A common mistake homeowners often make when striving to create a modern living room design is either concentrating too much on seating styles and funiture they like or focusing too much on the decorating, ie paint colors, curtain designs and furnishings.

Instead of paying attention to both aspects and ensuring the two are a good match, the focus on the entire design gets lost and they can end up with a mismatch of colors and styles. This can also happen when two people are planning a design together. Typically, a husband and wife will compromise and avoid conflict by letting each other choose different aspects of the room design, rather than seeing the bigger picture together.

So when first setting down plans for a new design think carefully about which two colors match well and then plan your living room decorating and sofa purchase around these tones.

It’s a good idea to use a color matcher to get a good idea of which color tones blend well. It often helps to simplify things by separating the room into three categories – decorating, seating and furniture – and choose a colors each for these three elements.

Below we have gathered together fifty fantastic living room settings with sofas. FYI (for your inspiration)