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40 White Living Room Ideas and Designs

White living rooms are classy, elegant, and beautiful. They are also hard to pull off! Decorating a room with an invariable colour palette is tricky and can often lead to disastrous results – too bright, too stark, too monotonous. Here are some beautiful white living room ideas and designs that will take away the pitfalls of working with the most common colour. See our collection and pick up some tricks that will transform basic white to gorgeous white!

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1.       Simply White

Modern, beautiful, white. This ethereal white living room is simply decorated. Banking on the natural light that comes through the glass walls, the room loos spacious and airy. Light wood flooring and accents cut the monotony of white.

2.       A Hint of Grey

A bright living room that is also welcoming and charming. While the design is predominantly white, the room is lively with bright spots of colour – the golden sunburst mirror accent, potted plants, and accents make interesting points. The large light grey sofa perfectly blends in the light interiors, giving the white room a cool respite.

3.       French Glam

White can also be glamorous! This chic and fabulous white living room features the lightest blush walls, gold accents, and a classy abstract art on the wall. The fluffy white carpet, satin throw pillows and traditional solo sofa add texture and flamboyant character to the room.

4.       Live Greens

Perk up any white living room with potted plants. Live plants add bright and perky colours to the room and will complement any interior styling genre. They help freshen the air too! Get creative with your plants – you can hang them, set in planters, on the coffee table, line the walls with beautiful and vibrant plants.

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5.       Navy, White and Gold

A sleek and modern living room design that will transcend styling trends. The classic colours of white and blue are favourite themes for interior design as they are light and easily complement other hues. The golden accents add an elegant yet luxurious oomph to the room.

6.       Modern White

Gorgeous, elegant, and bright. This white living room design is both modern and classic. Its plush white sofa set, white walls, and large windows contribute to the light and airy ambience of the room, while its clean lines, natural elements, and minimalist styling give the room a classy and timeless look.

7.       Glass Wall

One key element to successfully designing a white living room is adding a glass wall. The wall will allow light to come in and expands the perspective from the inside. Incorporating outdoor sceneries will eliminate the tedium of the white interiors and provide interesting views and colours to the room.

8.       Farmhouse Blues

This delightful living room comes with different shades of blues and is full of charming farmhouse inspirations. Its white walls and ceilings make the room look bright and spacious, while the texture denim rug, blue and grey sofas and wood accents give the interiors its winsome looks.

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9.       Brick Wall

Installing a white brick wall is one clever way of adding texture and subtle rustic charms to a white living room. This modern living room features a white brick accent wall to complement its minimalist interiors.

10.   Stunning Silver

Metal elements added to the design provide a luxurious glow and shine to the room. Silver perfectly complements the interiors of a white living room. This beautiful and posh white living room gets a lot of elegant and luxurious styling from its silver accents. Simply fabulous!

11.   Coastal Shabby Chic

Charming and quaint, this shabby chic living room is also inviting and beautiful. The design includes coastal inspirations – window shutters, wicker, and weathered wood accents. Its barre wood floor adds contrast and breaks the monotony of the all-white room.       

12.   Pastel Accents

Modern, colourful, and trendy! This modern Scandi living room incorporates a lot of colours to its white theme. Pastels add a playful and perky vibe to the room while maintaining its light and bright styling.

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13.   Marbled Elegance

Marble is the quintessence of elegance and luxury. A marble accent, add-on or décor like this coffee table will instantly upgrade your white living room from ordinary to fabulous, from forgettable to magnificent.

14.   Dazzling White

An all-white living room to dazzle and impress. The bright interiors feature white walls, ceilings, and furniture. A few potted plants add pops of colour, while patterned curtains, coffered ceiling, and fluffy rug add texture and depth to the room.

15.   Beach House Feels

This bright and beautiful living room is designed for gatherings, relaxing, and entertaining. The laidback styling features a lot of beach house inspirations – the skylights, glass-paned lights, jute rug, and the white and blue palette.

16.   Rustic Elements

Fill your white living room with deep hues from natural elements to achieve a charming and quaint rustic vibe. This farmhouse living room comes with light platinum walls, white ceiling, sofa and curtains, and a lot of natural materials – jute, wicker, wood, and seagrass.

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17.   Denim Timbres

This desert-themed living room features white ceiling, the lightest shade of tan on walls, wood elements, cacti, and denim blue accents. The light shades of blue and the different patterns give the living room an exciting and fascinating boho look.

18.   Cool Scandinavian

A white minimalist design is not an easy one to pull off. But this cool white Scandinavian living room is cohesive, enthralling, and welcoming. Its clean white walls are balanced by the dark accents, its straight lines complemented by curves and circles.

19.   Chic Minimalist

This minimalist living room eliminates the boredom of an all-white theme by adding interesting accents. The gold-spined chandelier, the pewter vases, and the minimalist striped white rug all give the design interesting and unique details.

20.   Refreshing White

A very classy living room that is also charming and welcoming. Its wide windows allow natural light to stream in, live plants bring in pops of colour, while the light grey touches on the pillows, coffee table, and rug give definition to the white room dominated by white walls and sofa.

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21.   Shine and Splendour

Let your white living room shine and sparkle! This luxurious living room in classic white features a shiny accent that adds to its magnificence. Wide glass windows, delicate patterns, and the incredible chandelier all contribute to the overall stunning elegance of the design.   

22.   Pops of Blue

Break the monotony of white by adding pops of colour to your living room. This urbane and modern living room design is in a mostly white template with splashes of blues to add depth and definition to the space.

23.   Exciting Patterns

This gorgeous and cosy living room is able to add fun and whimsy to its white interiors. The white overall theme makes the room airier and more spacious, while its delicate detailing on the rug and throw pillows give the room an exceptional look.

24.   Rustic Cottage

A beautiful white cottage. Charming and welcoming, this white living room highlights the best of its cottage charms – exposed beams, stone fireplace, wood accents, and wide windows. The light and natural hues of the accents – wood, stone, and iron, complement the white interiors perfectly.

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25.   Statement Wall Art

Make a statement with a showstopping piece of art! You only need one or two bold, bright, and beautiful works of art to capture the attention and impress your guests. Complement the piece with lavish accents like a plush rug or a gorgeous chandelier. Keep the rest of the room muted and elegant.

26.   Black Geometrics

Complement your all-white living room with eye-catching black accents. The white minimalist living room gets a styling boost from the minute detailing of its décor. Different black lines, shapes, and patterns give the room an interesting and chic look.

27.   Everything White

This all-white living room is beautiful, delicate, and ethereal. The key to successfully pulling off the pure-white look is picking the right pieces. Go for different shapes and textures to give the room character and depth.

28.   Romantic Lakehouse

Relaxing, inviting, beautiful. Charming detailing and rustic accents transformed a run-of-the-mill white living room into this cool, charming, and laidback sanctuary. The blue accents give the room a cool ambience, while the warm wood and tan elements provide an outdoorsy vibe to the room

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29.   Fall Colours

Dress up your white living room with wispy and warm fall colours. This white laidback living room features accents in different shades of light brown and tan to give it definition. The weaved rug and blanket add texture and increase the warmth metre of the room.

30.   Bright Points

Adding a bright point to a plain white room is the easiest way to give it definition and life. A spark amidst the calm. This beautiful and elegant white living room gets a focal point in the form of the wild and bright red flower cluster.

31.   Darker Ceiling

The challenge of all-white interiors is the tendency for the room to be too bright. This white living room cleverly addressed the problem by making the ceiling of a darker shade. The warm wood ceiling tones down the glare of the all-white living room, while the delicately patterned rug defines the floor.

32.   White Boho

A beautiful white and bright living with a lot of bohemian inspirations. This fun and whimsical take on the basic white living room includes bright and colourful pillows with boho patterns, potted plants, and exotic accents.

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33.   Gold Elements

Transform an average white living room by adding a few golden touches. A couple of elegant and fabulous golden pieces in your living room is enough to make it pop! This chic and gorgeous white living gets a luxurious touch from its exceptional gold coffee table.

34.   Gorgeous White

A beautiful white living room to last a lifetime. This classy white living room features the clean walls and straight lines of minimalist interiors matched with timeless styling. Black and grey accents are scattered around to created definition and depth to the space.

35.   Modern Country

A white living room done raw and rustic. The spacious and airy barn-style living room includes exposed beams on high ceilings, whitewashed brick walls, and bare floors. The focal point of the room is the elegant curved and tufted sofa, a contrast to the country styling, yet is the element that completes the look.

36.   Bold Accents

This white living room is filled with bold and colourful accents that will make you forget it is a white room. Warm wood and cool metal accents, solid colours, and playful patterns provide interesting points to the design. But the white majority of the interiors keep it light, bright, and airy.

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37.   Pink on Focus

Pink and fabulous! The plush and inviting pink velvet sofa provides is the focal point of this white living room design. The pretty white interiors also include a clear glass coffee table, white textured area rug, and an assortment of pink, white, and gold throw pillows.

38.   A Striped Wall

Beautiful and elegant, this white living room features pretty pieces and timeless styling. White walls, classic furniture, and pretty accents. Blush accents and the plush area rug add a pretty and posh vibe, while the surprising striped wall adds a dash of whimsy and carefree spirit.

39.   Wood on White

The warmth of wood tones and the intricacy of woodgrains provide the perfect counter to the bright and insipid white interiors. This farmhouse style white living room features a giant lumber console, complete with its natural burls and grains. A beautiful contrast to the smoothness and uniformity of the white walls.

40.   Posh Highlights

A stunning white living room featuring subtle patterns, elegant shapes, and posh highlights! The classy design includes silver embellishments, classically beautiful furniture, and chic décor. Blooms and greens are added for refreshing pops of colour.

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