photographer's floor lamp, tv stands unique, earth tone living room

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Trying to achieve minimal that's comfortable, not cold?  The sophistication of the Michael Living Room reflects a rustic, masculine approach to modern living, combined with luxurious textures. This design style can travel easily throughout the entire home, whether yours is an urban condominium, or a traditional single-family residence. The environment includes all of the design elements that represent nature, including glass, metal, leather, and wood. Every detail of this living room design will complement your desire for simplicity, practicality, and a mature sense of style. So grab your glass of cognac, put on your favorite jazz album, and enjoy!

The point-&-click Michael Living Room Decorating Guide will provide you with the links for everything listed below, as well as the perfect paint color, specific instructions on where and how to use each item, and 2 sample floor plans for rooms of various sizes and configurations to inspire you.  What you purchase is up to you!  Whether you chose to start from scratch and follow our design exactly, or combine the look with some of your existing pieces for a look that's uniquely your own, all of the elements  are perfectly coordinated to make mixing and matching effortless!  Questions?  Just contact us! 

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1.   Upon entering this living room you are greeted with an earthy color scheme, including soothing grays, ranges of browns, and bold pops of black and white. The 92" sofa, upholstered in a rich, sophisticated leather, brings a sense of weight to the center of the space, while two compact, warm gray armchairs at either side lend themselves to many evenings of comfortable conversation and entertaining. Casual, yet interesting throw pillows add texture, and soften the modern lines of these upholstered pieces.

2.   Delightfully cozy underfoot, a plush, contemporary area rug anchors the seating group. It also provides a subtly colorful backdrop to the neutral furnishings atop, with its muted, earthy hues of olive, cinnamon, and gold.

3.   A visually weightless, industrial steel and glass cocktail table sits in the middle of the room, centering the conversation area. On the surface of the table, a stack of coffee table books display your favorite photos, hobbies and professions. On top of the books sits an unusual conversation piece: a vintage shoe mold circa the late 40’s or early 50’s, and the tabletop grouping is completed by a small ceramic pot of grasses opposite the stack of books.

4.   Two substantially-sized abstract art pieces hang side by side above the sofa. A subliminal nod to the classic, urbane style of craftsman Andrew Lloyd Wright, these are a compliment to the geometric shapes and colors of the furnishings in the space, and a perfect match to the rustic, masculine feel of the room.

5.   To the right of the sofa sits a unique drum-shaped end table. Made of solid wood components with metal details, its antique finish is accented with an intricate floral-vine pattern. Both beautiful and functional, its interior storage compartment is finished with an antique map rendering.

6.   On top of the end table, a photographer’s task lamp brings back the minimalist, industrial feel begun with the cocktail table. At the opposite end of the sofa, the complimenting floor lamp is both sculptural and dramatic, adding height, and balancing the weight of the end table. Both are made of antique brass, harmonizing with the other metal elements in the space.

7.   The windows are framed in luxuriously textured, espresso-colored silk drapes, which are functional as well as fashionable. Hung to just “kiss” the surface of the floors, they add a layer of warmth and softness, while the angular iron hardware keeps the lines clean and un-fussy.

8.   The empty corners of the room are filled by tall willow-bunch arrangements, housed in rattan vases. They provide a strong element of naturalness and texture, lending to the rustic qualities of the room.

9.   Facing the sofa is a large printer’s sideboard - a fascinating piece, and a focal point unto itself. Crafted from distressed pine and accented with brass pulls, this fixture is not only an answer to your desire for mature furnishings, it is as versatile as it is attractive. Used here as a media center, the television of your dreams can sit on or above its nearly eight foot frame, while its many spacious drawers offer ample storage for movies, music, remote controls, and magazines.

10.   Relating back to the rich leather of your sofa, two grand, leather-wrapped mirrors lean casually against the wall, flanking the media center. Over six feet tall, they reflect back the entire scene, making the room appear twice as large.

11.   On the adjacent wall, perhaps between the windows or above the fireplace, is a vintage, graphic, canvas art piece making another industrial statement, but the edges are softened by layered frames of black and white family photos on the mantel, proving that this room has the space for both masculine appeal, AND sentimentality.

Minimalistic, but richly textured with the unexpected, the clever style of the Michael Living Room design will speak volumes, to all who enter, of your sophisticated taste and style.

The designer version of this room would cost $24,147, but with Online Home Decorators...

As shown above, you can have THE SAME LOOK for only $10,963.62!