SMALL LIVING ROOMS ARE BIG ON STYLE
All the inspiration you need to be more strategic about your decor choices.
1. COZY LIVING ROOM
The love seat in the living room of a cozy Montana guesthouse is by Cisco Home. The cabinet is 19th-century Moorish and the cocktail table is a custom design. Oly footstools, an antique crystal chandelier and a wallcovering from Sloan Miyasato complete the space. A buffalo-hide rug is layered on top of a Mark Nelson Designs carpet.
2. ANTIQUE-FILLED LIVING ROOM
Antique pieces from the 20s, 30s and 50s, including Dorothy Draper chairs, are one of the main highlights of the living room in the Beverly Hills home of Too Faced Founders Jerrod Blandino and Jeremy Johnson. The Slim Aarons photo hanging in the kitchen are juxtaposed against modern touches like Kate Spade sconces along the stairs and a brass-and-marble dining table designed by Jerrod himself.
3. WHIMSICAL LIVING ROOM
In the living room of fashion designer Erin Beatty and filmmaker Lex Sidon’s West Village duplex, which was designed by Lara Apponyi and Michael Woodcock of Work + Sea, the leather sofa is by Michael Felix, the love seat is by Pinch, and the Marcel Breuer chairs are from Knoll; the marble cocktail table is a custom design, the stool by Reinaldo Sanguino is from the Future Perfect, the floor lamp is by Noir, the rug is by Aelfie, and the paintings are by Jimmy Lee Sudduth, left, and Willie Jinks.
4. OPEN-AIR LIVING ROOM
At the top of the tower of a Florence manor, with 360-degree views of the Apennine Mountains, a living room contains a vintage sofa and custom daybeds covered in fabrics by C&C Milano. The motorized shades are bamboo, and the cocktail and side tables are Miani designs.
5. UNCONVENTIONAL LIVING ROOM
In the smaller living area of a São Paulo home, the sofa was found at a local auction, the Jean Prouvé chair is by Vitra, the hexagonal table and Berber rug are Moroccan, and the walls are painted in a custom color.
6. DEEP BLUE LIVING ROOM
In the living room of Michael Carey's home in Claverack, New York, a George Smith sofa and a corner chair purchased in London are upholstered in an Osborne & Little linen, the Georgian leather library chair and English mahogany coaching table are from Lee Stanton Antiques, the Craftsman armoire is a family heirloom, and the light fixture is by Restoration Hardware. The kilim is from West Elm, and the French faux-bois table and vintage subway signs were found in nearby Hudson.
7. MINIMALIST LIVING ROOM
In the living room of Jeffrey Kalinsky's West Village townhouse, which was designed by DD Allen of Pierce Allen, the leather sofas are by Annabelle Selldorf, and the 1959 Helge Vestergaard Jensen chairs from Wyeth are upholstered in a Missoni fabric; the cabinetry is custom, the circa-1970 floor lamp is by Stilnovo, and the rug is cashmere.
8. BRIGHT LIVING ROOM
The sofa in the den of this New York apartment is from DDC, the Hans Wegner lounge chair is from Wyeth, and the vintage cocktail table is by Milo Baughman; the painting is by Park Ito and the rug is an early-20th-century Turkish kilim.
9. MAXIMALIST LIVING ROOM
In the library of a Connecticut cottage, the sofa by Restoration Hardware is covered in a Perennials fabric, the vintage club chairs, upholstered in a Great Plains linen, are from Duane, the cocktail table is Chinese, the circa-1960 chair is by Milo Baughman, and the stool came from the former Manhattan nightclub Moomba; the 18th-century English portrait is a family heirloom, the zebra skin is antique, the blinds are by Hunter Douglas, and the walls are painted in Dragon's Breath by Benjamin Moore.
10. LAYERED LIVING ROOM
In a Marfa, Texas, home, a living room with a layered aesthetic includes a Poul Henningsen light fixture, a Navajo rug, and a cabinet by Robert "Mouseman" Thompson that holds an Ansel Adams photograph. The walls are painted in Benjamin Moore's Cloud White.
11. INVITING LIVING ROOM
In a Netherlands living room, off-white sofas pop against a dark background, adding to its cozy, romantic vibe.
12. NEUTRAL LIVING ROOM
In the living room of Kate and Rem Reynolds’s townhouse in Windsor Terrace, Brooklyn, the sofa from ABC Carpet & Home is upholstered in a fabric by Soraya Shah for Studio Four NYC, the design showroom Kate Reynolds co-owns. The room is outfitted with a Timothy Oulton chaise, a Danish cocktail table, an Akari pendant light by Noguchi, shades of a Rebecca Atwood fabric, and a vintage Moroccan rug. The walls are painted in Benjamin Moore’s Huntington White and the trim in Iron Mountain, the photograph is by Claire Nitze, and the cameo portrait is by Doug Meyer.
13. INTIMATE LIVING ROOM
In designer Paul Mathieu's Udaipur townhouse, the sitting room's settee and side table are both by the designer; the shutters are rosewood.
14. VIVID, PATTERNED LIVING ROOM
In an eclectic NYC home, the 1940s club chair is covered in a chintz from the same decade, the sofa is by Maison Jansen, and the wallpaper is by Doug & Gene Meyer; the circular rug is by Niba Collections, the carpet is by Holland & Sherry, the cocktail tables are by Fredrikson Stallard, and the central artwork is an Indian sign painting.
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