Living Rooms With Leather Furniture Decorating Ideas

A gallery featuring a wide variety of sophisticated living room designs featuring leather furniture. Design styles include rustic, traditional, and contemporary.

Leather sofa in a spacious traditional living room with a stone fireplace.

Welcome to our gallery showcasing gorgeous living room designs that feature leather furniture.

Leather, whether it's faux or genuine, adds a level of distinction to any room, but none more so than a formal living room. The sheen of leather catches the eye, and the soft texture is often cool in the summertime, unlike cloth upholstery.

Leather furniture comes in many different colors, which means that a piece of leather furniture is as versatile as those with cloth upholstery. Faux leather is much easier to clean than cloth as well.

Instead of needing to use a wet vacuum or spot cleaner after a small spill, a faux leather sofa can be cleaned with a damp rag.

Genuine leather, although it needs to be cleaned with leather cleaner, still cleans up nicely.

For example, check the above living room. The rich red leather button-tufted sofa pulls color from the rich dark wood, from the multi-tonal stone fireplace, and from other fabric elements, including the accent pillows and floral valances.

There's something about leather that adds sophistication to a living room. It's as though leather is meant for adults who appreciate the finer things, and a room with leather means a quiet spot to relax.

Throughout this gallery, you'll see leather sofas and chairs in a variety of styles and colors, from more casual to stately. Some of the furniture looks as though it wouldn't be out of place in a high-class cigar lounge, while others are clearly more family-friendly, built for a family room.

Many of the following living rooms use leather furniture as an accent, rather than as a focal point, but you'll see all the ways and styles that make leather an excellent choice for your next living room set!

We hope you enjoy the gallery!

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The towering ceilings of this casual open-concept living room are host to a large ceiling fan with blades shaped like leaves. The large space has a dark leather sofa and a leather recliner to the right of the fireplace. Perhaps the most unique feature of this space is the secondary mantle stacked on top of the fireplace, which houses the television.

The seating arrangement in this more modestly-sized living room has a much more intimate atmosphere. Instead of a large sofa, four chairs are arranged around a white ottoman with nail-head detail. Two of the four chairs are a rich, dark leather, while the other two are a brown velour.

An incredibly stark white living room with French doors leading to a terrace. Paired with the white contemporary couch are two sleek chrome and leather armless chairs. Soft, sheer white grommet curtains frame the windows and French doors.

In a living room that is a crossroads between other rooms, it can be difficult to create an intimate area for conversation to welcome your visitors to. Since the fireplace is situated between two sets of French doors, it only makes sense to pair a loveseat with two chairs. In this case, the leather is paired with a soft white cloth loveseat and a glass coffee table.

A much lighter brown ottoman doubles as a coffee table between two chocolate-brown velour sofas. To the right is an elevated wood-burning fireplace. A lighter brown ottoman allows for accent pillows in a matching shade to pull color to the darker sofas.

A single modern beige leather armless chair adds a subtle texture to this minimalist living room. The sofa it's paired with has sharp, clean lines. To the right is a massive seamless window with a view to the patio. A long cubby above the entertainment center serves as a bookshelf.

See more of this home here. Designed by JM Architecture.

The curve of this gray L-shaped sectional sofa leads into a chaise lounge, which is perfectly positioned if you want to lay down while watching television. The slight texture of the leather adds texture to the glossy wood panelling of the minimalist entertainment center. To the right are two modern black leather chairs.

See more of this home here. Designed by Oliver Burns.

A single rich red sofa adds bold color to this otherwise white living room, and is paired with two sleek white leather armchairs and a tiered mirrored coffee table. Two unmatched chandeliers hang above the room in tray ceilings.

See more of this home here. Designed by Roselind Wilson Design.

The soft curvature of this black modern-style leather sofa matches perfectly with the armchair to the left. The slanted wooden beams of the ceiling contrast sharply with the black.

See more of this home here. Designed by George Daniel Wittman Architects.

A C-shaped genuine leather sofa sits in a small dark wood nook with built-in shelves. The sofa is paired with two stainless steel side tables.

See more of this home here. Designed by SoCal Contractor.

The exposed beams and columns of this family room and game room add rustic flair to the space. Rich dark leather matching chairs with ottomans sit to the left of a more heavily patterned dusky beige sofa.

See more of this home here. Source: Zillow Digs^TM/ Listings.

A massive curved two-story library and living room features a rich modern-style dark chocolate leather sofa paired with two more contemporary red leather armchairs, one on either side of the fireplace.

See more of this home here. Designed by Jerry Jacobs Design.

When matched with an all-wood rustic arched ceiling, this leather sectional with a chaise takes on a much more rustic style. Warm, earthy tones are standard throughout this design.

See more of this home here. Designed by Garrison Hullinger Interior Design.

This family room features a darker leather sofa and a lighter armchair paired with an old leather-bound trunk as a coffee table. Even the tiled ceiling has a bit of a leather-like sheen to it.

See more of this home here. Designed by Miller + Miller Real Estate.

This eclectic living room includes a cliff-like sloped table on one wall, and an enormous quilted white leather sofa that dominates the majority of the room. Color is added via an area rug and other eclectic accents.

See more of this home here. Designed by Vick Vanlian.

The rich red tones of these matching leather loveseat and sofa pulls warmth out of the darker wooden floors and built-ins on either side of the massive raised fireplace.

See more of this home here. Designed by LotPlans.com.

A leather sectional sofa complements the cowhide rug and other dark brown elements of this modern home. A backlit tray ceiling adds architectural variety to the design.

See more of this home here. Designed by Metropole Architects.

This rich, cozy red leather armchair and ottoman is paired with a darker leather sofa in the same style. The seating arrangement is nestled into a corner of the living room near an assortment of windows at different heights, all of which open.

See more of this home here. Designed by 2e Architects.

Soft, white low-profile leather furniture complements the velour area rug, transparent coffee table, and subtle silver-patterned wallpaper behind the sofa.

See more of this home here. Designed by DKOR Interiors.

Small pops of color draw the eye around this large, open-concept living room. The colors in each spot are complementary, allowing the eye to flow from area to area.

See more of this home here. Designed by MF Architecture.

This incredible white elegant living room features textured tile floors and a coffered ceiling, where each section has a small golden medallion. To the right is a seating area featuring white leather button-tufted furniture, while to the left is a small meeting area with bookshelves.

See more of this home here. Designed by Brain Factory.

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