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Grey living room ideas for a serene and stylish space

Grey is a wonderful colour for the living room. It’s such a versatile neutral tone that it can work with almost every colour 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 grey pop, add warmth to a space and amplify colours.

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 grey sofa as a neutral base for your living room

Because grey is a neutral colour, 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-grey 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 grey living room cosy

Create a cosy atmosphere in your grey living room by adding warmth with accessories in earthy brown colours, 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 grey HAUGA high cabinet and a white BACKSÄLEN armchair.
A grey KIVIK armchair sofa-bed is in a room with dark wood walls. On the armchair is a guitar, cushion and blanket.

Colours that go well in a grey living room

Grey is easy to pair with almost any colour, 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 grey 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 grey sofa with cushions on it.
A BACKSÄLEN 1.5 seat armchair is in the corner of a grey room with bright blue artwork behind it and a blue table beside it.
A grey HAVSTA storage combination is filled with decorative items, books, rattan baskets, vases and dried flowers.
Various colourful vases of different materials are standing on top of a dark grey IDÅSEN cabinet with sliding doors.

Style a grey cabinet in different ways

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

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