Real Homes, Real Transformations

Hotel Chic Living Room

This boutique-hotel-inspired family space is designed to feel elevated yet completely liveable. Anchored by a floor-to-ceiling media wall built around a centred log burner — flanked by built-in shelving, concealed cupboards, Calacatta porcelain tiles and reeded walnut-effect cabinetry with metallic decorative screens — the scheme uses hotel-style zoning to create distinct areas, including a screen-free reading corner with a sculptural armchair and brass-legged walnut side table. Sustainability ran through the project, with the client's original carpet retained and layered with a tone-on-tone rug, while finishing touches like sheer curtains on bespoke fabric-wrapped poles, oversized artwork, a corner-mounted vertical radiator and chocolate-and-toffee textiles complete a warm, quietly luxurious room grounded in a repeated palette of walnut, brass and soft neutrals.

Elegant living room with a dark fluted wood media wall featuring a wall-mounted TV, built-in shelving and a fireplace, alongside a glass-topped coffee table, neutral rug, plantation shutters and sheer curtains, lit by a tiered smoked-glass chandelier. Designed Lisa Hensby Design & Build Studio.
A refined sitting room corner with a cream wingback armchair, a trio of abstract artworks, a large smoked glass chandelier and dark walnut fitted shelving with decorative lattice detail - styled and designed by Lisa Hensby Design & Build Studio.
Elegant neutral living room with a beige sectional sofa, rust-brown cushions, a black glass coffee table, twin abstract canvases and a plantation-shutter window beneath a smoked-glass chandelier. Designed by Lisa Hens by of Lisa Hensby Design & Build Studio.
A styled console-table vignette in a softly lit, neutral interior: a tall black-framed mirror with woven cane panels reflects sheer curtains, above a dark wood console with brass legs. To the left, white orchids arch out of a marbled black bowl; to the right sit a black reed diffuser, a candle, and a fluted dark table lamp with a cream shade. A cream cushion with a brown fur trim rests on a sofa in the foreground. Designed by Lisa Hensby of Lisa Hensby Design & Build Studio.
Dark wood built-in shelving with a marble backing and integrated lighting, styled with black, gold and ivory decorative pieces. Designed by Lisa Hensby of Lisa Hensby Design & Build Studio.
Cosy living room corner with a beige sofa, rust-brown cushions, a textured white abstract canvas and a fluted wood side table. Designed by Lisa Hensby of Lisa Hensby Design & Build Studio.
Neutral, elegant living room with a beige L-shaped sectional, black glass coffee table, crystal chandelier, plantation-shutter windows and a dark wood built-in shelving unit. Designed by Lisa Hensby of Lisa Hensby Design & Build Studio.

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