Are you wondering about how you could launch your living room to the top rung of the trend ladder? What about removing the ceiling and creating a double height living room? This style is fabulous, fashionable and functional. What's more is that the entire world is quickly falling in love with this ingenious trend. This technique will do more than make your living room utterly remarkable, it will also add depth and dimension to the rest of the house. Clearing up the space above will open up the entire room as well as open up your mind to all the endless possibilities. Take the plunge; have a look.
The designer of this first living room utilizes glass panels in golden frames to create a unique and sophisticated accent wall that stretches up to the ceiling. The living room looks more spacious and the top floor’s windows add to the room’s natural light. The warm glow from the unique floor lamp complements the yellow lounge chair.
This house is smaller than the first, but the high ceiling and large windows allow for the illusion of space. Due to the extra space thanks to the high ceiling, the designer was able to add a stylish mounted bookshelf. The round nesting coffee tables are a nice touch.
The floorboards match the ceiling, the only difference is that the ceiling is white, creating a pleasant blend. The monochromatic color palette makes for a pleasing aesthetic, while the ladder leading to the top floors is modern and trendy.
A print of a tree graces the large space by the staircase, this adds depth to the room and ties all the organic elements together.
Small apartment? No problem, double height living rooms allow you to decorate for an apartment twice it’s size.
The double height in this aesthetic living room was used to add a literal accent wall into the room. This gives privacy from the outside, but allows the homeowners to enjoy the 3-D view given by the glass walls.
A problem that often occurs with double height living rooms is that sometimes the upper and lower spaces look disjointed. This designer expertly used wooden elements to join the two spaces, creating a unified room that works well with all the different elements. The warm wooden panels mesh well with room’s furniture, especially the scandinavian chairs and exposed windows.
Wooden slats were used to create an exclusive accent walls that are sure to make all the homeowner’s guests green with envy. The yellow modern accent chairs truly standout in the otherwise neutral background.
This formal living room looks spectacular, and this largely due to the windows, that make up an accent wall all on their own.
This living room is edgy and sophisticated. The grey walls make it look like one giant room, while the colorful furniture create a cozy and stylish area.
In this room, the designer made masterful use of the house’s unique structure to create a visually stunning area. The double height living room allows this vision to be fully realized, removing the hindrance of a traditional ceiling.
In this intellectual haven, the scholarly bibliophile can retreat to an organic reading paradise. The raised ceiling allowing the lush houseplants to grow as far as the homeowner allows.
This double height living room turns the entire home into an open plan space, and the effect is brilliant.
What better way to warm up an industrial style loft than to replace an entire wall with glass and remove a ceiling to let the sun in?
This double height penthouse living room looks fit for royalty. Rich colors lend to the luxurious atmosphere, carried over from the textiles over to the collection of glass vases and bowls that adorn the display shelves.
An eclectic blend of color and styles were joined in this living room to create a delightful space that’s doubly pleasing.
Sometimes, there’s such a beautiful feature outside the house, that you need to remove a ceiling and open an entire wall so that you can fully enjoy it’s beauty. In this home, a large panel door was installed so that the homeowner could have a constant view of the world’s best artist: natural scenery.
This house is allowed to realize it’s full potential thanks to the opening of the two floors. The front wall has been removed and replaced with glass panels to introduce the green surroundings. While the triangular ceiling has been brought to the fore, gracing the entire house instead of being hidden, only viewed by those on the second floor.
This thoroughly organic living room is crafted to perfection, without a height limit restricting the designer’s creative genius. This living room has everything that the sophisticated homeowner needs- Organic components? Check. Comfortable reading spot? Check. Sleek design? Check!
A larger than normal artwork embellishes this wall, while a charming chandelier hangs down with no danger of someone accidently bumping their heads. The sky is the limit with double height living rooms!