A light-filled living room is a joy to spend time in as a family and with friends. Add a powerful connection to the outdoors and it’s a place that you may never want to leave. These 40 light-filled living room designs demonstrate how to style bright and airy spaces to be homely and welcoming. This collection also delivers inspiration on how best to arrange fenestration and courtyards to make the most of natural light and landscaping. With a backdrop of natural greenery, it’s helpful to see the effects that the panorama has on the interior palette and how silhouettes can be either emboldened or lost against the lush vista.
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A U-shaped courtyard causes this light-filled living room to be wrapped by nature on three full sides. Black window frames strongly segment the green panorama, making a gallery of vertical vistas.
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Floor-to-ceiling windows completely melt away the boundary between the living room and garden. Here, a stark black
Designer: Ludwig Mies van der Rohe
Photographer: Mike Schwartz
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Facing glass walls envelop a living room with evenly mesmerising views. These walls can be opened up with bifold or sliding glass doors to create a blissful through-breeze in hot climates.
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With Mother Nature tapping at the window, it’s only polite to invite her indoors. Include a mature
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Use natural materials to complement a tree-lined panorama. Think natural timber furniture, rugged stone feature walls, or
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An influx of natural sunlight will cause attractive light play upon deep ceiling beams and slatted ceiling treatments.
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Extend windows all the way to the top of a
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Edge-to-edge bliss. This almost frameless window design effectively breaks open the side of the building to achieve an uninterrupted panorama.
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Seamless ceilings. This wood-clad ceiling treatment expands onto an overhang outside of the patio doors to achieve one streamlined aesthetic.
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Even corridor courtyards make a stunning change to the feeling of openness and nature connectivity.
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Fashion your own waterfront. If you don’t live by a lake or the coast, you can still have a waterfront home with the addition of a pool that runs right by the living room window.
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Ensure furniture doesn’t obstruct the view by choosing low-slung sofas or placing ottoman modules where the glass meets the floor.
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Wood cladding grounds this window-flanked living room. A unique
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Echo the march of the trees outside with vertically slatted or fluted wall treatments, like this eye-catching fireplace design.
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Encase a tree in a cubed courtyard to create a spectacular room divider.
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Fully retractable doors make a literal connection with the great outdoors.
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Allow your living room to flow effortlessly into outdoor living spaces by blurring where the boundaries lie.
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Let nature inspire the colour palette of your living room furniture, like this elegant moss green and earthy brown arrangement.
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A pebble bed marks the centre of this unique, nature-kissed living room, whilst tree beds are interspersed between modern lounge furniture.
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Elegant archways softly embrace snapshots of a divine landscape. See more inspiration for
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Where garden views wrap only two or three sides of the living room, install an interior courtyard to round out the natural aesthetic.
Designer: Leo Romano
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Light living room furniture makes no distraction from the outer views, a courtyard, or a colourful piece of wall art.
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With living room furniture kept neutral, there is wiggle room for a more eye-catching
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A dipped living room or conversation pit allows garden plant beds to be enjoyed at eye level.
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Traditional armchairs make a playful juxtaposition against a wild backdrop.
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A wooden media wall warmly connects two facing views of the outer environment.
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A thriving banana plant makes a perfect companion for a high-ceilinged, nature-blessed living room.
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Accessorise with nature-inspired furniture pieces, like this beautiful timber-framed
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Combine the art of nature with the art of man by hanging artwork within a courtyard view.
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A heavenly exterior view is right at home with an ethereal white interior.
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A pergola-style ceiling creates an indoor-outdoor feel.
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It’s hard to see where the interior planter ends and the outdoors start in this luxurious light-filled living room.
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An outer deck will extend the living area when bifold doors are drawn back.
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A partial room divider separates a living space into different pockets of function without fully severing the view.
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Hang a swing chair in the breeze.
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A mezzanine level further exaggerates a feeling of openness and airiness.
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Introduce botanical patterns to honour the outdoors.
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