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Learn about decorating and arranging a living room, family gathering room, or a "great room" in these links.
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Put Together a Round Table and Decorate It With Fabric
A great solution for a custom chairside table is a plywood table base with a top. Even better is when you can find storage shelves under the cover. Read about a custom round table which is easy to assemble.

What to Put in Front of Your Sofa
Not every living room or family room sofa has to have a sofa table sitting in front of it. We offer some options to this over-used piece of furniture

Living Room Basics
Whether you live in a cozy apartment or rambling suburban home, a cottage by the sea, or a lodge in the mountains, your living room creates a lasting impression for all who enter. It sets the mood for the home and should be a reflection of the owner’s personal taste.

How to Clean a Living Room in No Time At All
If you are expecting guests in a few minutes, you'll appreciate this How-To about cleaning your Living Room. Following the simple steps here, you'll be smelling sweet before they arrive.

Top 10 Ways to Add Color to a Living Room
You don’t have to spend a lot of time or money when decorating to see a nice change and pick-up to the look of your living room. Read here for our 10 favorite ways to add color to your living room and liven up the décor of your home.

HGTV's Index of Living Room Articles
Browse dozens of articles with photos, ideas, and projects especially for living rooms.

Where to Place Common Living Room Accessories
A lot of items tend to go in the living room so it's important to arrange them all in a balanced and well-proportioned way. Here are a few tips for hanging and placing living room accessories.

Living Room Decorating

Living rooms take on a number of different roles which can make living room decorating a bit of a challenge. For some people it's a formal room reserved for entertaining guests, for others it's a casual space used for leisure activities like watching TV and reading.

Typical living rooms have plenty of seating (often at least one sofa and a couple of chairs), occasional tables, bookshelves and other pieces of furniture, but despite their similarities they can look quite different.

To make your living room the best it can be check out the following articles about living room decorating.

 

Living Room Area Rugs
Wall-to-wall carpet isn’t nearly as popular as it used to be. These days it's been traded out in exchange for area rugs, particularly in the...

Living Room Colors
A photo gallery of colorful designer living rooms.

Basement Apartments from HGTV's Income Property
Basement apartments don't have to be dark and dreary. Check out these examples from HGTV's Income Property and learn how to create a bright and fresh living space below ground.

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