15 Luminous Modern Living Rooms

There is something about the forest that brings peace and relaxation, with just a stroll through nature helping to lift your spirits and contemplate life’s journeys. While you may not be looking to move completely off the grid to find this tranquility, or go for a long hike, there is no better haven than a retreat in the forest. Your typical rustic cabins and cottages in the woods has come a long way.

1. This stunning living room is the centerpiece of this home. Spanning two stories and wall-to-wall glass and completely surrounded by trees its simply breathtaking.

2. Designed to feel like living in a treehouse, this Whitefish, Montana living room invites the great outdoors to come on in! Natural light permeates the space thanks to expansive floor-to-ceiling steel framed windows.

3. This forested sanctuary just outside of Lake Tahoe, California offers a modern yet comfortable living environment.

4. This hilltop location offers views of the surrounding forest filled with madrone trees and firs and beyond to the Canadian Gulf Islands. The living room with its minimalist furnishings offers so much with so little a Zen feeling.

5. Not only is the open plan living/dining/kitchen area in West Virginia surrounded by walls of glass, it also integrates existing trees into the interior wrapped in glass.

6. This super modern house in the Seattle, Washington forest features crisp, clean lines and an open concept.

7. This elegantly styled living room in Toronto, Canada highlights soaring ceilings and walls windows inviting nature inside. The wall color is Dulux Dry Goods.

8. The highlights to this forested living room in Montreal, Canada includes its 30 feet high windows that illuminates the space with natural light. 17 Lutron electric drapes were installed to filter the sunlight but still maintain some of the views.

9. The color palette of this living room in Bethesda, Maryland features black and white. With a double volume ceiling and sky high windows, the forest takes centerstage.

10. Full of transparency and light, this striking mid-century living room is surrounded by a wooded site in Seattle, Washington.

11. A rustic log home in North Carolina features this charming living room with natural timbers used throughout. The home was built using 6″x 12″ square log system with dove-tail corners and heavy timber square rafter and beam system.

12. A luxurious timber frame home with a treehouse-like living room of glass walls and whole tree trunk posts.

13. A Colorado mountain surrounded by forest showcases this great room with windows framed by Western Red Cedar logs. The exquisite flooring has varying plank sizes consisting of white oak with a slightly distressed finish and black walnut pegs inlaid.

14. This steel and glass house is set 578 meters above sea level in the forest of Janda Baik in Pahang, Malaysia. The modern living room feels like it is suspended in the trees.

15. A beautiful rustic ski chalet style home in Montana features this radiant living room with large windows that maximizes the views and brings the outdoor in. The paint color is Reserved White from Sherwin Williams.

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