Modern Living Rooms | HGTV Canada

These statement-making living rooms are reclaiming their title as the heart of the home. Thanks to standout features like wall-mounted fireplaces (installing an electric fireplace can take as little as a couple hours!), dramatic walls, and eye-catching pop art, it’s easy to see why these living rooms are anything but dull. Best of all, you can easily take inspiration from these 10 living rooms and recreate the trends in your own home. See these spectacular living rooms now!

Floor to ceiling blue walls in a classic living room

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Set a Dramatic Tone with Deep Saturated Colour

Why play it safe when you can play it sapphire? This classic living room feels rich and vibrant thanks to the ultra-saturated blue walls. The trick to this trend is painting every inch, from the very base of the molding all the way to the ceiling itself. To make the colour really pop, try topping the molding in a high gloss to contrast against matte walls.

Feminine pop art over a sofa in a modern white living room

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Make Eyes Pop with Pop Art

This small, open-concept modern living room is well-defined, thanks to a dramatic piece of pop art over the sofa. Even in a clean, white living room, the striking style of this art instantly captures the eye and imbues the room with a feminine quality. If you’ve kept architecture and furniture fairly simple, consider introducing a piece of art or decor to help translate your style and make your living room memorable.

A modern living room with an electric fireplace on a wood statement wall

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Sophistication Abound Thanks to This Sleek Fireplace

The sight of a flame, thanks to the Valor LEX4 electric fireplace, fills this modern minimalist living room with a warm and inviting energy. A realistic electric fireplace is a great option for a bare wall begging for a statement. This option is Valor’s largest electric fireplace which comes in a variety of styles to complement any home. It can even be installed in corners, or as a three-sided configuration (a great option to divide a living room from a dining area in an open-concept home). Winter won’t seem so cold, or so long, when you have a cozy designer electric fireplace in your living room!

Scandinavian-style living room with black, white and shades of grey

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Let’s Have a Moment for This Monochrome Living Room

This Scandinavian-style living room, although modern and monochrome, still portrays a warm and welcoming space for a family to enjoy. It achieves this by creating dimension and warmth through the use of varying shades, from white to various greys and all the way to stark black. The living room also uses copious textures like the patterned rug, layered pillows on the sofa and touches of wood and plant life. It’s fine to prefer a white and black palette, but be sure to introduce varying shades, a few natural elements (a must in every Scandi home!) and soft textures to balance the trend and create a truly livable living room!

Green velvet sofa with pink, yellow and green pillows

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An Aesthetic Living Room Bursting with Bright Colours

From monochrome to chroma overload, this colourful living room is the polar opposite of black and white and we’re not upset about it. If you want to make a statement, a green velvet sofa has been the stylish go-to in recent years for a trendy, aesthetic living room! This homeowner took it one step further and showed their true colours by layering even more bright, fruity hues against the green. From bubble gum pink to a cheerful yellow and even a leafy green in Ikat print, this eclectic living room is proof that a rainbow of colours is worth the design risk.

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A Classic Living Room with Instantaneous Ambiance

To create a living room that truly feels warm, Valor’s H3 gas fireplace emits radiant heat, which warms everything around it. What could be greater than sinking into a warm, plush couch, putting your feet up, and enjoying the sight of a fire, without the hassle of building it, and the mess of cleaning up after it? That’s why Valor’s H3 fireplace has become a go-to replacement for older, outdated fireplaces. This living room, with a designer electric fireplace, is the opposite of dull… it’s divine!

A neutral living room with decor on built-in shelves

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Part Living Room, Part Gallery

Talk about top shelf design! This neutral living room made built-in shelves, flanking the fireplace, the true focal point. They’re used to display objects and decor that showcase the homeowner’s passions. This is a great example of design that’s truly personal. It’s important to ask yourself what story you want a room to tell, and then cultivate a space through furniture choices, colour and decor that helps to reflect that narrative.

This living room design with big windows features unique living room furniture such as a pair of antique armchairs flanking a modern fireplace

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This Large Living Room Layout Invites Conversation

Sometimes guests need a little nudge. This living room design with big windows, featuring two striking antique armchairs flanking the fireplace, make it clear that the space is all about unwinding, enjoying and making conversation. Consider the ease at which people can move about the room and sit and connect with one another as you assemble and place your furniture. The closeness of these armchairs make it easy for guests to comfortably look at each fall into a deep conversation.

Creative living room with circular swing

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Designing This Living Room Was Child’s Play

What could be more fun than a swing in the living room? It’s every child’s dream come true! Sure, it’s unconventional, but you can bet no one will ever forget it. Statement pieces like this one say so much about a homeowner and go a long way in dictating the energy of a room. It’s a design risk that takes a little legwork, but in the long run, it’s a worthwhile element. (But good luck kicking guests out of it at the end of a dinner party!)

Modern living room furniture is paired with a statement black chandelier

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This Minimalist Living Room Proves Good Lighting is Everything

Like so many of the great room ideas shown here, all it takes is one unique feature to create a magazine-worthy setting. This space pairs a colourful oversized sofa with bright yellow occasional chairs and an industrial chandelier that’s as modern as they come. The varying heights of the bulbs create a sense of movement above the coffee table and give the room a bit of boutique hotel energy. Now that’s room service!