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Gray living room ideas for a serene and stylish space

Gray is a wonderful color for the living room. It’s such a versatile neutral tone that it can work with almost every color and any style – whether your space has a traditional vibe or a more modern aesthetic. Get inspired by these easy interior design ideas that make gray pop, add warmth to a space, and amplify colors.

A living room with a beige VIMLE 3-seat sofa, cushions, two throws, and a walnut veneer STOCKHOLM coffee table.
A living room with a beige VIMLE 3-seat sofa, cushions, two throws, and a walnut veneer STOCKHOLM coffee table.

A versatile gray sofa as a neutral base for your living room

Because gray is a neutral color, it works perfectly in almost any style of sofa. For a traditional-style space, you can choose a sofa with button tufting and curved arms, while a sofa with minimal lines and simpler silhouettes works great in a more modern room.

A traditional-style living room has a dark blue-gray ESSEBODA 3-seat sofa on a low-pile rug, elegantly framed by a doorway.
A KIVIK two-seat sofa stands in a corner of a living room with its front legs on a TANNISBY flatwoven rug.

Make a gray living room cozy

Create a cozy atmosphere in your living room by adding warmth with accessories in earthy brown colors, organic materials – like a rattan basket or a jute rug – and warm-toned metals like brass and copper.

A light living room with book stacks in a decorative fireplace, a gray HAUGA high cabinet and a white BACKSÄLEN armchair.
A gray KIVIK armchair sofa-bed is in a room with dark wood walls. On the armchair is a guitar, cushion and blanket.

Colors that go well in a gray living room

Gray is easy to pair with almost any color, but strong, bright shades particularly look great with it. Try adding joyful accents in primary blue, green, hot pink, or orange, and see how your space pops.

A red TINGBY side table with castors is in front of a light gray FRIDHULT sofa bed with plenty of cushions on it.
A person looks at fabric samples that are on a white GLADOM tray table, by a gray sofa with cushions on it.
A BACKSÄLEN 1.5 seat armchair is in the corner of a gray room with bright blue artwork behind it and a blue table beside it.
VIMLE couch in a slate gray room.
Various colorful vases of different materials are standing on top of a dark gray IDÅSEN cabinet with sliding doors.

Style a gray cabinet in different ways

Looking for ideas to style a gray cabinet? Try decorating with objects in neutral colors for a serene and elegant look. Warm wood works quite well with gray too. You can also use a mix of different materials – like ceramics, glass, and wood all together – for a vibrant display.

A gray HAUGA glass-door cabinet is filled with bird-themed decorative items, boxes and glass domes, in a gray living room.
A lone, blooming, sculptural branch in a STORSINT clear glass carafe, in turn is standing on top of a gray HAUGA sideboard.
A room where dark-gray EKET cabinets with two drawers stand beneath a sunlit window, books stacked on top.
A gray HAUGA high two-door cabinet is in between two windows, with books, wooden baskets and orange decorative items in it.
Two gray LIXHULT metal cabinets stand side by side against a wall, with minimal decorative items on top.