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Warm Minimalist Living Room Makeover: Before and After with Sundays

A real living room restyled in warm minimalism: two pale-blue modular sofas, an oak coffee table and a cream rug from Sundays, with the full shopping list.

By Roomellow Team

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Warm minimalist living room with two pale-blue modular sofas, an oak coffee table, an oak lounge chair and a cream rug

Minimalism has a reputation for feeling cold. This living room shows the other side of it: fewer pieces, clean lines, and a room that still feels soft and lived-in. The six main pieces in the redesign all come from Sundays, and the full list with prices is below.

The Before

The living room before: a blue-gray sofa, a yellow accent chair, a glass coffee table and a geometric rug under a vaulted ceiling

The room already had a lot going for it: a vaulted ceiling with a wood-bladed fan, two arched openings onto a bright room beyond, and warm hardwood floors. The furniture mixed a cool blue-gray sofa, a mustard accent chair, a glass-and-metal coffee table and a bold geometric rug. Each piece had its own strong character, so the eye moved around the room rather than settling on one seating area.

The After

The living room after: two pale-blue Sundays modular sofas, an oak coffee table, an oak lounge chair and a cream rug

The room's shape stays the same: the same arches, fan and floors. (One slip: the image added a door on the left wall that isn't in the real room. AI images aren't exact, which is why we suggest checking each piece's size before you buy.) What changes is the furniture, which moves to a warm minimalist palette of pale blue, light oak and cream. The plants, art and curtains are styling touches around the six main pieces.

The seating comes from one modular line. The Chill Time 3-Piece Modular Sofa in Cove, a soft pale blue, runs along the side wall, and the Chill Time 2-Piece Modular Sofa in the same fabric sits at a right angle near the arches. Matching sofas set at right angles make one conversation area without closing the room off, and because both are modular, they can be rearranged later.

Between them, the All We Need Coffee Table in brushed oak is square and low, so every seat can reach it. The Frame Lounge Chair, with an oak frame and a cream herringbone fabric, sits opposite the long sofa and repeats the coffee table's wood tone.

Underneath, the Aspen Rug (8 x 10, Brunette) is a cream, high-pile rug with dark brown lines. It brightens the floor, and its loose grid echoes the clean lines of the furniture. Beside the long sofa, the Amalfi Stool in burned pine is the one dark accent: a small block that works as a side table and keeps the pale palette from feeling washed out.

Shop the Look

Every item below is from Sundays.

ProductPriceWhy it works
Chill Time 3-Piece Modular Sofa, Cove$4,080The main seat; the pale blue keeps the room light
Chill Time 2-Piece Modular Sofa, Cove$2,860Same line and fabric, so the two sofas read as one set
All We Need Coffee Table Square, Brushed Oak$1,690Low and square, within reach of every seat
Frame Lounge Chair, Oak, Herringbone$2,150Repeats the oak and adds quiet texture
Aspen Rug, 8X10, Brunette$890The cream base brightens the floor; the lines echo the furniture
Amalfi Stool, Burned Pine$590The single dark accent that anchors the palette

Total: $12,260

The saved design also lists an oak media unit that isn't visible in the image, so it's left out here.

Prices were current when the design was made, so check Sundays for today's price. Sizes in the image are approximate, so check each product's dimensions before you buy.

Open this design on Roomellow to compare the before and after side by side and shop each piece.

What Makes This Design Work

  1. One palette, three materials. Pale blue fabric, light oak and a cream rug carry almost the whole room. With so few colors, the textures do the work: the soft sofa fabric, the oak grain, the herringbone weave and the high-pile rug.
  2. Matching seating, different shapes. Two sofas from the same modular line look like a set, while a lounge chair in a different shape and fabric keeps the group from feeling like a showroom.
  3. One dark accent. The burned-pine stool is the only dark piece. A single deep tone gives a pale room an anchor without breaking the calm.
  4. The architecture stays the star. The furniture keeps the sightlines open to the arches and the bright room beyond, so the room's best features are still the first thing you see.

Try It With Your Room

It's hard to picture two sofas, a lounge chair and a new rug together in your own space before you buy. Upload a photo of your living room to Roomellow to see real pieces from stores like Sundays placed in it, and swap anything that isn't right before you buy.

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