The Living Room edit

Living Room finds

Textured storage, softer lighting, and practical pieces for the room everyone sees first.

Living rooms need products that can survive daily use and still make the room feel finished. Our living-room edits prioritise storage that looks intentional, lighting that changes the evening mood, and pieces that add texture without making the space harder to keep tidy.

  • 21 finds
  • Every pick names its one catch
Living Room — a styled editorial scene

The finds

Every find
A black eufy robot vacuum in front of its tall black base station, with the eufy app shown on a phoneThe floors done every day without you, and a station that deals with the dirty part.eufy E35 robot vacuum and mopA grey Shark cordless stick vacuum with its wand bent at the middle, shown with its three handheld toolsA cordless vacuum for a house with a dog or a cat, with a battery that comes out to charge anywhere.Shark PowerPro Pet cordless vacuumA black 10.1-inch digital photo frame on a desk stand, its touch screen showing a family photographThe frame the grandchildren can send photos to from their phones, so it changes without her doing anything.BIGASUO Frameo photo frameA flat-woven rectangular rug in faded terracotta with a floral, leaf and bird pattern inside ochre and brown bordersWarm colour over a landlord's laminate, and when something spills on it, it goes in the wash.GENIMO washable rugA fringed woven wool throw, mustard yellow on one side and light grey on the other, folded to show both facesReal wool for the back of her chair, in a size that covers her knees and her feet.LYHome merino wool throwThree slim brushed gold candlesticks of different heights holding lit cream tapers on a wooden sideboardThree heights of slim gold candlestick, so a row of tapers steps down the table without any styling.MIVITOOM taper holders, set of 3A black glass reed diffuser bottle with a fan of dark reeds, beside its gift boxA scent for the hallway or the sitting room that she never has to light, switch on or remember.OLGA 180ml reed diffuserSix bunches of silver-green artificial eucalyptus stems, some in a stoneware jug and some laid along a table garlandEucalyptus for the jug on the hall table and the gaps in the garland, that will still be green in March.Beferr artificial eucalyptus stemsTwo artificial maple leaf garlands in orange, red and green draped along a mantelpiece and a white banister in autumnAutumn on the banister for the weeks before the pine goes up: 3.6m of maple leaves that bend wherever you put them.CQURE autumn maple leaf garlandA plain thick coir doormat, 50cm by a metre, lying on encaustic tiles inside a Victorian front doorA metre of plain, thick coir inside the front door, cut to the tiles if it has to be.FloorPro coir entrance mattingTwo brass-coloured metal lanterns with ribbed glass domes on a dark wood hall table, each holding a pillar candleCandlelight on the hall table behind ribbed glass, in two heights, with nothing to plug in.Ganwu ribbed glass hurricane lanternsTwo dark ivory flameless pillar candles with flickering LED wicks glowing inside a ribbed glass lantern on a hall tableThe candle that lights itself at dusk, every day, and never needs watching.Homemory flameless pillar candlesTwo short hammered cast iron candle holders in an antique gold finish, each holding a cream taper, on a side tableTwo heavy little candlesticks that give a side table candlelight without a tall brass pair.Inweder cast iron taper candle holdersA 50cm artificial wreath of soft grey-green lambs ear, lavender sprigs and eucalyptus hanging on a pale painted front doorA soft grey-green door wreath for the months when there is nothing on the door at all.Perfnique lambs ear and lavender wreathA camel-coloured fleece throw folded over the arm of a sofa, one corner turned back to show the teddy sherpa undersideTwo textures in one throw, in a colour that goes with most sofas.Aspire Homeware sherpa fleece throwA person on a sofa wrapped in an oversized cream hoodie blanket with a highland cow face on the hood, holding a mugA blanket they cannot leave on the sofa, because they are wearing it.SQEQE wearable blanket hoodieSix round acacia wood coasters in a matching wooden holder on a coffee table, one pulled out under a glass of waterCoasters that stay on the table instead of in a drawer, because the holder makes them look like they belong.WLWNWFT acacia wood coastersTwelve small patterned candle tins in a presentation box, one open and lit on a wooden desk beside a mugA boxed set of small candles that looks more considered than its price band suggests.Yinuo Mirror candle tin gift setA charcoal-grey fleece heated throw with stitched stripes, folded over the arm of a cream sofa, its white remote beside itWarmth for the person on the sofa, without heating the room around them.Cosi Home heated throwA silver winged clothes airer hung with white and cream washing in a sunny room, its grey cover folded on a chairWashing dried indoors on warm bars, and folded away by evening.E-SMARTER heated clothes airerA compact white dehumidifier with a hexagonal grille on floorboards beside a linen armchair near a sunny windowDry washing and clear windows, from a machine small enough to live in the corner of the room.Pro Breeze 12L dehumidifier