Rustic Living Room Decorating Ideas

BRIAN WOODCOCK

Cozy, laid back, comfortable, welcoming—nothing says come and sit awhile more than a rustic living room. From dark and traditional to modern and chic, these stylish living rooms deliver rustic decorating ideas to help you transform any room into a rustic retreat of your own.

Whether in a cabin, a cottage, a farmhouse, or a new-build in the suburbs, creating a rustic look is easy. It starts with a mix of textures and materials such as weathered wood beams and stone fireplace surrounds, wood and metal furniture paired with leather and natural linen covered seating, and natural sisal and cozy wool rugs. The more layered the better! Then it's on to the comfort factor with a seating arrangement made of the perfect trifecta of rustic living room furniture: a comfortable sofa, a pair of cozy, curl-up-in chairs, and a coffee table that welcomes games and snacks as easily as a pretty stack of coffee table books topped with decorative bowl. Keep the room connected by choosing paint colors, fabrics, and accessories all in a relaxing neutral color palette full of warm grays, browns, and greens pulled straight from nature.

Once your living room is ready for company, keep on going with more rustic decorating ideas for your kitchen and bathrooms and give your whole house that warm and inviting rustic feel.

Paul Costello, styling by Sarah Cave

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Rustic, Barn-Inspired Details

In country superstar Ronnie Dunn's barn-inspired retreat, he and designer Rachel Halvorson created a cozy-and-inviting (hello, towering white slipcovered wingbacks) meets rough-and-tough (read: stunning antler chair) aesthetic. Surrounding the rustic furniture, interior Z-brace board-and-batten shutters give a playful nod to a barn, while varying widths of creamy white poplar paneling create an airy ambience.

Dana Gallagher, styling by Heather Bullard

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Rustic Wood Beams and Reclaimed Barnwood

An impressive floor-to-ceiling stone fireplace—accented with a hunky reclaimed wood beam mantel—lends rustic texture to this lakeside cabin's living room. The planked barnwood ceiling reinforces the cozy, rustic feel while deep, tufted sofas (covered in neutral Crypton fabric for easy care) encourage a kick-back-with-a-book sort of afternoon.

Max Kim-Bee

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Corrugated Metal

This Leiper's Fork, Tennessee, home is bursting at the beams with ingenious ideas for all things rustic, reclaimed, and repurposed. In the living room, a panel of salvaged corrugated metal provides the perfect backdrop for the vintage Orley woodstove, while matte gray-black paint is a sophisticated canvas for a casual mix of framed and unframed family silhouettes, oil paintings, and a vintage deer mount. Slipcovers made from drop cloths (sold at home-improvement stores) make for a durable, family- and pet-friendly furniture covering.

LAUREY W. GLENN, styling by Matthew Gleason

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Neutral Color Palette

A neutral palette comes alive when it consists of a combination of light to dark hues in mix of textures, as this rustic living room by designer Melissa Ervin exhibits. From top to bottom, natural woven-shade capped lamps sit atop metal-and-wood side tables, pillows made from vintage textiles decorate a mohair and leather sofa, and a hide rug tops the nubby sisal floor covering.

EMILY FOLLOWILL, styling by Raina Kattelson

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Warm Wood Walls

While this sophisticated living room is located in a renovated and repurposed barn (really, it is!), it delivers rustic inspiration that can be applied to any space. The walls and ceiling are planked with reclaimed pine, and the homeowners had the rustic cedar post cut at a local sawmill, requesting that the original bark and moss stay intact to remain as natural as possible. A built-in corner shelf, made of the same wood as the wall and ceiling paneling, adds a charming spot for books and collections. Adding to the rustic vibe: The chandelier is made of an antique wagon wheel, and the coffee table is an old industrial cart.

Brian Woodcock, styling by Page Mullins

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Modern Rustic Furnishings

To create a rustic living room that is full of sophistication, keep things on the straight and narrow. In this ample living space that accommodates both seating and dining areas, the warm natural materials—and charming checked fabric—are there but the furniture pieces all boast clean lines and tailored shapes—no overstuffed upholstery here.

Miki Duisterhof, styling by Karin Lidbeck-Brent

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Aged Natural Materials

Surround yourself with aged natural materials and the result is pure rustic beauty. In this cozy window-wrapped sunroom, homeowner Ellen Allen combined a reclaimed wood planked ceiling and walls, an extended stone "baseboard," and a brick floor to set the rustic scene. An unexpected Lucite table and lots of lush indoor plants and trees keep the room from feeling too dark and heavy.

Jean Allsopp

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Helen Norman

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Natural Stone Surround

Inspired by a room in a Ralph Lauren catalog, these Maryland homeowners added a fieldstone half-wall and fireplace surround. A reclaimed beam rescued from a log cabin serves as the mantel, which is topped with rustic accessories such as an antique iron gate, antlers, and crockery.

Annie Schlechter

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Rustic Whitewashed Brick

If you love the rustic texture of brick, but not the dark colors it brings, opt for a whitewashed look, as DIY blogger Jenna Sue did in this cabin. A mortar wash treatment (also known as a "German smear") gives red brick an authentically aged look.

Lincoln Barbour

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Top-To-Bottom Texture

The secret to this inviting rustic living room? Top-to-bottom texture: starting from the scuffed ceiling beams (salvaged from an old warehouse) to the velvet-covered armchair to the dhurrie-topped sisal rug. Add a wood-planked coffee table, some foraged pine cones, a stack of birch logs, and a vintage tobacco basket above the mantel, and you have a rustic look that can't be beat.

Wynn Myers, styling by Becki Griffin

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Rustic Architectural Salvage

Chippy and peel-y architectural salvage brings a living room instant age and texture. After all, you do find "rust" in "rustic." The living room of this grain silo-turned-guest house features numerous reuses of rustic salvage, including weathered sheet metal siding, chippy wood window frames, and even an old Champagne shipping crate that homeowner Amy Kleinwachter topped with a grain sack cushion to make into a footstool.

John Gruen, styling by Raina Kattelson

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Pickled Wood Walls

Give pine-paneled walls a fresh makeover by pickling them. The result is a living room that is pure cabin chic. Keep the rest of the rooms' furniture light to continue the modern-meets-rustic look.

Helen Norman, styling by Liz Demos

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Porch-Worthy Furnishings

Channel this South Carolina screened-in porch to create the ultimate rustic living room. To get the look, start with a rusty-red painted floor and a massive stone fireplace (don't forget a hand-hewn wood mantel!), add a mix of rattan or Old Hickory hoop chairs plus a cozy braided rug, then substitute the sofa with a charming wood bed swing. Wrought-iron light fixtures and striped pillows complete the rustic look.

TARA DONNE, styling by Olga Naiman

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Warm, Textured Materials

Rather than letting the existing red brick wall define the space, homeowners Neil Frauenglass and George Case chose to paint it a creamy white. From there, they layered a new sisal rug with leather, wicker, wood, and linen to create a stylish and personal rustic space. An old wagon wheel and a collection of vintage mounts add the finishing touches.

Victoria Pearson, styling by Heather Bullard

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Rustic Built-In Cabinet

If you want to keeps things on the lighter side and don't want a full-out cabin look, start with just one or two rustic elements, such as a simple reclaimed beam mantel or a cabinet crafted of salvaged wood.

Helen Norman, styling by Natalie Warady

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Textured Walls

In this rustic living room, designer James Farmer combined two textures for one warm and cozy surround as a beige grasscloth wallpaper adds woven texture above horizontally-planked wainscoting. Elsewhere, windowpane plaid-covered chairs and pillows provide timeless pattern.

Mike Gartan

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View-Welcoming French Doors

Let nature provide the decoration by installing large windows or French doors to invite the outdoors in. Painting the walls and ceiling a light color lets the outdoor views shine even more.

Brian Woodcock, styling by Heather Chadduck Hillegas

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Rustic Reclaimed Materials

For a guaranteed rustic look, start with reclaimed materials. In this Mississippi home, the homeowners set the scene with salvaged heart-pine floors, then used old paving bricks to give the fireplace a been-around-forever feel. On top, horizontal planked wood doors hide the television.

BRIAN WOODCOCK, styling by Natalie Warady

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Hand-Hewn Stone

Upholstered wing chairs and a vintage leather sofa make for cozy seating in this hand-hewn stone wrapped room. When the homeowners discovered the uneven stone under the drywall, they decided to leave it exposed to showcase the home's original beauty. The low-slung ceiling, punctuated by exposed wood rafters, adds to the room's cozy factor.

Victoria Pearson, styling by Page Mullins

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Rustic Wood Furnishings

One signature piece can set the whole rustic tone. In fashion and interior designer Jenni Kayne's California retreat, a sculptural driftwood coffee table stands out against the all-white walls and sectional sofa.

Victoria Pearson, styling by Liz Strong

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Natural Wood Walls

Hold that paintbrush! Stain or simply seal wood shiplap walls to give a room a more rustic look and feel. In this farmhouse living room, the wood wall's warm tones also provide a cozy backdrop to furniture and pillows in a pretty color palette of varying grays and blues.

Buff Strickland, styling by Becki Griffin

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Airy Backdrop

Rustic doesn't have to mean dark. In her family's Texas ranch house, designer Lisa Hilderbrand created an airy living room with a rustic twist by installing a new stucco fireplace topped with a wood mantel and layering lots of "take-a-beating" materials such as wood-plank laminate flooring, leather furniture, seagrass rugs, and a stone-and-steel coffee table.

Annie Schlechter

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Dark Paint Color

To instantly up the cozy factor, paint all walls, trim, and even the ceiling, a deep, dark color (here, Downpipe by Farrow & Ball). Pull a leather club chair up to the fire and let the nesting begin!

Gridley + Graves Photographers, styling by Elizabeth Demos

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Warm Wood Surround

Nothing sets a rustic scene more than a surround of dark and weathered wood—the more aged and rugged the better! Frame windows and horizontally planked walls with the same species and tone of wood add architectural interest without becoming a distraction. Balance the dark wood with a grouping of white or off-white upholstery.

Rustic Living Room Decorating Ideas

Source: https://www.countryliving.com/home-design/decorating-ideas/g29237051/rustic-living-room-ideas/

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