Who needs some living room decor inspirations? Living rooms may be everyone’s favorite space in the home for the warmth and coziness they afford, but we have to acknowledge the brilliant work of designers who went above and beyond, turning what’s traditionally considered a place of relaxation into carefully curated chambers that also spark our imaginations. AD had selected some of the best living rooms of the year, 2016, and we really want to share it with you. Enjoy!
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We all wish to create the best ambiance in our living room, it’s one of the best places in the house. With different styles, colors, and patterns, here you have 15 of the best living rooms in 2016. Ready? Choose your favorite inspirational look of the year.
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In the living room of a Maine home designed by Suzanne Kasler and architect Les Cole, a Raoul Textiles print curtains French doors by Marvin Windows and Doors.
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Anderson Cooper enlisted fashion-designer-turned-hotelier Wilbert Das to build him a vacation home in Trancoso, Brazil. Dubbed Casa Anderson, the estate comprises four buildings.
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George Condo painting makes a splash in the Stockholm flat of Giovanna Battaglia-Engelbert, a fashion editor at W and Japanese Vogue, and Oscar Engelbert, a real-estate developer.
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In the television room of Marc Jacobs’s New York apartment, a painting by Richard Prince hangs above a custom-made sofa by Jonas and a brass Gabriella Crespi low table from Nilufar.
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In the living room of antiques dealer Matthias Vriens-McGrath’s Los Angeles home, a 1960s Swedish chandelier by Erik Höglund hangs above a pair of vintage armchairs dressed in Icelandic sheepskins.
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In Brigitte Romanek’s Hollywood manse, the living room is outfitted with a pair of Marco Zanuso lounge chairs from Eccola, a Blackman Cruz console, and a Hans Wegner chaise longue.
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Some prerenovation sleuthing in the Hamptons living room of Pilar Guzmán and Chris Mitchell revealed a beamed ceiling that had been covered with Sheetrock, which the couple promptly had removed.
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In a Connecticut home designed by Mark Cunningham, an RH sectional sofa anchors the media room, whose walls are coated in Fine Paints of Europe’s WC-86 blue.
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Interior designer David Netto teamed with architect David Hottenroth of Hottenroth + Joseph Architects to reimagine a sprawling Shingle Style home in Southampton, New York.
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In a Hamptons home designed by architect Annabelle Selldorf and Joe Nahem, mixed-media work by Albert Oehlen hangs in the living room, which features a floor lamp by Ranch Oak and a Dunbar cocktail table, both from the 1960s.
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Works by James Lee Byars are installed on the far wall of the guest apartment’s living room in the Los Angeles home of Beth Rudin DeWoody and Firooz Zahedi.
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A leather Mies van der Rohe daybed and a vintage Adrian Pearsall sofa covered in a Pierre Frey linen blend flank a custom-made low table in a New York lounge designed by Christine and John Gachot.
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Painted in Benjamin Moore’s Whale Gray, artist Jack Pierson’s room walls and shelves brim with beloved art, books, and objects in his Greenwich Village apartment.
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