Industrial living room ideas
An industrial living room is furnished like a converted workshop: a worn leather sofa, black steel shelving, a steel trunk and lamps with bare filament bulbs. Domusia furnished the six real rooms below in this style, without a single brick, duct or pipe added to the walls.
Redesign your living room in Industrial
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What makes a living room industrial
- A worn brown leather sofa, often a chesterfield, with leather or charcoal armchairs facing it.
- A coffee table in reclaimed wood on a black steel frame, and a riveted metal trunk used as a side table.
- A freestanding shelving unit in black steel and solid wood, filled with books and a few objects.
- Ceiling lights in black iron with exposed filament bulbs, from a wheel chandelier to a simple branching fixture.
- Black-framed black and white photographs hung as a grid or a loose wall.
- A dark flat rug in charcoal or faded black that anchors the seating.
Colour palette
- Cognac leather
- Black steel
- Reclaimed wood
- Charcoal
- Filament amber
Get the look
- Start with a brown leather sofa: it sets the colour and the texture for the whole room.
- Add one black steel shelving unit and a metal trunk instead of a side table.
- Hang a black iron light with filament bulbs and a group of black-framed photographs on the main wall.
Questions
Can an industrial living room work without brick or concrete walls?
Yes. Every room on this page kept its white walls and wood floors. Leather, steel and filament light are enough to read as industrial.
Is industrial style too cold for a living room?
Not with brown leather, reclaimed wood and warm bulbs. In these rooms the steel stays in the frames and shelves, and the large surfaces are warm.
Does industrial furniture suit a period room with mouldings?
It does. Two of these rooms have mouldings or a fireplace. The contrast between old plaster and black steel is part of the look.