8 Burgundy Living Rooms
Burgundy isn’t just a color; it’s a mood. It makes a statement. It gives a room a moody, sophisticated, and elegant style. I’m going show you how to bring burgundy into your living room with eight examples.
Most of them, if you wanted to try to emulate, you wouldn’t even have to break out a paintbrush. I’ll show you examples in every design style, from industrial to cottage and everything in between. Keep reading to the end, because I’m going to tell you exactly how to get started when trying to achieve the looks in the examples.
What I want you to think about as you look at these images is how you would build your color scheme around burgundy. It’s not just a chance to see some pretty rooms. It’s a chance for you to see a way that you could work burgundy into the color scheme of your living room, if that’s something you’re interested in doing.
One thing to notice in the mood of each room is burgundy, like every color, can lean cooler, where it has a bluer undertone and looks almost more purple. Or, it can be warmer, where it has more of a red undertone. Read more about why burgundy is popular in home decor.
Let’s get started with burgundy living room examples:
Example 1: Traditional Style with Complementary Colors
In this room, you’ll see burgundy paired with forest green, which is a complementary color (which means opposite on the color wheel). It’s a traditional style room. The burgundy comes in through the rug and the chair.
Example 2: Industrial Style with Brick Walls
In this industrial-style living room, it’s more of a muted burgundy that’s coming from the brick in the walls.
Example 3: Traditional Burgundy Living Room
This living room has a traditional style, and there’s no burgundy on the walls. All the burgundy is in the drapes, the rug, and the accessories.
Example 4: Modern Burgundy Living Room
This example is a modern style room, which isn’t typically a style that you’d associate with burgundy. You can see that it’s still possible to have a modern style and incorporate burgundy. The room is mostly cream, and the burgundy just comes in through some of the textiles like the drapes, the rug, and some pillows. As you can see, is a recurring theme when decorating with burgundy.
Example 5: Academia Style Color Drenching
In this dramatic academia style room, you will notice burgundy color drenching. If you’re interested in color drenching your room, go check out this guide: Color Drenching! Is This A Trend Worth Trying.
Example 6: Cottage Style Burgundy Living Room
This example shows you that even a cottage-style room can have burgundy in the color palette. It’s mostly creams and neutrals and softer colors, but there is a hint of burgundy throughout the color palette.
Example 7: Mediterranean Style Burgundy Living Room
This Mediterranean style burgundy room looks like it comes right out of Spain. The burgundy comes in through the tapestry and the rug.
Example 8: Sophisticated Burgundy Living Room
This last example is one of my favorites because I think it has a sophisticated look. The walls are gray, which you don’t often see paired with burgundy. Notice the burgundy comes in just through the window coverings and a chair. I love the sophisticated look of the room.
Now that you’ve seen eight different examples of burgundy in a color palette in a living room, here’s how you can bring that into your space.
Step 1: Space plan
The first step with any room is space planning. Knowing exactly how the room’s going to be laid out and used. The function of the room is important to look at before you start buying a bunch of things. You might not need to buy as much as you think.
As you see in a lot of these images, you might be able to work burgundy into your color palette with your existing furnishings. Incorporate burgundy through the rug, the curtains, and the accessories. If you take time to space plan before you go shopping, it’s the difference between a room that looks curated and one that just happens to have burgundy in it.
If you want to master space planning in your living room, check out this article I wrote: Living Room Layouts that Serve Two Purposes. Comment below which one of these eight living rooms you like the most.
