Design ideas for an industrial living room in Austin with a library and grey walls.

Inspiration for a contemporary living room in Melbourne with black walls and a freestanding tv.

Photography-Hedrich Blessing Glass House: The design objective was to build a house for my wife and three kids, looking forward in terms of how people live today. To experiment with transparency and reflectivity, removing borders and edges from outside to inside the house, and to really depict “flowing and endless space”. To construct a house that is smart and efficient in terms of construction and energy, both in terms of the building and the user. To tell a story of how the house is built in terms of the constructability, structure and enclosure, with the nod to Japanese wood construction in the method in which the concrete beams support the steel beams; and in terms of how the entire house is enveloped in glass as if it was poured over the bones to make it skin tight. To engineer the house to be a smart house that not only looks modern, but acts modern; every aspect of user control is simplified to a digital touch button, whether lights, shades/blinds, HVAC, communication/audio/video, or security. To develop a planning module based on a 16 foot square room size and a 8 foot wide connector called an interstitial space for hallways, bathrooms, stairs and mechanical, which keeps the rooms pure and uncluttered. The base of the interstitial spaces also become skylights for the basement gallery. This house is all about flexibility; the family room, was a nursery when the kids were infants, is a craft and media room now, and will be a family room when the time is right. Our rooms are all based on a 16’x16’ (4.8mx4.8m) module, so a bedroom, a kitchen, and a dining room are the same size and functions can easily change; only the furniture and the attitude needs to change. The house is 5,500 SF (550 SM)of livable space, plus garage and basement gallery for a total of 8200 SF (820 SM). The mathematical grid of the house in the x, y and z axis also extends into the layout of the trees and hardscapes, all centered on a suburban one-acre lot.

Inspiration for a large contemporary formal enclosed living room in Delhi with marble floors, a wall-mounted tv and brown floor.

Residential Interior Decoration of a Bush surrounded Beach house by Camilla Molders Design Architecture by Millar Roberston Architects Photography by Derek Swalwell

Level Three: The living room's fireplace, housed within a 12-foot-wide by 13-foot-high fireplace mass clad in mountain ash stone, creates a dramatic focal point in the room. Seating is designed to be flexible and comfortable, maintaining open spaces to enable clear views of nature through the windows. Photograph © Darren Edwards, San Diego

Paul Bardagjy Photography
This is an example of a modern open concept living room in Austin with beige walls.

This is an example of a contemporary living room in Austin with grey walls, a ribbon fireplace and black floor.

Inspiration for a contemporary living room in Orange County with concrete floors.

Photo: Ben Benschneider
Contemporary open concept living room in Seattle with beige walls, a standard fireplace and a metal fireplace surround.

Living room lighting design including downlights to the feature wall and uplighting to the arches.
Photo of a contemporary formal open concept living room in London with beige walls and a standard fireplace.

Photo of a mid-sized scandinavian open concept living room in Madrid with white walls, no fireplace, a wall-mounted tv and ceramic floors.

Chris Giles
Inspiration for a mid-sized beach style powder room in Chicago with concrete benchtops, limestone floors, a vessel sink, brown tile and blue walls.

Durston Saylor
Design ideas for a contemporary formal living room in Denver with beige walls, medium hardwood floors, a ribbon fireplace and a stone fireplace surround.

Andrea Hubbell
Inspiration for a contemporary formal living room in Other with grey walls.

Please visit my website directly by copying and pasting this link directly into your browser: http://www.berensinteriors.com/ to learn more about this project and how we may work together! A sensational living room in wondrous shades of purple. The accent wall features the homeowners' collection of fine art in an unexpected way. Robert Naik Photography.

Elayne Barre
Design ideas for an eclectic formal living room in London with white walls.

Photos Courtesy of Sharon Risedorph
Contemporary bathroom in San Francisco with mosaic tile, an undermount sink and green walls.

Photo: Janet Paik Design: Siol and Habitat Horticulture http://www.houzz.com/projects/users/habitathorti