Inspiration from the 10 Most Popular Family Rooms of 2016
Whether you call these living rooms or family rooms, these Singapore Houzz favourites suggest great ideas for yours
Even with over 12 million photos from design and renovation professionals on Houzz around the world, inspiration for living spaces in small homes is still in short supply… so resourceful Singapore homeowners looked through family room photos for ideas for their living rooms, too. Here’s what’s trending from your 2016 favourites:
2. Rustic romance
Aged wood creates a vintage feel whether you’ve got a brand new built-in or a upcycled buy. Go for wood planks, plywood or even veneer, and you’ve got yourself a log cabin escape.
Aged wood creates a vintage feel whether you’ve got a brand new built-in or a upcycled buy. Go for wood planks, plywood or even veneer, and you’ve got yourself a log cabin escape.
3. A feature wall with personality
Display niches in a variety of styles and sizes allow you to personalise your feature wall with your own collections. When shelf heights appear to be customised to your display pieces, the space looks even more packed with your character.
Display niches in a variety of styles and sizes allow you to personalise your feature wall with your own collections. When shelf heights appear to be customised to your display pieces, the space looks even more packed with your character.
4. Beautiful built-in shelving
A built-in, backlit bookcase for all your reading and mementos – who wouldn’t want that in a corner of their living room or family room? It even comes with its own bespoke ladder.
A built-in, backlit bookcase for all your reading and mementos – who wouldn’t want that in a corner of their living room or family room? It even comes with its own bespoke ladder.
5. Built-in shelving for space-starved rooms
Can’t spare a wall for your books? Build up. And organise your book display according to colour, so that your space looks more cohesive and stylish.
The art of organising – by colour-coding
Can’t spare a wall for your books? Build up. And organise your book display according to colour, so that your space looks more cohesive and stylish.
The art of organising – by colour-coding
6. Relaxed Scandi-style
The tapered legs and low-slung build of Scandinavian-style furniture always seem to work well in making a small living area feel lighter and bigger. Looks like this style is here to stay!
The tapered legs and low-slung build of Scandinavian-style furniture always seem to work well in making a small living area feel lighter and bigger. Looks like this style is here to stay!
7. A touch of Zen, Scandi-style
This extension of the living room – built out to what was previously the balcony – is a casual space for chilling out (or meditating!). Pale wood built-ins are complemented by a lantern-like lamp, while the restful white-and-lightness of everything else is just instantly soothing to the eye.
This extension of the living room – built out to what was previously the balcony – is a casual space for chilling out (or meditating!). Pale wood built-ins are complemented by a lantern-like lamp, while the restful white-and-lightness of everything else is just instantly soothing to the eye.
9. Jazzed up brick wall
Contrast the raw, edgy feel of a whitewashed brick wall with iconic designer furniture. It takes the industrial style staple to a sophisticated new level.
Contrast the raw, edgy feel of a whitewashed brick wall with iconic designer furniture. It takes the industrial style staple to a sophisticated new level.
10. Small but stately
Who says small living areas need only be minimalist? This monochromatic neutral space is limited in footprint, but that didn’t limit the designer from using oversized lounge chairs and building a bespoke display-and-storage wall. The choice of colours and scale of detailing were cleverly considered so that the space feels simply cosy and inviting!
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Who says small living areas need only be minimalist? This monochromatic neutral space is limited in footprint, but that didn’t limit the designer from using oversized lounge chairs and building a bespoke display-and-storage wall. The choice of colours and scale of detailing were cleverly considered so that the space feels simply cosy and inviting!
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Complementing a raw concrete ceiling, shades of grey come in various textures in this room: matt on the wall, nubby on the rug, fluffy on the throw on the sofa. Different textures make the minimalist-monochromatic scheme far from boring.