Paris is also known as the Romantic City. So, it’s not unusual to see the romance captured in the living room design of apartments. The above living room combines traditional and modern elements ...

At first in Paris, and then across Europe ... to an understated and muted aesthetic when it comes to mainstream living room design (Credit: Getty Images) Meanwhile, the trend for open plan ...

In a family home in San Francisco, for example, Mr. Redd lined living room walls in seawater satin and upholstered footstools in jaguar-spotted silk velour that pops against the sedate antique ...