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Readers' Choice: The Top Living Rooms of 2010
See What Living Rooms Houzz Users Loved Most This Year
What makes a well-loved room? Is it traditional or contemporary? Casual or tailored? Of course, there's no right style; the success of a room is solely dependent on how well it works for the people who live in it—and if it looks nice in the process, well, all the better.
So what can be culled from studying the rooms on Houzz that have graced the most ideabooks? Mainly, the answer is that our tastes are rich and varied. Oh, and we love a good fireplace. Here, our most popular living rooms of the year:
So what can be culled from studying the rooms on Houzz that have graced the most ideabooks? Mainly, the answer is that our tastes are rich and varied. Oh, and we love a good fireplace. Here, our most popular living rooms of the year:
A stacked stone fireplace and Noguchi coffee table spoke to the modernist in us.
The linen and black combination in this room comes off as both comfortable and current, and the subway wall art above the sofa was a big trend in 2010.
While turquoise may technically have been the color of the year in 2010, it was yellow that kept popping up. Here the color paired with neutrals
for a calm and contemporary feel. Ginger jars, shown scattered around the room, also trended high.
for a calm and contemporary feel. Ginger jars, shown scattered around the room, also trended high.
Here's another fireplace that caught many eyes this year. The half-wall room divider and color combination were also popular details.
The idea of a three-season sun room appealed to many, as did the easy-to-clean slipcovered furniture.
Most of the popular living rooms we saw were neutral tones, but here yellow and black break that generalization wide open. Traditional touches like wide molding and built-in bookshelves kept the palette from reading too strong.
A traditional-style room with neutral tones felt "warm" and "cozy" to many. No doubt the fireplace also helped in that regard.
Fresh green walls and French doors infuse this popular room with an airy, spring-like appeal.
Greige is everyone's new favorite go-to neutral, and nowhere was its application more popular than in this contemporary living room.
A vaulted ceiling and white trim feels "clean" and "airy," while the layout invites easy conversation.
It's no secret that people want to be cozy. This room's large sectional, soft blanket, and roaring fireplace looked to plenty of us like the perfect spot to curl up.
We all struggle with how to decorate around a large TV. Here, a polished built-in seemed the year's perfect solution.
Here's that turquoise we were expecting! While many popular rooms were in muted tones, this one stood out as the most colorful of the bunch. Turquoise, bright pink, and black and white make for a fun and feminine space.
Built-in bookshelves are always a hit, and the more versatile the space (here, with several seating areas and a spot for dining), the more people it attracts.
With built-ins, a fireplace, a floor to ceiling view, and an iconic lounge chair, what's not to like?
What living room caught YOUR eye this year?
What living room caught YOUR eye this year?