Design Ideas From 21 Much-Loved Rooms

There are just some rooms that make your eyes light up as soon as you walk into them. Whether it’s full of sunlight and comfortable furniture or impresses with the way it handles and organizes myriad things for everyday life, a single well-thought-out room in a home has the power to stick with you long after you leave it. In our Room of the Day series, we seek to profile such spaces. Here’s a collection of some of the most popular rooms featured on Houzz.

1. A Backyard Studio for Repose and Reflection

Vaulted ceilings, geometry and large windows encapsulate this Atlanta writer’s studio set in a picturesque landscape.

Cool feature: The exterior walls are made of burned cypress, created using a traditional Japanese technique: Cypress planks are heated with a blowtorch until they turn black, then buffed with a wire brush to remove the charred areas, resulting in heightened graining and a two-tone finish that’s also resistant to weathering.

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2. A Maine Guest Cottage Steeped in Charm

Once a 9-foot by 12-foot shed used for selling eggs, this small guest cottage now packs serious charm.

Cool feature: Diluted white paint sprayed on the walls gives the space a whitewashed look, contrasting new pine floors and designer furnishings.

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3. Family Digs In for a Chic New Kitchen and Dining Area

Few homeowners would decide to make their basement the hub of their home, but this couple did just that in a London suburb, and the results will shock you. A generous contemporary kitchen, dining area and TV lounge make the subterranean space worth the descent.

Cool feature: A double-width island in Glacier White quartz, with a powerful extractor fan, is the main feature of the room, providing ample space for relaxed family breakfasts.

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4. Deep Blue Proves a Hot Hue

A neglected living room gets transformed into a new family lounge and game room.

Cool feature: Built-in bookshelves and trim are painted in a striking Newburyport Blue. To keep the dark color from feeling oppressive, the designer left the ceiling white and used wallpaper, as well as paint, on the walls.

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5. Monet’s Softer Colors Make a Sunroom Irresistible

What better way to get over the Minnesota winters than with a comfortable sunroom? A vaulted beadboard ceiling, plenty of windows with grass woven shades and pillowy furniture make this one anything but cold and bleak.

Cool feature: Monet’s color theory explorations at Giverny provided the inspiration for the colors in the room.

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6. Waterside Views Inspire a Soothing Palette

Inspired by the San Francisco Bay view, this living room features soothing blues, greens and sand-colored accents.

Cool feature: Multiple seating options and ottomans ensure its popularity among guests. L-shaped sofas sit under the banks of windows, leaving views open to the Golden Gate Bridge and Mount Tamalpais. The ottomans provide more seating, but the most flexible perch is the rope ball. “You can roll it around and sit anywhere,” says designer Jeff Schlarb.

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7. This Mudroom Is Just Plain Hot

Mudrooms aren’t supposed to look this good! But while this one warrants a second glance, its function is what makes it a real hit. The homeowner borrowed space from the adjacent garage to build this 7- by 10-foot storage closet to organize everything from sports equipment to servingware.

Cool feature: Pull the handles on an open coat closet, and piano-hinged doors swing open to reveal this secret room offering extra storage.

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8. Going Moody in the Master Bedroom

With just four days to overhaul the bedroom while her husband, Tim Mosher, was out of town, interior designer Lindsay Pennington made over the room using pieces the couple already owns. Though she likes symmetry, Pennington likes to throw it off a bit to keep it from feeling too formulaic.

Cool feature: Walls painted Benjamin Moore’s Crisp Romaine create a rich atmosphere.

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9. A Multifunctional Living Room With Hidden Secrets

A small writing desk niche and walls of books punctuate this contemplative Boston living room, where many things do double duty.

The chair works as a desk chair here and as extra seating in the living room. The cabinet on the lower right of the built-ins holds a filing cabinet. The back of the desk has a grommet in it to keep computer wires organized and lead them to the outlet below.

Cool feature: A custom banquette with a table handmade by Amish craftsmen offers a unique dining spot with more storage underneath.

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10. The Laundry Room No One Wants to Leave

Two windows with ocean views are bound to make laundry day more bearable, and a sea-green tile backsplash and plenty of storage are equally enticing.

Cool feature: Room for a craft center for a mom and her two kids, an alternative office and even a linen closet and a broom closet.

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11. From Dark Basement to Bright Master Suite

Once you see the “before” image of this dark, dank, concrete-filled basement, you won’t believe this master bedroom is in the same space.

Cool feature: A wall fitted with glass panels divides the bedroom and bathroom while allowing light to pass through.

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12. A Laundry Room Goes to the Dogs

A stacked washer and dryer allowed the homeowners to expand this laundry room and add more functions.

Cool feature: A pet-washing station and pet bed catapulted this laundry room into being one of the most popular rooms on Houzz in 2014.

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13. Curiosities Bring Quick Intrigue to a Living Room

Designer Ian Stallings was given just four days to furnish this San Francisco home while its owners were away for a long weekend. He came through with colorful and comfortable furnishings and created a cabinet of curiosities on the built-in bookshelves, displaying cast models of dragonflies, butterfly specimens and more.

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14. A Spacious Porch Brings Family Life Outside

South Africa inspired this tasteful porch, with its cane-topped stools and bamboo chairs.

Cool feature: A custom-designed hanging daybed.

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15. Playing Up Color in a California Lounge

Talk about some lucky teenagers. These homeowners created a vibrant space where their teens and friends could isten to music, read, watch moves and jam out on drums and guitars.

Cool feature: A hanging bubble chair.

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16. Once a Storage Attic, Now an Uplifting Master Suite

After sharing a bathroom with their two teenagers, these homeowners got to work overhauling an attic space in their 100-year-old house, adding a reclaimed-barn-wood door, wood beams and a spacious new master bathroom.

Cool feature: The homeowners turned an old chimney shaft into a laundry chute that travels through four floors of the home.

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17. A Piece of Manhattan Inspires a Brooklyn Apartment

Victorian meets modern in this apartment with 114-year-old beams and windows.

Cool feature: A jaw-dropping view of the Manhattan Bridge, a structure that inspired the cool industrial color palette.

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18. A Master Bath Embraces the River View

Walnut wood features warm this otherwise sleek industrial bathroom overlooking the St. Lawrence River in Ontario, Canada.

Cool feature: A white ceiling feature contains the tub filler and two lights.

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19. A Fresh Mix in a Traditional Colonial

This living room strikes a balance between light, beachy style and traditional colonial by pairing things like coral sconces with chocolate-brown velvet sofas.

Cool feature: Floor-to-ceiling iridescent persimmon silk drapes with flecks of fuchsia.

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20. Elegant Transitional Style in a Traditional Setting

The style of this living room ventures away from the traditional brownstone architecture with light, bright and family-friendly furnishings, textiles and colors.

Cool feature: 12-foot-high aqua silk draperies that steal the show.

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21. As Comfy As a Favorite Pair of Jeans

Farmhouse informality mixes with coastal style for a soft, broken-in family room that’s all about relaxation.

Cool feature: Tongue and groove pine walls with a diluted gray stain that the designer calls a denim wash.

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More: 25 of the Most Popular Homes on Houzz

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