminated by natural light from large French windows. The light-hued sofa and area rug contrast with the dark wood finish and frames of the windows and furnishings.
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9. White Coffered Ceiling Contrasts with Room Full of Color
A white coffered ceiling contrasts with dark gray walls and a colorful patterned area rug spread over dark hardwood flooring. The living space also includes an upholstered sofa and chairs facing a glass-topped coffee table with banks of windows drawing natural light into the traditional room.
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10. Brown Leather Sofas Match Color of the Walls
Traditional living room features a pair of brown leather sofas that match the color of a center coffee table and the walls. The furniture is arranged over an area rug spread on carpeted flooring in front of a fireplace.
11. Linear Stone Fireplace Capped with Copper Hood
Traditional living room, with a wood-slat, exposed-beam ceiling, features an upholstered sofa set facing a coffee table on a floral-patterned area rug spread over hardwood flooring. A large linear stone fireplace with a copper hood provides a focal point for the spaceand an expansive waterfront view.
12. Shag Area Rug Spread Over Hardwood Flooring
Living room features an open floor plan with a long L-shaped sectional and armchair facing a glass-topped coffee table on a shag area rug spread over hardwood flooring. The space also has a fireplace and multiple light sources, including table lamps, pendant fixtures, recessed lighting, and windows.
13. Wooden Trunks Converted into Console Tables
Large traditional living room features two cream-colored leather sofas and gray armchairs surrounding a shag area rug spread over light hardwood flooring. The space also includes a wood-burning fireplace with two trunks used as console tables and a large bank of windows providing an expansive ocean view.
14. Leather Curved Armchairs Match Cream-Colored Surfaces
Large traditional living room features an upholstered sofa with leather curved armchairs surrounding a wooden coffee table set on an area rug over hardwood flooring. The cream-colored armchairs match the surfaces of the walls and ceiling. The space also includes a linear stone fireplace flanked by shelving and cabinetry built into alcoves, an antique console, and side tables. The ceiling includes crown molding and recessed lighting, with more illumination coming from table and floor lamps.
15. Linear Fireplace Flanked by Built-In Shelving
Traditional living room features two light-colored sofas that contrast with the lighter brown color of two armchairs. The seating arrangement surrounds a double-tier glass-topped coffee table set on a shag area rug spread over the dark hardwood flooring. The space also includes a linear fireplace on one wall flanked by built-in shelving. Large windows, floor lamps, and recessed lights in the vaulted ceiling provide illumination.
16. Bright Room Surrounded by French Windows
Traditional living room features an upholstered sofa set with two chairs and a glass-topped coffee table on a light-hued area rug over hardwood flooring. The room also includes a fireplace, bracketed by wall sconces, and a coffered ceiling with recessed lighting. Sunlight streams into the space through banks of large French windows.
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17. Inverted Pendant Light Suspended from Ceiling
Traditional living room features a gray upholstered sofa with two leather and wood accent chairs surrounding a wooden coffee table. An area rug is laid over carpet flooring, with light coming from recessed lighting and an inverted pendant fixture suspended from the ceiling. Natural light also streams in from a wall of windows.
18. Two Lamp Chandeliers Suspended from Cathedral Ceiling
Chalet-style traditional living room features carpet flooring with extensive use of stone and wood throughout the space. The living room furniture includes an upholstered sofa and chairs with a wooden coffee table. Two lamp chandeliers are suspended from the exposed-beam cathedral ceiling.
19. Wooden Doors and Trim Match the Finish on Exposed Beams
Traditional living room features hardwood flooring and a ceiling with exposed beams. Wooden exterior doors and trim match the finish on the beams. The space also includes a sofa set with armchairs and a coffee table on an area rug in front of a wood-burning fireplace. A second sofa is positioned in front of another coffee table on one side of the room.
20. Full-Height Fireplace Flanked by Built-In Shelving
The traditional living room decor features a double-height ceiling with large windows drawing in natural light. A fireplace reaches full height on another wall and is flanked by built-in shelving. The space also includes two upholstered chesterfields facing a glass-topped coffee table set on an area rug covering hardwood flooring.
21. Set of Three Sofas Face Marble Fireplace
The traditional living room features a set of three sofas and a glass coffee table set on an area rug over marble flooring. The space also includes light wood cabinetry with glass doors on one wall, a marble fireplace, and a white ceiling with embossed artwork.
22. Wall Features Gallery of Framed Black and White Photographs
The living room features sectional sofas, a chaise lounge, a glass-topped wooden coffee table, and a leather ottoman over an area rug and hardwood flooring. The relatively small space also includes a crystal pendant fixture suspended from a coffered ceiling and a gallery wall of framed black and white photography.
23. Baroque Fireplace and Gold-Leaf Ceiling Earn Unique Style Points
Unapologetically unique, traditional-style living room features an ornate marble baroque fireplace, a gold-leaf ceiling, and a large area rug over hardwood flooring. A green leather sofa and wigged-out wingback chair add a cool vibe to this singular space, which includes a balcony with an otherworldly view.
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