Decorating Ideas For Living Room With Beige Sofas – While color experts predict that an abundance of monotonous colors will dominate our homes, nothing beats the beauty of a calm, neutral room. Not only is a small palette easy on the eye (who needs a wall-to-wall system after a day of squinting at your computer screen?) — it never goes out of style. Living rooms, in particular, are the perfect place to complete a neutral color scheme with beautiful designs, accessories, and understated accessories. But even if the “stable signs” are on the rise and the “vanilla girl” is having a moment on TikTok, looking neutral runs the risk of looking, well, too vanilla, or, even worse, a boring time .
New York designer Augusta Hoffman knows the dangers of a neutral aesthetic but embraces the challenge with her sophisticated works. The key to keeping things from looking too monotone? Embrace luxe materials and sculptural forms. “Working with muted sounds really gives the freedom to explore more with materials and textures,” he says. “To add warmth and comfort to neutral spaces, I like to pair a variety of ivory rugs with rich leather, metal accents, natural stone, and antique wood accents.”
Decorating Ideas For Living Room With Beige Sofas
And you don’t have to stick to a white or cream paint job, either. According to experts, next year will welcome a slew of “new neutrals” that allow soft colors—think pink, taupe, and sage—for a pop of color. But don’t take our word for it: These 35 neutral ideas from our archives show that it really is possible to go beyond the pale.
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In this proud living room, designer Chad Dorsey worked primarily with a cream palette of furniture, walls, paint, and accessories. The trick to banishing the “blahs”? Add patterns, textures, and modern silhouettes throughout, like the feather print on the sofa and the contrasting pile on the Rug Company rug.
Can not? Play with your favorite neutral spectrum, like designer Eva Bradley did with her famous San Francisco Victorian. Here, he proves that taupe can embody many people when it is executed correctly, like the classic Mario Bellini sofa and ombré striped curtains.
“Usually, we’re looking for the right amount of color,” one client of this neutral Upper East Side location told us. “But in New York, it felt right that the palette should be so successful.” ELLE DECOR’s A-List Redd Kaihoi embraced the brief with gusto—with his own biggest twist. Here, the classic palette of cream and beige gets a kiss of the sun with additional materials such as bronze, bronze, and gilt wood.
If the idea of empty, beige walls gives you nightmares, choose a beautiful wallpaper design. By doing this in her New York home, veteran legend Suzanne Rheinstein has created a bucolic space in the middle of a concrete jungle.
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And this residence in California, designed by Andre Herrero of the studio Charlap Hyman & Herrero, is a good example. Here, warm beiges live with white, olive green, and even stainless steel in a design that is easy on the eyes – in more ways than one, you judge this wall sculpture!
Black and white doesn’t have to be short for fun, but as ELLE DECOR A-List designer Alfredo Paredes attests, the duo makes the perfect après ice combo. In this long retreat in Vermont, he painted the entire floor white, except for the chimney breast, which he covered in Venetian jet black. Not only does it create a center, “It feels modern and it’s like a battle scene on the slopes,” Paredes said.
Did you know that prospective home buyers are more likely to choose a house painted charcoal and gray? Even if you’re not putting your house on the market anytime soon, this is one helluva design, especially in the hands of renowned designer Jeremiah Brent. Here in the lobby of his New York office, the walls, shelves, and window fixtures are all gray washed. Black leather armchairs, a solid marble mantel, and a gilt mirror add a touch of glamour.
If you want more American and want a modern farmhouse look, go for a neutral contrast. Here, in the country house of New York, ELLE DECOR A-List designer David Netto skillfully combines a variety of modern classics with interesting fabrics and silhouettes in addition tone. Bonus points for painted roofs!
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If you have an awesome idea like this, Mother Nature has already done the heavy lifting in terms of color. ELLE DECOR A-List Designer Nicole Hollis embraces the surrounding dessert landscape in this epic retreat, based on a back-to-back palette of travertine, bleached oak, and limestone.
This space, in a house in New York City designed by Alyssa Kapito, is a master class in white-colored paintings. Multiple seating areas—in soft white, of course—create the perfect atmosphere for entertaining, while Eric Schmitt’s chandelier “gives that beautiful light and architectural feel,” according to Kapito.
As an alternative to soft or glossy paint, try lime wash. The kind that happens gives the feeling of comfort like a cave, or in the case of the Brooklyn apartment of the Tangible Space Office, the feeling of living “in an acorn.”
This elegant living room, designed by Augusta Hoffman, reflects the simplicity of the artist with modern silhouettes and heavy wooden furniture. “We decided to embrace the [wooden] material and use it as a contrast to the surrounding areas,” Hoffman said. “With that, we had to make a conscious choice so that the rest of the space feels light and open so that the tone of the dark wood permeates everything.”
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If you’re interested in patterns in your neutral space, go for it! Just make sure they have the correct pronoun and reason. David Netto Protege Lily Dierkes used Namay Samay fabric in this Nashville residence. A scalloped wicker ottoman adds texture.
The traditional got a twist at Reese Witherspoon’s Ojai, California, ranch. Designer and friend Kristen Buckingham, who has experience designing Spanish-style homes, created a living room that feels “fresh and young” with linens, leather and wood furniture, and a soft paint job
Just because you’re going for a neutral look doesn’t mean you have to give up a sophisticated piece—or a taste of comfort. We love this renovated Austin ranch house designed by architect Paul Lamb, with its adobe walls and contemporary sofa and chairs.
This home in Sonoma, California, may be new construction (the previous home was destroyed in a wildfire), but designer Ken Fulk included plenty of cozy, old-world touches — including a turn-of-the-century stone mantel 19, imported from Italy. Unconventional shapes and large silhouettes, such as the Jane Hallworth cocktail table, are making a comeback today.
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Pair a neutral living room with deep tones. Designer Tim Godbold decorated this room with a deep blue carpet, a move that draws a large stone fireplace into the structure.
Think outside the box when it comes to your dream neutral living room. Here, in the Manhattan design studio, ELLE DECOR A-List designer Rodney Lawrence specified a sunrise-like wallpaper to create an invigorating atmosphere.
To prevent your interior design from catching a blahs issue, play with shapes. Here, in Ishka Designs’ Brooklyn bedroom, circular silhouettes are repeated in the rug, cocktail table, lamp, and fireplace. “We like the circle theory,” said managing partner Niya Bascom. “There is no beginning, no middle, no end – continuous progress.”
Don’t be afraid to treat the neutral green. After all, as Pantone’s Leatrice Eiseman tells us, “Mother Nature uses it everywhere in plants and vegetables.” The designers at Ashe Leandro seem to have taken this advice to heart, as shown in the Manhattan living room where an olive-green curved sofa is the centerpiece of a neutral room.
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Anna Fixsen, Assistant Digital Editor at ELLE DECOR, focuses on how to share the best of the design world through in-depth reporting and online storytelling. Prior to joining the staff, he held positions at Architectural Digest, Metropolis, and Architectural Record magazines.
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