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A modern Scandi living room – small but family-sized!

Dreaming of a modern Scandi living room that makes the most of your small space? Here, clever storage ideas – including pinewood cabinets concentrated against one wall – keep clutter away. While flexible furniture, like the modular sofa, helps create a relaxing haven where a family can enjoy doing things together.

Modular LILLEHEM seating stands in a modern Scandi living room on a RASTPLATS rug in front of some IVAR storage.
Modular LILLEHEM seating stands in a modern Scandi living room on a RASTPLATS rug in front of some IVAR storage.

Create a sofa with a shape that suits you

As well as being comfortable, LILLEHEM sofas are modular. So you can put together your choice of sections to get the combination that suits you and your space. Even when your space is small. If you feel like it, you can change to a different shape, too.

Modular LILLEHEM seating and a TUNSTA side table combined into different shapes in a modern Scandi living room.
A TUNSTA side table with a plant in a pot on top stands on a RASTPLATS rug at the side of some modular LILLEHEM seating.

Clutter-busting storage and Scandi style

IVAR units provide lots of storage space behind calming closed doors. We’ve made them more personal by painting white stripes on the pinewood. A basket keeps cosy little extras ready for use. Light-coloured natural materials like bamboo and pine, strong, simple patterns – all strengthen the Scandi style, too.

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Modular LILLEHEM seating with a HUMLEMOTT throw and two extra cushions lying on it stands in front of some IVAR storage.
A LÖVRÄFSA basket containing a HUMLEMOTT throw and a cushion with a SPIKKLUBBA cushion cover stands on a RASTPLATS rug.
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Why not soften up your shared space?

The room’s small but there’s still space to put your feet up and have fun together. Extra textiles, like the cushion with the playful ODDNY cover and the VALLKRASSING throw, add comfort and cosiness. And the handwoven wool RASTPLATS rug makes the floor softer to sit on while you wait for the train to arrive.

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A person reads a story to a small child who is leaning against a cushion with an ODDNY cushion cover on a sofa.
Near a FLISAT toy storage with wheels, a small child walks on a RASTPLATS rug on which there are parts of a toy railway.
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A handy table made safer for kids

With its clean design and simple, rectangular shape, a TUNSTA side table fits perfectly into this modern Scandi living room. The shelf under the top gives you extra storage to help keep clutter under control – especially handy in a small room like here. We’ve put UNDVIKA corner bumpers on the corners. They’re easy to stick on to table edges and corners to reduce the risk of children getting hurt.

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A TUNSTA side table, with books and a plant on it and with UNDVIKA corner bumpers on its corners, stands on a RASTPLATS rug.
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Relaxing and refreshing

Light-coloured wood, white and elements from nature are big parts of this modern Scandi look. Here, the POÄNG armchair helps create the style as well as providing relaxing, supportive seating. The white curtains and shelves add freshness, with the flowers and vase kept out of children’s reach on the top shelf.

A POÄNG armchair stands near some LILLEHEM seating and a TUNSTA side table with a plant in a pot on top.
A white LACK shelf holding a vase with flowers in it is attached to a wall above a SYMFONISK speaker combination with shelf.

Small but big enough – a flexible, Scandi room for everyone

It’s small but this living room always feels like there’s enough space for everyone. These IVAR units provide a lot of storage to keep clutter away and their blond wood helps set the Scandi style. The look is strengthened by using bold geometric patterns like here in this RASTPLATS rug. And flexible furniture, like the modular LILLEHEM sofa or the GLADOM tray table, makes it easy to adapt things to the different activities of everyday life.

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Modular LILLEHEM seating and a dark grey-green GLADOM tray table stand on a RASTPLATS rug in front of some IVAR storage.
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