38 Interior Design Ideas for Small Living Rooms

If you have a small living room, no worries. You can resolve the issue by nifty arrangements and combinations that can trick the eye into thinking that the area is larger than it actually is. These terrific blueprints can turn an area that feels squeezed and jammed into one that feels spacious, comfy and soothing. How you use the color , weight and arrange the decorations and furniture to maximize brightness and space really makes the difference.

You need to think out of the box when your living room is small. Often traditional concepts of living room decorations will not give you the best solution for a small living room. Make more use of mirrors . You might deploy strategy of drawing the focus of the viewer upward. You can use natural colors for the room while trying to exert a lightweight appearance to the furniture. Small scale furniture selection will also help the cause.

Here are 38 notable interior design ideas for small living rooms:

Decorative Ceiling and Higher Artwork

This room makes the use of light color and beam structure in the ceiling that draws attention of the viewers.

Chandelier Spotlight

A modern elevated living room that shifts focus towards the roof with sparkling chandeliers.

Slope Roof with Large Furniture

Sloped ceiling and fireplace makes this living room offhand and spacious.

Casual Delight

This living room shifts focus to the far side walls and windows with light natural wood panels in the wall in consolidation with flat screen TV .

Bright and Small

The brightness featured in the upper ceiling is featured in this room which is complemented by the small sofa set, decor of coffee table and wooden floor.

Grey Accent

The grey leather accent is the focus of this living room with some intelligent arrangement of furniture such as the window-side dining table and the lamp near the grey ottoman.

Black And White

When the living room space is limited, intelligent color patterns can make them sensational. The black and small furniture, photo frame, flat screen TV in the background of white makes this living room nothing short of splendid.

Well Lined Up

Even when you like to squeeze in a lot of furniture and stuffs into a small living room , you can arrange in a manner that can make the room splendid.

Tidy Order

This is another example of intelligent combination of black and white with white furniture making the black fireplace, TV and light shades pop.

Divert Sight Upward

Very clever way to arrange a rectangular living room. The slopped ceiling diverts focus initially, however , the attention is taken away by the long wooden finish in the wall with red in the middle behind the flat TV. The color of sofa matches the roof while that of cushion resonates the red in the wall.

A Touch of Yellow

The all-white living room with nice exposed beams has a small yellow sofa and a great-looking oil painting and a unique chandelier.

Gallery Lover

The art collection at the far wall, the slopped roof and simple furniture admires the viewers.

Iliac Tint

Stunning gallery on the far wall with multi-colored sofa sets and natural deep wooden finish makes this small living room stand out .

Gallery With White Aura

This is another example of gallery that features white. White sofa , ottoman, light colored walls and spacious white in the photo frames containing personal photos makes the room gorgeous.

Another Gallery Wall

This not-so-spacious living room with white ceiling , furniture and a wall laden with frames is complemented by zig-zag floor mattress.

Bright Eclectic

The deep blue sofa and touch of greenery stands out against white wall and roof . This is a brilliant eclectic style bright living room.

Dark Eclectic

This small living room is featuring dark walls with white furniture, window, curtain and fireplace.

Book Accenture

There are a lot of things stuffed in this white living room. The bookshelf is added. With those modern sofas and rug , you will hardly notice the custom coffee table.

French Touch

A touch of French among the white walls and all-natural wooden floor finish and the rustic overhead lamp structure and various wooden decors.

Celebrating Eclectic With Color

Vivacious reds paired with brilliant turquoise, emerald greens coupled with dazzling gold and pops of bright yellow laced into a framework that is markedly orange; color is an essential part of most eclectic living rooms. Even though most owners prefer a more contemporary-eclectic style with grays and whites shaping the background, a more lively approach does seem way more fun. Remember that eclectic is a style defined by ‘you’ and not any particular designer or trend. Pick colors that you truly love and paint a picture that is truly spellbinding.

The following 6 living rooms demonstrates great color combinations:

Color Stacks

The color combination used in this room is not copybook style of living room design , but it turns out to be excellent for a small room. Notice how the small furniture and wheeled coffee table contributed magnanimously.

Random Diversity

Seemingly contradicting and somewhat random color combinations created a mesmerizing living room. Deep colors are blended with no specific rules.

Golden Eclectic

Gold color is featured against deep blue wall. The intelligent color combination speaks out for itself.

Kids Eclectic

This kids-friendly living room features a soothing deep blue accent . It makes use of the small furniture, decorations and deep blue curtain.

Eclectic Music

The red wall decoration along with red lamp shades, music player and reddish carpet brings a feminine note in this unique living room.

Black-White-Gold

The black fireplace and mirror pops out in this living room. The golden table , red furniture and zebra-stripe sofa set complements each other pretty well.

Random Styles:

Red Energy

This living room depicts both feminine ( red) and masculine ( black) touch balanced off by the color of the wall and sofa.

Green Ava

This room features the chandelier and the elliptical-shaped mirror guarded by two white candle-columns. The green atmosphere is also augmented by small furniture and zig-zag rug.

Wall View

Have a look at this living room which features brown in the walls. Notice very few simple furniture. Putting less furniture can make your room more spacious.

Smooth Traffic Flow

The arrangements in this living room allows for uninterrupted flow of people from one side to the other. First you need to anticipate where the persons entering the room will most likely go such as the sofa or the fire place. Then set the furniture accordingly to allow for smooth flow. Keep enough spaces for common tasks such as turning on the lights, lighting up the fireplace and closing the windows. Smooth flow through the furniture will make the room feel more spacious.

Houdini Trick

Do you know the greatest secret behind the magic of Houdini ? Misdirection. Introduce a focus point in the room with a splendid painting or fabulous to divert the viewer’s attention away from the size of the room. For example, if you predominantly rely on traditional decors, try something avant-garde like a modern art. If you fancy minimalist modern furniture, choose something that’s traditional, such as an antique armoire, as your focal point.

Reflected Mirror

Have a look at this room . The large frame mirror actually makes the room look more spacious by reflecting light and pushing walls away. Using then in front of a nice antique, flower or great drapes will sooth the eyes.

Rustic Black

This small living room looks awesome with black and rustic color combining to great effect.

Neat Living

There is nothing special about this living room and the arrangement does not make the room any bigger .But it is a remarkable room nonetheless.

Nifty Furniture

Sometimes large furniture like sofa and ottoman fit pretty well in small living room when placed properly. The paintings on the wall takes the focus away focus of people.

Decor Wonder

Sometimes you just need to pick your favorite decors and put them in a nifty arrangement that suits your eyes.

Cozy Yellow

Black parts in the wall with yellow couch and transparent coffee tables gives this living room a sparkling look.

WOW Geometric Shapes

The first thing I thought when I saw this room was- WOW. Vivid representation of geometric shapes , antiques, round center table , black and white sofa cover goes along pretty well.