Living Room

Custom fabrics offer beautiful textures and colors to this great room. Palo Dobrick Photographer

In this renovation, a spare bedroom was removed to expand the living and dining space. A central built in separates the living from the dining area and provides ample storage while serving as a media center. Featured in Interior Design, Sept. 2014, p. 216 and Serendipity, Oct. 2014, p. 30. Renovation, Interior Design, and Furnishing: Luca Andrisani Architect. Photo: Peter Murdock

Joel Patterson

The heart of the home is the reception room where deep blues from the Tyrrhenian Seas beautifully coalesce with soft whites and soupçons of antique gold under a bespoke chandelier of 1,800 hand-hung crystal droplets.

A Modern Farm House home great room with limestone fireplace and ebonized oak cabinetry. Photography by Michael Hunter

Every feature in this room has been designed and created by Future Comforts. The furniture is bespoke made for the room. The floor is a wide plank limed oak, which creates a lighter feel in the room. The spot lights above the desk are LED to give a brighter light over the desk area.

Photo by Peter Molick

A view of the living room with large telescoping glass doors to the exterior and a custom ceiling with recessed lights.

In the living room, floor to ceiling windows frame the space and create a bright and inviting feel. We introduced a palette of deep grey, blue, and rich cognac furniture that maintain a modern feel with their low profiles and clean lines.

With enormous rectangular beams and round log posts, the Spanish Peaks House is a spectacular study in contrasts. Even the exterior—with horizontal log slab siding and vertical wood paneling—mixes textures and styles beautifully. An outdoor rock fireplace, built-in stone grill and ample seating enable the owners to make the most of the mountain-top setting. Inside, the owners relied on Blue Ribbon Builders to capture the natural feel of the home’s surroundings. A massive boulder makes up the hearth in the great room, and provides ideal fireside seating. A custom-made stone replica of Lone Peak is the backsplash in a distinctive powder room; and a giant slab of granite adds the finishing touch to the home’s enviable wood, tile and granite kitchen. In the daylight basement, brushed concrete flooring adds both texture and durability. Roger Wade

We gave this home a contemporary update complete with gray cabinetry, white countertops, and light hardwood flooring.

Pineapple House creates style and drama using contrasting bold colors -- primarily midnight black with snow white, set upon dark hardwood floors. Upon entry, an inviting conversation area consisting of four over-sized swivel chairs upholstered in taupe mohair surround the parlor's white painted brick fireplace. Their electronics and entertainment center are hidden in two washed oak cabinets.

The sunken Living Room is positioned next to the Kitchen with an overhanging island bench that blurs the distinction between these two spaces. Dining/Kitchen/Living spaces are thoughtfully distinguished by the tiered layout as they cascade towards the rear garden. Photo by Dave Kulesza.

A beautiful Kazak rug provides the groundwork for the color scheme in the expansive living space. The tongue and groove wormy chestnut ceiling brings warmth. The open concept to the Dining Area and Kitchen creates a great space for entertaining.

The living room receives natural light from two sides. Window shades are concealed behind the trim at the top of the windows. Roger Wade photo.