Niche Under Stairwell Provides Perfect Space for Built-In Bookshelves, Reading Nook

All you need for your own personal home library or reading nook is a good bookshelf and a spot for a comfortable armchair. This reading spot makes use of a spot beneath a staircase that would otherwise be wasted. The back of the built-in bookcase is lined with removable wallpaper to give a pop of contrast to the moody green walls painted in Sherwin-Williams Country Squire. The nook includes an arc lamp to provide task lighting for reading and a small side table to hold a beverage, a soothing candle or the current book club book.

Home Office and Reading Area Tucked Into Nooks in Deep Green Foyer

Small nooks in this foyer were transformed from dead space into a home office and reading corner. A small writing desk is sized appropriately for the corner tucked by the stairwell. Neutral colors were selected for the furnishings to work better with the walls painted in Sherwin-Williams Country Squire and the dark wood beadboard trim. The space is made more lively with colorful accessories, which are easy to swap as color and pattern styles change.

From: Beth Rucker

Coastal Great Room With Glass Doors & Island Views

An over-scaled sofa and cozy club chairs are combined with two sandblasted pine coffee tables in the HGTV Dream Home 2013 great room. The space provides a front-row seat to South Carolina's Kiawah Island through glass doors that offer a seamless transition from indoors to outdoors. In keeping with beach house interiors, the furnishings were chosen for both beauty and durability.

Sitting Area With High Ceiling and Stone Columns

This Southwestern sitting area features leather chairs and sofa around a large wooden coffee table, a high wooden ceiling with exposed beams, and two stone columns stretching from the floor to the ceiling.

From: PureWest Real Estate and Luxury Portfolio International®

Green Contemporary Home Office With Orange Rug

Hunter green brings mystery and sophistication to the walls of this home office. And its round orange rug is the just-right companion.

From: Sarah Stacey Interior Design

Craftsman Living Room With Sea Green Walls, Hunter Green Tile Fireplace Surround and Rich Wood Coffee Table

A white coffered ceiling and light sea green walls create a soft frame for the deeper tones and heavier furniture used to decorate this living room. Hunter green tiles create a fireplace surround while the brown tile hearth compliments the wood mantel. Thick wood arm chairs are padded with beige cushions and turned in to face the rich wood coffee table centered in the room.

Two-Level Great Room

Steps lead from the dining room down to the lounge-worthy living room with a colorful mix of modern and industrial furnishings. The removal of walls and relocating key spaces made the main living areas feel more connected.

From: Brian Patrick Flynn

Half Wall Between Kitchen and Dining Room Makes Both Spaces Feel Open

Featured on HGTV's America's Most Desperate Kitchens, both the kitchen and dining room areas were small and closed off, so designers John and Anthony took out part of the kitchen wall, creating a bar area that opens both spaces making them feel larger.

Warm Wood Floor

The living room’s medium-tone prefinished engineered hardwood floor creates a warm and neutral backdrop for the space. “The best way to describe it would be greige,” says designer Brian Patrick Flynn. “It’s kind of like a grayish beige mix.”

From: Brian Patrick Flynn

Chartreuse-Infused Game Room Is Fun, Hip

This game room is as fun as it is hip. On one side of the room, a pool table is situated under a futuristic pendant light for hours of play, and on the other side, three chartreuse egg chairs are situated in front a TV for movie nights.

From: Anita Lang

Green and Brown Traditional Home Office

Designers connected the home office to the backyard via lots of large windows and a color scheme that echoes the trees outside.

From: Tim Barber Ltd.

Elegant Midcentury Modern Dining Room

This elegant, Midcentury Modern dining room flawlessly blends textures, patterns and materials to create a perfect execution of the Midcentury style. The clean lines of the modern table, buffet and chairs are softened by the velour fabric that covers the dining chairs, while the roughness of the wicker rope rug and planter adds texture to the space. These elements combine to give this space an elegant, Midcentury Modern look.

From: Kenna Stout

Traditional Green Dining Room with Brass Chandelier

Framed music sheets and a contemporary chandelier with brass drum shade are decorative highlights in the new dining room.

Georgian-Style Living Room With Curved Wall of Windows

Fun fact: The reason Colonial architecture tends to feature windows with many small “lights” (individual panes) is that the British imposed high import taxes on large pieces of glass sent into the Colonies.

Green Eclectic Living Room With Guitar

This hunter green living room is filled with rock and roll style with its bold colors, sassy patterns and crisp, clean lines.

From: Caitlin McCarthy Designs

Gray Green Transitional Family Room With Fireplace

The cozy family room features one of the home's five fireplaces and lots of pretty natural light. Wainscoting adds to the room's simple, classic feel.

From: Harry Norman Realtors

A Trio of Ottomans Makes the Perfect Surface

A bedroom is decorated with a trio of ottomans soft enough to sit on but sturdy enough to hold solid objects. The space is accented with bird-shaped wood artwork.

Bright Red Desk in Green Home Office

A small home office, featured on HGTV's Design Star, is staged in front of a large picture window. The bright red desk is inspired by an architect's drafting table, and adds a splash of color against mint green walls. A classic desk lamp and molded armchair complete the look.