Key Points Designers love warm cream, olive green, and charcoal blue for instantly elevating a living room.These shades ...

Adding color with paint is a quick and easy way to add style and personality to a living room, but get it wrong, and you could risk ruining the main room in your home. Color (even if you’re using ...

Not everyone wants to design a living room over and over again. While there are some who wouldn’t mind picking out paints and fabrics every few months—either because of their careers or hobbies—the ...

Lauren is a writer and architectural designer living and working in Brooklyn, NY. In addition to being a writer at Forbes, she works as a freelance architectural designer specializing in residential ...

Charcoal gray, navy, and cool white make living rooms feel heavy or sterile—avoid them. Try deep olive, terracotta, or warm off-white for a cozier, timeless look. Skip trendy teal and choose a softer ...

"Hearst Magazines and Yahoo may earn commission or revenue on some items through these links." Finding the right living room paint color can feel overwhelming. Not only are there hundreds of options, ...

Homeowner Lee Braden and her husband chose HGTV Home by Sherwin-Williams' Potter's Shed for their DIY built-in bookshelf project, and the shade helps make the once-1990s-beige living room look ...

While there are a few other changes in the space, the white paint does a lot of the heavy lifting. It makes the ceilings seem higher, the windows seem bigger, and the room seem overall brighter. And ...

You’re in need of some living room design ideas but hiring an interior designer or contractor to revamp the space sounds daunting (and expensive)? Before you resign to spending yet another evening in ...

A tiny footprint makes for big design challenges, but minimal square footage also lends itself to brainstorming creative small living room ideas for compact, cozy spaces. Less real estate means you’ve ...