Realstone Systems My Cozy recipe: rich textures, beautiful fireplace, soft pillows, adjustable lighting and a book to snuggle up with

A. Peltier Interiors Those are all so beautiful, yet still livable. The perfect combination when it comes to designing a space!

Dana Veach Very nice selection, Becky...including several of my favorites!

shawnaleeah I love every single one of these rooms.

Fl!p Breskin Good south light, old fir floors & trim, carpets on the couches, family photos, warm fireplace. Hand-crafted objects with meaning, that get used.

Ann Lowengart Interiors, LLC Great example of livable spaces! Here's another example designed for a family with small children who also enjoy entertaining guests::

Fine Art & Portraits by Laurel Ottomans are a must; everyone likes to put their feet up, but I think feet on a coffee table is gross. I did away with a central coffee table, preferring to have a little open walking space and a view of the detailed medallion of my Persian carpet. I have side tables and small nesting tables that I bring to each guest.

flowerbill Love all the rooms shown above. Growing up in England it was the sitting room that was kept nice for guests, the living room was where we all sat and watched TV every night. What a Victorian concept, to keep a room pristine for strangers, "More tea? Vicar".

taureg I see cluttered, not cozy, and traditional, never contemporary, let alone modern. Is is me or has Houzz been moving increasingly in that direction?

richardparker Fireplaces make cozy. I wonder why rehabbers opt for a sheetrock wall over a wood burning fireplace when they flip some turn-of-centry homes.

I feel opposite to Taureg - this article shows an unusual number of traditional homes for Houzz. Keep it up!

patricia beharry @flowerbill. In the US, the living room is kept nice for guests. The family room is where the family hangs out.

michd Work in progress.

Val Wolf Re: the Kelley & Company home - I take offense to animals being used as area rugs, in this case a Zebra. People need to think about the cruelty involved when they mindlessly bring into their homes. Sad.

Becky Harris It's you. We show all styles on Houzz.

woofwoof The first photo in this collection is possibly my favorite l.r. ever.....in the top 5 for sure!

mcd53 Really lovely rooms. I could see myself, my husband, the kids and even the grandkids in any of these rooms. So comfy and tasteful.

Rebekah Zaveloff Flattered to be included! Great Ideabook Becky - saved several new pics to my own living IB's!

Paul D'Amico - Period Design I like the lot a living room should feel warm and welcoming, it should feel accessible not over formal.

jokercat I fell in love with the first photo... the warmth it exudes. However, I must comment on use of 'pillows' in most Houzz photos. Realizing they are a decorator's go-to for accent and color, in my real life experience... well, they just get in the way of daily comfortable seating. When visiting friends, their huge and numerous sofa pillows have everyone sitting on the edge of the furniture. Men, in particular, will remove them... looking haplessly for a place to set them aside, in order to gain a comfortable perch. While their photogenic properties add flair, and promote ideas, I wonder how many families actually use/enjoy/employ them for everyday sofa and chair sitting. I mean shoes off reading/TV viewing/conversation time. just one woman's opinion...

tana2421 In the Cozy Lake Room that Becky shows here. The room looks like a warm burgundy, what color and brand is the paint? I am building a new home much like this and want to be brave enough to use a darker color wall paint. Thanks!

Becky Harris jokercat, my dad would be with you. I am a pillow nut - I have them EVERYWHERE and I love to stack them up, place one behind my back (i'm actually on my sofa right now with to behind me and one propping up my laptop) or a few under my head, my dad likes to throw them right on the floor and complains about them all the time. When he comes to visit he'll say "Hey Beckle, I love your living room but don't you think you have too many pillows?"

Hmm, right now I do count seven on the sofa, two on the chair and one on the other chair... Jonathan Adler, John Robshaw, Hable Construction, Alexander Girard - needlepoint, printed, woven with metallic threads... I think I have a serious pillow hoarding problem.

Paul D'Amico - Period Design The cushions bit. It depends on the type of sofa. Some require cushions to be comfortable while others have cushions as part of the sofa and thus require no more. My girlfriend has loads I have 3. My girlfriend complains I don't have enough I complain she has too many. How about a cushion fight...

helsharmar Why do we need both a family room and a living room? Houses used to just have living rooms--rooms where the family hung out. At some point, someone must have decided that we needed to hide our embarrassing habit of watching TV, so the TV was moved to another room, which used to be a den but became a "family room" because families hang out where the TV is. The "living room" became a room where nobody lived. Houses built after the 70s had a room that was either empty or filled with fancy furniture that got used once or twice a year, when entertaining guests while pretending not to have a TV. With few exceptions, we don't need both a family room and a living room. I turned our living room into my home office.

Let's start a movement to make our houses more practical, less expensive, and more energy efficient by getting rid of outmoded rooms.

Becky Harris Helsharmar, it's funny, as I was gathering these, I noted which ones were marked as "living room" and which were marked as "family room" and divided them accordingly but had the same thought - as we try to live more efficiently these days the one room is much more prevalent, particularly with popular open space plan layouts.

I was just debating whether or not to do a separate coziest family rooms ideabook when I read your comment! I may still do it - what do you guys think? There are plenty more cozy rooms to share classified as family rooms - please let me know if that's one you'd like to see or not.

Jacinta Howard I grew up in a house with a formal living room that we didn't sit in until holidays because my parents didn't entertain much. When I was house shopping I opted for the house that didn't have the separate family room/den because I'm single and didn't want to furnish an extra room. Opposite of my parents, I entertain a lot. When friends with kids come to visit, I see the need for the separate room. With kids it would be nice to have a separate room for the adult entertaining. I enjoyed seeing both.

cdg4ahappyhojme All the rooms beautiful, in their own way. However, being a book lover and traveler, I could see my husband and I moving into the "borrowed from the library" room. Living room?? Should be a living room. When we bought our home we decided to have one big space, living/great room, open to dining room, love it. We use every inch, every day. We all could live in smaller spaces.
I hate wasted square footage! Use is all and enjoy!!

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