Incredible Great Room Designs & Ideas

Fabulous collection of various great room designs and ideas. These are large open concept living areas with kitchen, living room and dining area in one large space.
 
Welcome to our gallery featuring a collection of amazing Great Rooms including rustic, contemporary, and traditional styles.
There is often confusion between the differences between living rooms, great rooms, and family rooms. So what exactly is a Great Room? Quite simply, a Great Room can be identified by several features, one of which is location.
A living room, in the absence of a parlor or sitting room, is typically located near the front entrance. A family room tends to be nearer to the kitchen. A Great Room, in comparison, is centrally located; a kind of crossroads for the home.
 
Great rooms also feature high, cathedral ceilings. In a multiple-story home, the great room will be overlooked by an upstairs hallway or a balcony. As a combination of the functions of a living room and a family room, a great room will usually feature both a fireplace and a television, and will be open to or have an adjoining kitchen.
 
An elegant great room, combining a formal living room with an adjacent dining area. The dining set is a stained dark wood with woven natural fiber chairs. The space is in low-pile cream carpeting, with a green rug visually separating the living room area from the dining area.
  
Although this great room has an absent vaulted ceiling, it still combines the formal living room with an adjacent kitchen and dining area. Each space is designated separate via an area rug.
   
An open-concept great room with multiple seating areas and a balcony overlooking the space. Beneath the balcony is a more casual seating area, while near the folding glass shutters to the patio are two minimalist, more formal seating areas.
 
A grand room with folding doors that open up to the manicured backyard with a casual patio. Instead of cathedral ceilings, this great room has beautiful coffered ceilings. The airy living room has a natural fiber area rug and soft, plush sofas.
     
A traditionally styled great room with tall, angular cathedral ceilings and a stand-alone fireplace with half-walls on either side. The large arching window above the doors provide a peek at the magnificent mountain views.
 

A rustic great room with cozy chocolate brown and foliage patterned seating, in addition to the large stone fireplace on a raised hearth.