Guide: 7 Best Solutions for Living Room Interior

Together with OBI experts, we share simple yet stylish solutions for living room interiors.

Custom built-in furniture + budget-friendly mass market models

Designers often mix furniture from different manufacturers to avoid turning the interior into a showroom.

For example, designer Milla Kolpakova used budget furniture from mass market alongside non-standard custom built-in furniture in one of her projects. Such a mix allows for a vibrant and not overly expensive interior.

Design: Milla Kolpakova
Successful purchases:
Acryl Emal "Orion", OBI.
Intended for painting wooden, metal, and mineral surfaces both inside and outside. Forest wood panel, OBI.
An eco-friendly, hypoallergenic natural material made from glued spruce or pine boards. Wall lamp J-light Markel, OBI.
Perfect for bedside areas and as additional lighting in spacious living rooms. Compatible with dimmers. Mixing two styles

Designers no longer use pure styles — instead, they aim to combine several directions.

For example, Serge Mahov in one of his projects chose classic style and neutral tones: light walls, white moldings, oak flooring. The contrast highlights dark furniture, a tobacco-colored leather sofa, and rough tables made from solid wood in a loft aesthetic.

Design: Serge Mahov
Successful purchases:
Paint Tikkurila Perfecta, OBI.
Durable deep matte paint that can be colored into more than 20,000 shades. Ceiling suspension Vitaluce, OBI.
Its structure is height-adjustable and suitable for rooms with any ceiling heights. The fittings are made in brown color with a matte finish. Wall molding, OBI. For decorating walls, ceilings and doors. Allows hiding poor joints in decorative finishes, can be painted in any color. Or three or more

If you want to add vibrant details to a small living room, bold eclecticism is what you need.

Designer Zhenya Zhudanova in one of her projects chose a neutral base and supplemented it with unusual furniture and accessories from different styles: here one can "guess" classic, loft, vintage and even mid-century modern.

Design: Zhenya Zhudanova
Successful purchases:
Laminate Tarkett, OBI.
Thanks to its four-sided beveling, it visually resembles handmade parquet. Each board edge is beveled and painted to add visual depth.
Sheer curtains, OBI. Gray fabric imitating linen, blackout. Suspended ceiling light Luminarte Vida, OBI.
A smaller one is placed inside a large transparent shade. Furniture that was "dissolved" in space

This unusual solution was chosen by Maria Pilypenko and Ekaterina Fedorova in one of their projects. In the living room, they used a bold technique of painting walls together with adjacent cabinets, shelves and racks — the furniture "dissolved" in space and does not look bulky.

Design: Maria Pilypenko and Ekaterina Fedorova
Successful purchases:
Decorative coating Alpina, OBI.
Structural paint for preparation and finishing, effectively hides minor flaws. Paint Tikkurila Euro, OBI.
Recommended for ceiling painting. Suitable for coloring in light tones. Paint Dulux Easy, OBI.
Perfectly highlights wallpaper texture even after multiple repaintings. Colorable. Accent wall

It is made not only as a vibrant accent but also to unite different colors in an interior. For example, designer Anna Smolyakova in one of her projects chose the second option.

"The zigzag wallpaper pattern called chevron is a symbolic guardian of the home," Anna says. "Besides, it unifies the overall color scheme of the living room".

Design: Anna Smolyakova
Successful purchases:
Tiles-mosaic, OBI.
3D mosaic made from wood of various sizes and shapes. Thanks to a special protective coating, it is resistant to direct sunlight, temperature fluctuations, moisture and damage. Compact vinyl wallpapers Family, OBI.
Vinyl wallpapers with hot embossing have a very durable surface that is resistant to wear and mechanical damage. Gypsum 3D panel, OBI.
Produced from a special gypsum solution with reinforcing additives. Italian manufacturing technology. It is 100% eco-friendly product with unique sound and thermal insulation properties. Eastern style in details

Eastern style is relevant, but it's important to use it correctly. As Margarita Mustafina did in one of her projects — the designer created a mix of elements from the East and modern Provence.

The interior looks distinctive and original thanks to items specially created for it. In particular, this is an ornamental decorative panel behind the sofa in the living room.

Design: Margarita Mustafina
Design: Margarita Mustafina
Successful purchases:
RealFlame Nevada surround for standard fireplace, OBI, made from HDF and veneer.
Curtains with voile "Agata", OBI, mounted on curtain tape. Decorative pillowcase, OBI, with jacquard pattern in the form of a wreath, with a zipper. Fabric is resistant to stains, does not fade and doesn't pill. Emphasis on free space

This solution is relevant for small apartments with through rooms. For example, architect Pavel Zheleznov in his apartment built in 1956 refused to use dark G-shaped corridor and opted for an open layout.

"In the design of a small apartment, the main thing is to plan it as open as possible," Pavel explains. "Now, thanks to new layouts and doors with glass panels, you can practically see several rooms at once from any point — the apartment space doesn't fragment, and walls don't feel oppressive".

Design: Pavel Zheleznov
Design: Pavel Zheleznov
Design: Pavel Zheleznov
Successful purchases:
Glazed door panel "Porta", OBI.
Coating made of enamel is resistant to changes in humidity and temperature. Pendant MW-Light, OBI.
The base is made of metal in the color of French gold. Garden curtain, OBI, made from jacquard, blackout.

On the cover: design project by Serge Mahov.