35 Best White Living Room Ideas to Decorate Your Family's Favorite Space
There's so much you can do!
By Erin Cavoto
If you're trying to create the cozy living room of your dreams and have ruled out using white, you might want to think again. This list of gorgeous spaces proves that a white living room can be the most inviting place in your house. It also allows you to be freer with your decorating, whether you'd like to incorporate antique finds, big prints, or plush velvet sofas. Some of these ideas involve going all out, like white painted floors or customizing fireplaces to pop against the bare walls. Others require small touches, whether that's by adorning your walls in an array of bronze mirrors or offsetting the white with a colorful area rug.
Even if you're hoping to implement some rustic living room ideas, this list is a great resource, since many rooms incorporate rustic wood beams, floors, and other accents that look beautiful against the white. Anyone can achieve these looks, even with little ones running around! Check out all the different ways to create a stunning white living room right here (and don't miss our list of the best living room paint colors).
Black-and-White
The black-and-white touches in this room, including the chairs, table, and lamp, elevate its glamour.
Planked Walls
The planked walls in this open, sunny room were painted white to create an airy living room.
Layer Mirrors
White walls are a great background to show off your antique finds, especially a collection of ornate mirrors.
Painted Floors
The white-on-white look of this room that features a painted floor is broken up with antique accents and neutrals.
Mixing Neutrals
Hues of brown, gray, and black accentuate this otherwise white living room, making it feel inviting.
Neutrals and White
White walls accompanied by an ivory couch and pair of tan arm chairs allow the homeowner's colorful paintings to be on full display on top of a fireplace built from old paving bricks.
Clean And Serene
Light gray walls and white sofas brighten up this formerly dark and dreary upstate New York Barn. The soft hues beautifully contrast the wooden posts and beams throughout the space.
White All Over
The white walls, floors, molding, and furniture in this small Indiana home look stunning when paired with rich and rustic wood accents.
The White Ranch
In this California home, it's all about scale. For example, hefty wingbacks would overpower the room (and break up the visual flow in the open space), but the high ceilings and abundance of white decor makes it feel airy and big.
Calm and Collected
Despite dark hardwood floors and an antique brown leather-studded naval captain's chair, the living area feels light and bright, thanks to tall windows, linen sofas, and a 1900s beadboard jelly cupboard that hides the television in this antique dealer's farmhouse.
A Showcase Space
The owners of this 18-century farmhouse used a mostly white room to perfectly highlight their collection of unique antiques like the pair of French Art Deco chairs in a hardy textile from Mood Fabrics.
Neutrals and White
Made of coveted Ojai stone, the fireplace in surround adds a grounding element to this California home's neutral room.
Warm Textures
The cream cotton-twill sofa was a no-brainer for the owner of this redesigned grain mill home, who says she easily tires of bolder patterned fabrics. Varying shades of cream and ivory and strategic pops of texture (waffle knit and cable knit) on the pillows and throws keep the room fresh—not sterile.
City Living
The owner of this farmhouse-inspired city apartment used white walls and pieces to make this teeny space feel bigger. In this room, she used two Ikea twin beds to create a space-saving daybed large enough to accommodate the occasional overnight guest.
Texas Star
It took Dallas designer Paige Morse four months to renovate two sheds into this 250-square-foot, two-bedroom guest house. Plenty of texture and a pop of greenery make this neutral space feel like home.
New England White
The living room in this Colonial-era New England home uses soft grays and taupey browns—like the blue-gray hue on the mantel and the tan-and-brown striped area rug—to enrich a white palette.
California Cool
Bright linen-covered cushions soften an antique pine bench in the living room of this California home. The walls are painted Snow White by Benjamin Moore.
Family-Friendly Seating
Shabby Chic sofas square off across a zinc-topped coffee table in the living room of this Texas ranch. The walls are painted Shaded White by Farrow & Ball.
Cozy White
In the living room of this California home, a slipcovered sofa and chair from Bixby & Ball and neutral curtains provide a cushy counterpoint to Restoration Hardware's industrial coffee table.
Modern Comfort
In this Massachusetts cabin, a photo by Martin Albert mimics the scene outside. A Room and Board sofa and CB2 pouf gather round an antique pine bench.
Erin Cavoto is the Editorial Assistant at ThePioneerWoman.com, covering food, holidays, home decor, and more.
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