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From elegant antiques to a stylish new house plant yes they count as furniture , here's what they suggested. Picking out furniture that will make your home look more expensive of course mostly comes down to the quality of the piece.

Our advice when it comes to any interior design decision is quality over quantity. Don't fill your rooms with trend-led pieces that will look dated in a few years and need to be switched out; instead invest in a few statement pieces that are classic, beautifully made, and will last throughout the ever-changing world of interior design trends.

That's not to say you have to splurge to elevate your home. As we said less is more, so buy one statement piece that's really going to become the focus of your room; or make small switches such as adding in some shelving for display and bringing in greenery with indoor plants.

This could be all you need to give your home a sophisticated refresh. More often than not it's statement furniture designs that are going to make your home look more chic and expensive. So pick out pieces that almost double as artwork. Furniture that has a unique silhouette or unexpected frame adds character to a room — and this is especially true when it comes to living room furniture.

A pair of statement accent chairs, for example, or a curved sofa would do the trick. Designer Joshua Smith recommends that: 'Visually interesting furniture can act as sculptures in your space. Look for pieces that have unique silhouettes, like a sleek chair or a blocky coffee table.

Inject texture into the room by selecting pieces made of varying materials as opposed to a box store set. Texture provides added interest to a room and engages our sense of touch.

The art brings additional visual interest and acts as the finishing touch to a space. Furniture that fits perfectly within a space is guaranteed to make a room look more expensive than a piece that doesn't quite work. So going bespoke or built-in with just a few key pieces in your room will make a huge difference.

The obvious choice is storage, as that fulfils a practical function too, and makes the most of a dead space, such as an alcove or under the stairs, as seen with this dreamy home bar set up. Whether it is custom-made, built-in storage units and cupboards in your hallway, TV consoles, bedside shelving, or a home bar, something that has been crafted precisely for your space always looks more considered and therefore ultimately looks more aesthetically luxurious.

This is one of the easiest ways to find furniture that's going to make your home look chic and expensive — shop second-hand for antiques.

Decorating with antiques will always make your home feel more characterful and reflective of your personal style rather than a trend-led piece.

Layering in older pieces with new gives a more curated look, as opposed to everything feeling new and fresh out of a catalog. In terms of what style to look for, let your own tastes decide on that, but we will say you can't go wrong with a rustic French piece that will work with almost any style to give a chic but rustic edge — a dresser, a console table, a collection of mismatching dining chairs.

Designer Kathy Kuo agrees that 'furniture in the French country and Hollywood Regency styles often have a distinct sense of moneyed sophistication to them'. Look for natural wood finishes, marble, and rich fabrics like velvet, boucle, or silk,' is the advice from Bethany Adams of Bethany Adams Interiors.

Remember quality not quantity, one stand-out piece is going to make your home look far more expensive than a collection of lesser-made pieces. Kathy Kuo agrees that 'When it comes to achieving a super-luxurious look, I would focus on materials. Materials like velvet, linen, hair-on-hide, and cashmere are going to instantly add an air of sophistication to any room when you use them in furniture upholstery, decorative pillows, rugs, and throw blankets.

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Low ceilings and exposed brick in this Wealden hall house in Kent could have been a decorative challenge for the dream team of designers that tackled it, but a mixture of well chosen antiques, bespoke pieces and colourful fabrics have kept it feeling inviting and fresh.

Entertaining is high on the priority list for Nina Campbell, and the sitting room at her Chelsea house includes a comfortable banquette that allows for versatile seating.

Then I've got that mirrored wall and you see how everything reflects. Drawn to this cottage in the Cotswolds by the charming additions made by its previous interior-designer owner, the current custodian was keen to make her own mark with a sympathetic extension and interiors that reflect elements of her life in Portugal and her Scandinavian roots.

This space is an informal sitting room that forms part of the open plan kitchen. Will Foster Studio created hand-painted chinoiserie murals for the entire space, which are echoed by blue and white porcelain and soft furnishings.

Having moved from Atlanta to London with her husband during the pandemic, interior designer Sally Wilkinson has created a one-bed flat in Chelsea that is a love letter to the couple's time in Europe.

The living room is a lovely mix of vintage and bespoke, drawing from different European styles and design approaches. With a calming colour palette and comfortable furnishings, it is the perfect retreat.

In this comfortable snug in an interior designer's 17th-century farmhouse in a secluded Devon valley sits an antique reconditioned sofa covered in a stripe by Mulberry Home takes centre stage in the snug, with a selection of cushions from Ralph Lauren Home.

In the living room of this artfully layered London house designed by Salvesen Graham, a pair of matching piped corner sofas adds a pleasing sense of symmetry to this informal living space, which looks onto the garden. The sitting room of this charming Notting Hill pied-à-terre designed by The List member Sarah Peake of design firm Studio Peake, with fabrics put together by Sophy Toller of Studio Peake, is where both the client and the studio flexed their love of textiles.

The patterned curtain fabric is Samarkand by Peter Dunham from Tissus D'Helene, while the walls are covered in plain linen from Fermoie. On the floor, a bespoke rug from Vanderhurd. The sofas are both bespoke by Studio Peake: the patterned sofa is in Peter Dunham Carmenia Col.

Indigo, the green sofa is mohair from Yarn Collective and linen from Rose Tarlow. Despite being a north-facing room, the living room of this elegant flat on New York's Upper East Side welcomes in ample natural light, which Lilse felt was important to maximise.

Having restored the elegant Victorian features of this airy flat in north London , designer Alice Davies set about creating a calming yet eclectic backdrop in which a creative young couple could harmoniously live and work.

The light-filled living space is a comfortable communal space, well-layered and showcasing a perfect mix of more modern and traditional furnishings and styles.

An unusually receptive client made this project a dream for interior designer Kate Guinness, who has applied her signature layers of colour and pattern throughout this formerly minimalist Kensington house. In one of the house's many communal living spaces, a Kendrick Sofa from David Seyfried is covered in Les Ecailles by le Manach.

It's an unprecious space, as Kate explains, and the dogs are allowed on the sofa. An armchair found at auction in Yorkshire is covered in a Twenties English chintz; other vintage fabrics collected over the years have been used to create covers for the cushions on the sofa.

An elegant Regency table stands on a mid-century carpet brought back from Morocco. With its airy, light-filled extension, lush jungle garden and gently decorated rooms, Tom and Connie Barton's London house feels like the ideal city home. In the comfortable, airy living room, a leather sofa from Muuto provides relaxed seating in the contemporary extension.

With coffee tables by McCollin Bryan and the George Smith lounge chair , the room is full of cozy moments and an incredible view of the garden. For this couple with a young child, it was a priority to live in a house that lent itself to family life as much as to entertaining.

With the help of Tiffany Duggan, the small terrace in Chelsea is now a space that thrills as much as it functions. The main sitting room was designed for entertaining, so plenty of seating was brought in. The lime green mohair armchairs are Tiffany's own design.

Designer Nina Litchfield has brought the influences of her Brazilian roots and German upbringing to bear on her house in west London , in which her strong and distinctive look is enlivened with an elegant exuberance. The limestone fireplace from Arbon Interiors in the living room is flanked by chairs bough at Lots Road Auctions.

The George smith sofa is covered in Schumacher's Madeleine Velvet. The sitting room is a relaxed space, filled with the fabrics Taline loves. When Caroline Riddell was called upon to renovate and reimagine a run-down, 17th-century cart shed as guest quarters for a larger house, she turned to traditional techniques and materials to make sure the space would be welcoming and cosy for anyone who happened to cross its threshold.

The open-plan living space showcases Caroline's mastery of the brief perfectly. The pendant light is an Aplomb light in Cement from FCI London. The table is a French farmhouse table and the sideboard at the end of the room was found on site in another empty barn.

In the living room of this pared-back Wiltshire farmhouse , a bespoke Thurstan sofa and an African throne chair, sourced by James, are arranged around a coffee table that he had made from an old piece of chestnut. The abstract painting is by Basil Beattie. In the intimate drawing room of this distinguished Georgian house , the carved chimneypiece is painted to resemble stone, and late eighteenth- and early nineteenth-century paintings are hung around it.

In the drawing room of this irresistible Georgian house in a flower-filled valley, designer Sophie Hale has combined antique furniture with pieces found in Istanbul, such as the three Syrian inlaid side tables bought from Iznik Classics. As with the morning room, the carpet, from Farnham Antique Carpets , sets the colour scheme.

In the living room of Design Director of de Gournay India Holmes' glorious Highgate abode , a William Yeoward sofa is paired with a striped sofa that India inherited from her family.

The coffee table is by Italian designer Tomasso Barbi and was made in the s. Then in a stroke of luck, a colleague was going antique sourcing in Palma. I asked if she could keep her eyes peeled for one just in case and lo and behold, within a hour she had called me and got me a brilliant deal.

Decorator Chloe Willis' own London house is not just a showcase of her skills, but a marvel in creating a comfortable country feel in the heart of the city.

Chloe designed the minimal fireplace which is made from a wooden frame filled with plaster and sand. The bowls are by her mother, Cecilia Willis. The large striped cushion on the sofa is made from an antique silk Jajim found at the Cetinkaya gallery in Istanbul and backed with a red-dyed antique French linen sheet.

In her basement flat in west London , interior designer Thea Speke has created a masterclass in lightening and brightening a potentially gloomy space. In the sitting room, Thea had the orange and rust coloured cushions made up from fabrics that she sourced from Goldhawk Road and Rose Uniacke.

A classic open-plan living space, the warm natural tones and textures of parquet by Oak Artisans and a sisal rug by Tim Page soften the lines of the minimalist kitchen left in this London house designed by Kerry Franses.

Serial renovators of historic houses on a grand scale, the dynamic design duo Peter Sheppard and Keith Day took on their greatest challenge yet with exquisite 18th-century Wolterton Hall in north Norfolk , which had lain uninhabited for almost 30 years.

Originally for royal visitors staying in the adjoining State Bedroom, this is now the main sitting room. Talk about grand. The sitting room in this mid-century house in Holland Park is a lovely dual aspect light-filled space. The round lift up storage ottoman is a bespoke design, repurposing vintage fabric from curtains in the house's original entrance hall.

The custom magnolia paint from Edward Bulmer on the walls sets off an elegant mix of fabrics in the living room of this handsome Queen Anne house in Norfolk. The table lamps are made from 19th-century Chinese vases, with shades in a 36 Bourne Street chintz. In the living room of a novelist's house in London , a striped ottoman by Susan Deliss sits on a rug from Robert Kime, next to the sofa in burnt-orange velvet from Sofa.

com, which divides the sitting and dining areas. The blue resin lamp by Marianna Kennedy and vintage lifebuoys from Criterion auction house add colourful touches.

The living room of this Arts and Crafts house designed by Brandon Schubert cleverly mixes colour, furnishing style and texture — the perfect mélange for a communal space. In the living room of Alfred Bransen's Hackney flat with quite a Danish sensibility , a sofa from IKEA mixes with a vintage coffee table and lots of colourful soft furnishings.

The cushions are a mix of Hay and The Apartment DK, while the fish that hang above the sofa are Alfred's collaboration with Ohayo, a Danish brand that imports Japanese antiques, ceramics, vintage textiles and curiosities and celebrates the Japanese aesthetic in Scandinavia.

The sofa in the living room of Sebastian Bergström's tiny Stockholm flat is an Ikea Karlstad sofa with a linen cover by Bemz Design.

There is a mix of mid-century modern and countryside style, an unexpected yet nevertheless match for the space. In Nicola Mardas's home in Deal , the long sitting room occupies most of the first floor, looking out over the sea.

Nicky Haslam's Cotswold's house is full of wit and charm and the living room is particularly full of charisma.

The curved sofa is a design by Nicky, covered in scarlet carriage cloth from Studio QD. The triangular box seat is antique Swedish. The carpet from Silk Avenue reflects light from the french windows. Laura Muthesius and her wife, stylist Nora Eisermann have made an elegant home in the German countryside.

The rug is from the Swedish brand Cappelen Dimyr. Laura and Nora found the fluted panelling at the back of the room at The Surface Studio and added a shelf on top.

The main living area of Sally Wilkinson's rented flat. Sofa by Sofa Icon covered in a Claremont fabric, lumbar cushion in Rose Tarlow fabric, small cushions by De Le Cuona.

Side table is antique and coffee table is vintage from Vinterior. Green lamp by Penny Morrison with lampshade by Robert Kime. Dining table is vintage from Petersham Nurseries , tablecloth custom-made with fabric by Chelsea Textiles. Dining chair slipcovers custom-made from Claremont fabric.

Interior designer Charlotte Boundy has brought warmth and colour courtesy of a few dream moodboards to her house in Shepherds Bush. The ebonised gilt antique mirror, which hangs above a Portland stone fireplace from Jamb, was bought years ago from Lillie Road.

Briefed by his clients to add some oomph to the main rooms in this Georgian townhouse in London , Carlos Garcia has infused the interiors with colour while maintaining a sense of restfulness and calm.

Interior designer Anahita Rigby brings a Regency house in London out of the darkness and into the light with her soft, airy and detail-oriented design.

The well-appointed living room features two Agatha armchairs from Arlo and Jacob , Elica folding stools from Giobagnara and a Grisewood lamp from OKA.

The travertine table is from Golborne 44 , as is the solid elm chair, which was designed by Finnish designer Olavi Hänninen. The chandelier is an antique Murano, sourced from Italy; the globe was found at the Sunbury antiques market in Kempton. When she had to make her new cottage comfortable and liveable in the period before a full renovation, interior designer Katharine Paravicini made some clever decisions about where to splurge and where to rein in the budget.

The rug was a bespoke commission from India. The interior designer Caroline Holdaway had already decorated two houses for Robin Muir and Paul Lyon Maris when they enlisted her help on their new Cotswolds home.

What was once a nine bedroom bedsit has been transformed by Natasha Howard, the designer behind Instagram's 'Philamena', into an elegant and inviting family home.

The brief for this London maisonette was twofold: to serve as an efficient yet appealing crash pad during the week and as a family base in the holidays. Henri Fitzwilliam-Lay has exceeded every expectation with a transformation that marries easy elegance with practicality.

A painted ceiling is just one of the playful design ideas in this colourful Copenhagen apartment. The teal green ceiling is painted in Early Spring by File Under Pop and the red artwork by Mathias Malling Mortensen. The piano lamp is by Verner Panton.

The blue painting over the piano is by American artist Emma Kohlmann and was bought at V1 Gallery. The vibrant yellow wall colour flows over onto the door and doorframe in Rosi de Ruig's house. A large painting of flowers by Flora Roberts, whose designs Rosi often uses for her lampshades, hangs above a now-discontinued sofa from Atelier Ellis.

In the bohemian flat of artist Viola Lanari , doors were used as a canvas. Artist Maude Smith painted both sides of the door to the living room as an impromptu birthday gift over drinks at the flat one evening. The lampshade by the sofa is paper painted with a design by Viola, used as a trial for her fabric collection.

The rugs are all from eBay. The artist owners of this London house called on interior designer Beata Heuman to create a family home full of fun, distinctive design and punchy colours. A highly original space, unapologetically theatrical and oozing energy.

They have quite wild tastes and they love strong colours,' says Beata. The designer has concealed the television in a red-lacquer cabinet with glazed doors framing maps. It also provides storage.

The armchairs are from the owners' old at, reupholstered in cotton denim from I Want Fabric. The imaginative restoration of the house in which JM Barrie wrote Peter Pan has teamed sensitivity to its history, including several literary allusions, with a strong approach to colour and design details.

Paint is only taken up the walls to the ledge, making this grand and tall living room feel a little bit more intimate. The footstool was embroidered by Fine Cell Work in a homage to Peter Pan, references to which are also concealed in a games table by Hugh Miller.

Digital creative and brand consultant Lucy Williams has tackled her first renovation with confidence and flair, filling the Victorian terrace with bold colour and considered pieces. With the little handles found at Ardingley Market, Lucy says it "took ages to source the right size, reclaimed pocket doors for the space.

In the foreground, the little chair is vintage and reupholstered in Guy Goodfellow stripe linen. The paper Shade is Hay and the log basket is from Tat. Interior designer Elizabeth Hay's thatched cottage in Devon boasts this gloriously colourful sitting room. Above it, antique brass sconces flank a landscape painting by William George Gillies from Jenna Burlingham.

An inviting sofa and ottoman in natural linen bring additional softness to interior designer Thea Speke's sitting room in her country house.

When choosing the colours for the living room in her four-bedroom Victorian house , Sandra Barrio von Hurter wanted it to be a grown-up space. Cafe curtains on the bottom half of the windows let light in but ensure privacy from the street outside. In search of a large but budget-friendly artwork?

Frame a rug or throw instead, like Alice Palmer did here in her joyful London house. A BFGF wall hanging, framed by Harry Eagle, takes centre stage. The rug was another find from Marrakech.

Find inspiration then save it to your own personal library of images to share for further design exploration and planning. Tagged as: design inspiration home decor home design interior design Residential Design Trends. Make your dream home a reality by properly planning and purchasing the right furniture.

Choose smart foundation pieces for each room and build upon them. While you might envision a vintage velvet green Chesterfield as your family room sofa, it would be better to get a classic-shaped beige couch and then accessorize it with vintage velvet pillows and blankets.

Think about the future when designing your current home. A Timeless Sofa You sit, lounge, snuggle and sleep on it. A Chunky Dining Table With Versatile Chairs Serving as the central meeting place, the dining room table is another key feature in your new home. A Cushy Bed The mattress is the first building block to restful sleep.

A Comfortable Armchair An armchair is a great addition to the living area and allows you to further display the unique spirit of your home. A Functional Coffee Table A coffee table connects other elements of the living area together and is an essential piece to the living room puzzle.

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