Best living rooms in the world
9 best living rooms in the world: the design experts' choice
It's the moment all interior design aficionados have been awaiting: 2021's By Design: The World’s Best Contemporary Interior Designers , the bible of interior design, has just launched.
Building on Phaidon’s first foray into the interior design category, By Design: The World’s Best Contemporary Interior Designers introduces us to the most groundbreaking interior designers working today.
The book which has been dubbed the Oscars of the design world, celebrates the globe’s greatest interior designers – and we've been given a preview with an edited extract of the best living rooms in the book, which we are sharing with you, below.
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1. Studio Ashby
Studio Ashby: Floral Court, Private Residence, Living Room, London, UK, 2019. Photography: Philip Durrant, courtesy of Studio Ashby
(Image credit: Philip Durrant, courtesy of Studio Ashby)
With her Anglo/South African background, Sophie’s work reflects both heritages in a fresh, modern and welcoming way, whether it’s a design scheme for a penthouse overlooking the Thames, a boutique hotel or restaurant, or a rambling country or seaside retreat.
For this private residence in London’s upscale Floral Court development, Sophie has chosen a boldly captivating color palette, with unique pieces that included a burr-elm coffee table and a dining table with dried flowers, and lashings of contemporary shapes, art and furniture.
Design philosophy: A sharp eye for combining antiques and modern furniture
Romanek Design Studio: The Bu, Private Residence, Malibu, California, USA, 2019. Photography: Justin Coit, courtesy of Romanek Design Studio
(Image credit: Justin Coit, courtesy of Romanek Design)
Brigette Romanek opened her Los Angeles-based Romanek Design Studio in 2018, and has since garnered a huge following. Her studio has grown exponentially over two years, and it is easy to see why.
For this family home in Malibu, Brigette created a space that was elegant yet modern. A carefully-considered mix of sleek contemporary furniture, bold color and sublime texture make up this expertly-designed small living room.
Design philosophy: A gift for incorporating her clients’ art collections, and a love of greenery
3. Kit Kemp
Kit Kemp: Hyde Park Gate, Private Residence, Drawing Room, London, UK, 2020. Photography: Simon Brown, Courtesy of Firmdale Hotels
(Image credit: Simon Brown, Courtesy of Firmdale Hotels)
Kit Kemp is a powerhouse in the interior design world. Her day job may be as creative director of Firmdale Hotels, overseeing the look and style of 10 hotels, but her vision extends well beyond the ostentatious bedheads she is famous for.
As an author, public speaker and blogger, she fills her audience with a belief that they, too, can throw out the rulebook and pair seemingly mismatched patterns (don’t be fooled, however, there is plenty of method to what she does), and that they can bring a bit of color and verve to their lives. It’s this sense of fun and abandonment that has seen so many other brands lining up to work with her, hoping to harness her talents for themselves.
As we discovered when working together on our June 2019 Centenary issue, she is a dream collaborator, able to see the whole and the micro, delighting in new ideas.
Design philosophy: Organic materials, hand-crated designs and uplifting colors
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4. Grisanti & Cussen
Grisanti & Cussen: Casa FOA, Temporary Display, Living Room, Santiago, Chile, 2017. Photography: Alfredo Gildemeister, Courtesy of Grisanti & Cussen
(Image credit: Alfredo Gildemeister, Courtesy of Grisanti & Cussen)
Chile-based boutique design firm Grisanti & Cussen was founded in 2007 by architect Hugo Grisanti and designer Kana Cussen. The duo are thorough researchers, gifted with a sense for color, texture and using sustainable materials.
This contemporary apartment in Sweden – designed for housing company Riksbyggen – marries the formal simplicity of Scandinavian furniture with the lively palettes of Latin America, with the living room walls painted in broad stripes of dusty pink and Spanish blue.
Design philosophy: Fun, color and vivaciousness
Young Huh Interior Design: Mantoloking Residence, Private Residence, Living Room, Mantoloking, New Jersey, USA, 2016. Photography: John Bessler, Courtesy of Young Huh
(Image credit: John Bessler, Courtesy of Young Huh)
New York-based designer Young Huh is the creative behind Young Huh Interior Design. She founded her firm after deciding to turn away from a budding law career.
For a client’s home in Mantoloking, New Jersey, Huh brings together an everlasting palette of crisp whites and apple greens, grounding the room with a Chinese silk rug and topping it off with a dreamy cloud-motif wallpaper on the ceiling. This home is a curated extension of the outside world.
Design philosophy: Elevated and purposeful, but also suited for play
6. Daniel Romualdez
Daniel Romualdez: Romualdez Residence, Private Residence, Living Room, Los Angeles, California, USA, 2005.
Photography: Fabrice Fouillet, Courtesy of Daniel Romualdez Architects
(Image credit: Fabrice Fouillet, Courtesy of Daniel Romualdez Architects)
Daniel Romualdez has a constellation of high-profile clients, including Daphne Guinness, Tory Burch, Cornelia Guest, Aerin Lauder, and Mark Rockefeller. Born and raised in Manila, Philippines, Daniel started to work on his dream to work on interiors, initially in the offices of Thierry Despont, before opening his own firm in New York City in 1993.
In the living room, neutral, calming tones dominate. Elements of the natural world provide a focal point. Here, a geological specimen placed atop a coffee table made of logs creates an earthy connection.
Design philosophy: Calm, tonal colors with unusual textures and raw materials
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7. Fawn Galli
Fawn Galli: Short Hills, Private Residence, Bar/Lounge, Short Hills, New Jersey, USA, 2017.
Photography: Richard Powers, Courtesy of Fawn Galli
(Image credit: Richard Powers, Courtesy of Fawn Galli )
Known for her experimental style, Fawn Galli's launched her own interior design and construction management firm in 2005.
Galli’s iconic-led approach came into play for a client’s residence in Short Hills, New Jersey. While eccentric and visually off beat, the designer has used acid yellow pops and Art Deco elements to create a space that if brimming with beauty and wonder.
Design philosophy: Old-world elegance with modern sophistication
8. Tom Scheerer
Tom Scheerer: East Hampton Beach House, Private Residence, Living Room, East Hampton, New York, USA, 2017. Photography: Francesco Lagnese, Courtesy of Tom Scheerer
(Image credit: Francesco Lagnese, Courtesy of Tom Scheerer)
Tom Scheerer is a master of the American East Coast, yet his allegiance isn’t to tradition but to comfort and elegance.
For the neutral palette interiors of an East Hampton house he designed in 2017, the enlivening accent is a color instead of decorative objects – a blue hue sings beautiful in this space
Design philosophy: Never intimidating but are always striking and serene
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Humbert & PoyetHumbert & Poyet: Villa Odaya, Private Residence, Living Room, Cannes, France, 2019. Photography: Francis Amiand, Courtesy of Humbert & Poyet
(Image credit: Francis Amiand, Courtesy of Humbert & Poyet)
Any interior designed by Emil Humbert and Christophe Poyet is all about luxury, order and restraint. They revel in their profound know of this history of design, and this is evident in the spaces they create.
Humbert & Poyet often choose to combine a classical Modernism with a sharp, contemporary edge. Villa Odaya, for example, in Cannes, references its Côte d’Azur artistic heritage throughout.
Design philosophy: Classical Modernism with a sharp, contemporary edge
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31 Living Room Ideas from the Homes of Top Designers
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Find inspiration in the stylish living spaces of the world’s top talents
By Alyssa Wolfe
The world’s famed designers create exquisite interiors for their clients, but what about the spaces they fashion for themselves? For these sought-after professionals, their own homes are places to express their personal tastes and experiment with new trends, showcase bold patterns, and display treasured art and antiques. We’ve gathered a selection of the elegant and inspiring living rooms of decorators and architects whose residences have appeared in the pages of AD, each filled with smart and stylish ideas for your own design project. From over-the-top grandeur to sleek modernism, see the stunning spaces where the world’s top talents entertain and relax.
Photo: Pieter Estersohn
Architect Lee Ledbetter renovated a landmark 1963 house in New Orleans to share with his partner, Douglas Meffert. Surrounding the custom-made cocktail table in the living room are a pair of Harvey Probber brass armchairs upholstered in a KnollTextiles fabric, two Louis XVI–style fauteuils in a Holly Hunt leather, a vintage T. H. Robsjohn-Gibbings chair in a Zoffany stripe, and a vintage Florence Knoll sofa in a KnollTextiles Ultrasuede. A large mixed-media artwork by Robert Helmer hangs on the brick wall, which is painted in Benjamin Moore’s Decorator’s White.
Photo: François Dischinger
Designer Sara Story restored a Victorian home in Snedens Landing, New York. An artwork by Sterling Ruby and a zebrahide add pizzazz to the living room.
Photo: Douglas Friedman
With the help of architect Eric Ryder, designer Brigette Romanek renovated a historic Laurel Canyon home for her family. The living room is outfitted with a pair of Marco Zanuso lounge chairs from Eccola, a Blackman Cruz console (left), and a Hans Wegner chaise longue.
Photo: Ricardo Labougle
A large Roberto Matta canvas overlooks the living room in Linda Pinto’s Paris apartment. In the foreground at left is a bronze side table by Claude Lalanne, next to a sofa accented with 1970s fur pillows; the cocktail tables are by Ado Chale, the sculpture in the far right corner is by Philippe Hiquily, and the rug was custom made by Tai Ping.
Thomas Ruff’s photograph Substrat 24 I dominates the living room of Jamie Drake’s Manhattan apartment. Arranged around a marble-and-granite table by Drake Design Assoc. are a Milo Baughman lounge chair in a Christopher Hyland mohair, a Drake-designed sofa in a Schumacher fabric, and a pair of club chairs and a Bright Group ottoman that are covered in Rubelli velvets from Donghia. The curtains are of a Clarence House fabric, and the walls are painted in Benjamin Moore’s Sidewalk Gray, with a Venetian-plaster finish by the Alpha Workshops. The carpet is by the Alpha Workshops for Edward Fields.
Photo: Richard Powers
What appears to be a gilt-framed mirror in Timothy Corrigan’s Paris apartment is actually a window aligned with two mirrors, one in the living room and one in the dining room beyond. Corrigan highlighted the ingenious hall-of-mirrors illusion by installing matching Napoléon III chandeliers in the two rooms. The armchairs and the curtain and sofa fabrics are all from Schumacher’s Timothy Corrigan Collection; the stools are vintage Jansen, and the carpet is a Corrigan design for Patterson Flynn Martin.
Photo: Miguel Flores-Vianna
The heart of the Allegra Hicks’s Naples, Italy, apartment is a long, high-ceilinged room divided into living and dining areas, each anchored by carpets designed by Hicks. The designer also created the Roman-shade fabric, the cut velvet on the wood-framed Jindrich Halabala armchairs, and the butterfly-specimen table at right; an 18th-century Venetian mirror surmounts the mantel.
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jpgArchitect Jorge Elias filled his 17,000-square-foot home in the Jardim Europa neighborhood of São Paulo with extraordinary antiques and images. An 18th-century Russian chandelier, vintage velvet sofas, Louis XV fauteuils, a gold-leafed Hand chair by Pedro Friedeberg, and artworks by Serge Poliakoff and Fernand Léger are among the eclectic mix in the living room.
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Photo: Douglas Friedman
The former Manhattan living room of designers Nate Berkus and Jeremiah Brent features circa-1970 Georges Pelletier ceramic lights above a vintage sofa by Afra and Tobia Scarpa for Cassina, a ’70s Jansen brass cocktail table, and a French steel low table; the vide-poche table in the foreground is a ’50s design by Jacques Adnet, and the windows are dressed with curtains and rods by RH and tassels found at a market in Thailand.
Photo: Björn Wallander
In Pedro Espírito Santo’s frescoed Lisbon, Portugal, salon, an 1860s Orientalist painting is flanked by foil bouquets.
The gilt-wood fauteuil is antique, the cocktail table is Asian, and the needlepoint carpet was custom made.
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Surrounding a living room doorway in the Hamptons home of David Kleinberg are two Richard Serra prints, one displayed over a mahogany cabinet by Paul László; the photograph in the hall is by Alejandra Laviada. Twin French Art Deco zebrawood side tables are joined by Art Deco armchairs covered in a Rogers & Goffigon fabric; the upholstery throughout the house was done by Anthony Lawrence-Belfair, the throw is from Homenature, and the raffia rug is by La Manufacture Cogolin.
Photo: Pieter Estersohn
An artwork by Terry Winters overlooks the Nashville, Tennessee, living room of interior designer Ray Booth and television executive John Shea. Roust, one of their two Siamese cats, strikes a noble pose next to a Minotti chaise longue. A Christophe Delcourt floor lamp and a Robert Lighton side table flank the sofa, also by Minotti; the carpet is by Stephanie Odegard Collection.
Photo: Pieter Estersohn
At the Montauk, New York, home of designers Vicente Wolf and Matthew Yee, framed photographs from Wolf’s collection—including images by Louise Dahl-Wolfe, Edward Steichen, and André Kertész—line the shelves above the living room’s sectional sofa, which is upholstered in a Janus et Cie fabric.
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In Alexa Hampton’s New York living room, a detail of the Parthenon’s frieze, painted by Hampton, hangs above the custom-made sofa, which is covered in a Kravet fabric; the klismos chair is by Alexa Hampton for Hickory Chair, Louis XVI chairs flank the mantel (designed by Hampton for Chesney’s), and the Irish matting is by Crosby Street Studios.
Photo: Ricardo Labougle
Lorenzo Castillo accented the drawing room of his Spanish retreat with a wallpaper from his collection for Gastón y Daniela; the vintage cabinet-on-chest is by Pierre Lottier. The Castillo-designed armchair at left is clad in a Designers Guild velvet, 1970s patchworks hang above the suede sofa, and the vintage cocktail tables were found at Paris’s Marché Paul Bert.
Photo: Pieter Estersohn
In Holly Hunt’s Chicago apartment, a massive Helen Frankenthaler canvas faces a Louise Nevelson sculptural work across the living room. At center, a Holly Hunt Studio cocktail table topped with a John Chamberlain sculpture joins a Holly Hunt leather sofa cushioned in a Great Plains velvet and a pair of Paul Mathieu chairs upholstered in an Edelman leather; the floor lamps are by Christian Liaigre, the Tristan Auer ottomans are in a Kyle Bunting leather, and the rug is by Christian Astuguevieille. A custom-made Vladimir Kagan sectional sofa in a Great Plains wool nestles in the bay window.
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Photo: Vincent Thibert
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AD100 designer Jacques Grange’s Paris apartment—once home to the novelist Colette—overlooks the gardens of the Palais Royal. The living room is furnished with a 19th-century chaise longue, club chairs from 1925, an 18th-century desk, and a Jean-Michel Frank armchair from 1930.
Photo: Ngoc Minh Ngo
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A sculptural staircase framed in polished chrome catches the eye in late AD100 interior designer Alberto Pinto’s lively Rio de Janeiro apartment, which was renovated by architect Thiago Bernardes. Pinto designed the sofa, the painting is by Nancy Graves, and the armless chairs are by William Haines.
Photo: Pieter Estersohn
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In AD100 interior designer Muriel Brandolini’s eclectic Manhattan townhouse, Antipodal Shopperby George Condo is displayed above a midcentury Italian sofa; the cocktail table is by Mattia Bonetti, the vintage light fixture is by Gerrit Rietveld, and the oval portrait is of Muriel’s husband, Count Nuno Brandolini, as a child.
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jpgAD100 decorator Michael S. Smith was inspired by 18th-century France when he decorated the elegant Manhattan duplex he shares with HBO executive James Costos. The walls display an Ellsworth Kelly lithograph and an antique overmantel mirror, while Louis XV–style canapés, a Jansen sofa, and Louis XVI–style gilt-wood fauteuils mingle with a Chinese low table and Japanese lacquer robe chests. The decorative woodwork is by Féau & Cie.
Photo: Tim Beddow
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Design team Paolo Moschino and Philip Vergeylen revamped a flat near London’s Victoria station, keeping only the original 19th-century cornices and the oak parquet floor. A pair of brass bookshelves inspired by a Billy Baldwin design for Cole Porter flank a work on paper by Jean Cocteau. The vintage console is by Jansen, and the sofa is by Moschino’s firm, Nicholas Haslam.
Photo: Roger Davies
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jpgAD100 designer David Easton and artist James Steinmeyer gave the living room of their modern Tulsa, Oklahoma, getaway a warm makeover with Venetian-plaster walls painted in a Pratt & Lambert gray and Louis XVI–style slipper chairs upholstered in a crimson silk velvet. The mantel is by Easton, and the armchairs and ottoman are from his line for Lee Jofa, as are the fabrics covering them.
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Photo: Miguel Flores-Vianna
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The living room walls in antiques dealer and designer Richard Shapiro’s Malibu, California, retreat are sheathed in frescoed plaster, and a 17th-century Italian mirror hangs above an antique Cypriot mantel; Shapiro designed the chairs, the Patricia Roach floor lamp is from his furnishings company, Studiolo, and the wood stools are 19th-century Ghanaian.
Photo: Thomas Loof
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jpgInside a glass tower overlooking the Manhattan skyline, Todd Alexander Romano created a high-impact design for his 600-square-foot studio. Inspired by the bold color choices of legendary decorator Billy Baldwin, the designer lacquered the walls and upholstered the custom-made sofa in midnight-blue. Prints by Robert Goodnough and Josef Albers add a vibrant contrast.
Photo: William Waldron
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Alex Papachristidis decorated the Bridgehampton, New York, home he shares with his extended family using luxe fabrics and eclectic finds that provide the newly built home with a sense of history. Gilded 19th-century stools and custom-made sofas upholstered in a Clarence House fabric are mixed with animal print–covered armchairs and pillows.
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Photo: Roger Davies
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At his modern Los Angeles getaway, AD100 architect and designer Daniel Romualdez introduced a fur rug, a reclaimed-wood cocktail table by André Joyau, and a pair of John Dickinson lamps to help soften the sleek white space.
A painting by Sarah Morris hangs on the far wall, the print above the fireplace is by Christopher Bucklow, and the acrylic armchairs are by Paul Rudolph.Photo: Pieter Estersohn
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In Atlanta, AD100 decorator Suzanne Kasler renovated her Regency-style house with the help of architectural designers William T. Baker & Assoc. She employed a soothing palette of cream, beige, and white for the living room. “I like colors with a gray undertone,” she said. The velvet sofa is from Kasler’s line for Hickory Chair, the acrylic tables and curtain fabric are by Nancy Corzine, and the rug is by Beauvais Carpets.
Photo: Pieter Estersohn
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A stainless-steel wall sculpture by Octavio Abúndez hangs in the living room of Nate Berkus’s former duplex in Manhattan’s Greenwich Village, and the Gilbert Poillerat chairs are upholstered in a Clarence House linen.
Berkus furnished the apartment in the 19th-century building with pieces he had collected over the years, including many furnishings from his previous home in Chicago.
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Photo: Eric Piasecki
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When AD100 interior designer David Kleinberg moved to an apartment on the Upper East Side of Manhattan, he chose to retain the home’s original 1920s architectural details as well as the ornate millwork installed by previous owners; he updated the latter with cream and white paint. The vintage light fixture is by Swiss architect Max Ernst Haefeli, and the painting is by Garth Weiser.
Photo: Roger Davies
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Brazilian architect and designer Sig Bergamin crafted a vibrant living room in the São Paulo home he shares with architect Murilo Lomas. Murano-glass vessels are displayed on either side of a Vik Muniz painting, and the sofas are covered in a Rubelli velvet.
Photo: Tim Beddow
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Russian architect Dmitry Velikovsky created a refined yet exotic look for his Moscow penthouse, whose living room features an antique gilt-wood sofa, a Senegalese armchair, and an 18th-century samurai chair; a painting by Viktor Pivovarov hangs above the fireplace, and a Picasso etching leans against the bookshelf.
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Total area 130 sq.m Moscow The renovation of the interior of the apartment included the replacement of furniture, lamps and new wall decoration. Restoration Hardware furniture and chandeliers, German clinker tiles, joinery in American walnut veneer, Italian FAP mosaics were used in the interior. In the living room and in the hallway, MDF panels, after being installed on the walls, are covered with Beckers English paint from floor to ceiling. A Restoration Hardware console with a glass top was installed in the hallway. In the son's bedroom, according to individual drawings, a desk, a wardrobe, a couch, a bench and a TV stand were made in the carpentry workshop. In the bedroom of the parents, a showcase was installed, covered with black matte lacquer, also individually made.
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Apartment in the historical center of petersburg
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The living area is a large combined space combined with a kitchen-dining room. This is the main place in the apartment where the whole family gathers. In the living area there is a large sofa, a bookcase with expressive marble shelves and a TV area with a large polished marble panel. A historic chandelier with golden elements and crystal crystals on the ceiling, about two meters in diameter, was bought at an auction in Europe.
The pattern of the chandelier echoes the pattern of the Persian carpet lying underneath. Cast iron stove 19century - this is a real stove that stood on a Norwegian sailboat of the 19th century. The oven has been kept in perfect condition. With the help of such furnaces, the cabins of the sailboat were heated. When cold weather sets in and before the heating is turned on, the owners heat this stove, the cast iron quickly gives off heat to the air and the living room warms up. Expressive window slopes are sheathed with oak boards with warm backlighting, which highlights the relief of historical brick. From the wide window sill, beautiful views of the green square and the measured life of the historical center of St. Petersburg open up. During the design, the layout of the living room was repeatedly revised, but the main idea of interior design in a loft style with open brick, concrete, brutal massif, visual separation of zones and preservation of historical elements lived to the very end.
One of the more ambitious ideas was to appropriate part of the attic space, which could lead to a beautiful illuminated cast-iron spiral staircase. After measurements of the attic space were made, it was decided to abandon this idea due to the insufficient amount of free space of the required height.
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