Eclectic Living Room Interior Design
Ideas, layouts, colors and materials for a eclectic living room — plus the pieces that make the look work.
Designing a eclectic living room
A eclectic living room blends the eclectic look — contrasted + composed, walnut, wool, leather, lacquer, brass — with layouts and details that suit a living room. Start with the palette, anchor the room around a focal point, then layer in texture and lighting.
Eclectic living room palette
Use parchment to quiet the architecture and walnut as the main furniture neutral. Repeat black across several thin outlines, then choose either oxblood or cobalt as the dominant accent; olive can bridge the two.
Color roles
A quiet architectural field that allows unlike furniture forms to remain readable.
A mid-value upholstery tone linking aged wood, modern curves and traditional rugs.
The warm dramatic accent for one artwork, leather chair or small lacquered plane.
A cool contemporary counterpoint best concentrated in art or glazed ceramic.
The strongest connector for frames, lamps and slender furniture outlines.
