16 Beautiful Scandinavian Living Room Designs You’ll Love
Scandinavian living room decor embodies simplicity, functionality, and elegance. Rooted in Nordic traditions, this style emphasizes clean lines, natural elements, and minimalism.
Light color palettes, cozy textiles, and sleek furniture pieces transform living spaces into serene retreats. Embracing the philosophy of "less is more," Scandinavian design creates a harmonious balance between aesthetic beauty and practical living.
Sofas Can Fill a Supporting Role
The circular shelf, framed and hanging, captures attention immediately with its unique design.
Complementing this striking piece is the stylish Christopher Knight Home Angelina mid-century-modern sofa, which provides visual balance without clashing.
Together, they form a harmonious focal point, making this space a prime example of a Scandinavian living room.
Media Consoles Add Storage Space
Welcoming a media console into your Scandinavian-inspired living room adds both storage and a decorative touch.
The Nathan James Wesley Scandinavian Media Console offers shelves to help organize your items neatly.
Embrace modern living by integrating this stylish piece, enhancing your space while enjoying your favorite shows.
Choosing Artwork That Complements Scandinavian Decor
The Turquoise Triangles Wall Art stands out as a cool choice.
This piece can integrate turquoise into your living room's palette, echoing in pillows, throws, and perhaps even a throw with a similar diamond pattern.
Scandinavian living room artwork often features minimal designs like black and white photographs of individuals, maintaining a modern and cohesive style.
Creating a Warm Scandi Style Living Room
This cozy living room shows how to perfectly blend Scandinavian design for a warm, stylish look.
The main features include white walls and a gray sectional sofa, with an area rug that ties the space together.
Around the room, there's a coffee table and a few other tables, while simple, affordable accessories like throws, pillows, plants, and books add charm.
When planning the walls to enhance the Scandinavian feel, opt for a creamy white paint.
For texture variation, use flat paint on the ceiling, matte or eggshell on the walls, and semi-gloss for the trim.
Minimal Can Equal More Room and Storage
Despite the abundance of elements, this room feels minimal.
Only two main furniture pieces occupy the space: a sectional sofa and a media console.
The sofa offers ample seating while preserving open areas, and the media console provides essential storage.
This setup allows for decorative touches without clutter, maintaining an airy atmosphere around the large window and radiators.
Easily Change Your Wall Treatment
Easily changing your room's look becomes possible with self-stick, removable wall decals and wallpaper.
The dramatic and artistic Ink Stain design captures attention without overwhelming the furniture.
Less costly than repainting, it redefines “wall art” and can be easily removed when you're ready for a new style.
Personalize Your Scandi Style Living Room
Placing a sofa with pillows and a throw under a shelf displaying family photos can make a cozy focal point in your living room.
This setup is ideal for traditional-sized rooms and brings Scandinavian charm to small spaces.
Utilizing wall space for photo displays instead of adding tables maximizes floor area, making it both budget-friendly and stylish.
Selecting Scandinavian Living Room Furniture
Starting with a general layout for your living room, you can place a sofa grouping in one area and a reading nook in another.
Scandinavian decor offers endless ways to personalize your space.
The Jellyfish pendant lamp exemplifies the unique elements of this style, giving your living room a distinct touch.
With a clear understanding of Scandinavian design principles, you can find stylish pieces within your budget to achieve the best look for your home.
Modern Art Coffee Table as Focal Point
Your living room will shine with a unique Scandinavian feel when you add a modern glass-topped coffee table with a wire mesh base.
Nearby, items like the media console, sofa, and rug should complement this centerpiece.
For additional interest, feature a lamp, wall art, or a cozy reading nook in industrial style.
Minimal Modern Mixed With a Classic Masterpiece
In this Scandinavian living room, traditional artwork and modern furnishings harmonize beautifully.
The centerpiece is a modern corner sofa, which complements a classic painting, A Young Girl Reading.
The minimal design, with its large open space, makes the artwork stand out and adds a touch of color and vibrancy.
The few carefully chosen accessories bring the entire room together, achieving an impeccable blend of styles.
Choosing Furniture to Fit a Grouping
A reading nook can be as simple as a chair with a pillow and a throw.
Adding decor items like plants, photographs, and lamps by a window can create a charming secondary focal point.
The Nathan James Amalia table, standing 18 inches high with an 18-inch diameter, fits perfectly in a Scandi-style living room.
Selecting unique Scandinavian furniture lets you craft a similar but distinct space, effortlessly enhancing your home.
Choose Some Furniture as Background
Blend style with harmony in your living room by choosing complementary pieces.
Limit standout items to avoid visual clutter; typically, three special pieces suffice, or even just one for smaller spaces.
Integrate items like a mid-century modern coffee table that enhance the aesthetic without overwhelming the decor.
Blending the Home Decor Items You Choose
Bold rugs, like the Scandinavian Retro Diamond Geometric Grey and Gold area rug, should be the focal point in a room.
Minimal gold accents can enhance the rug's presence without overwhelming the space.
Complementary throws, pillows, or artwork can tie the design together, ensuring the room's other elements support rather than compete with the standout piece.
Adding a Bit of Color
A touch of pink on the pastel pillows stands out subtly, adding charm without overwhelming the room.
The current room, despite having fewer items, remains visually engaging.
Unlike the previous one with traditional fabric upholstery, this room features a smoother, leather-like sofa, indicating the versatility of materials in Scandinavian furniture design.
Budget-friendly Set of Three Geometric Prints
By purchasing the digital files, you have the flexibility to print at home or use a printing service, avoiding unnecessary costs for matting and framing.
This option allows you to display just one or two prints if desired, saving money on frames you might not need.
The set of three prints adds lovely shades from pink to burgundy, which can be incorporated into your Scandinavian living room with coordinating pillows, throws, and other accessories.
Inviting Scandi Corner Reading Nook
A fur throw, pillow, reading material, slippers, and framed photograph complete this budget-friendly display, making it perfect for any living room.
The round rattan chair, which serves as the base, has a simple yet striking shape that adds interest.
It beckons you to sit down, fold your legs, and delve into a book.
Placing this cozy reading corner by a window with a hanging lamp ensures you can read anytime.
The fur throw, both decorative and practical, keeps you warm when it's chilly.
