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Homes & Gardens
Homes & Gardens
Hebe Hatton

Should your living room and kitchen style match? Designers weigh in on whether cohesive or contrasting is best

Pink kitchen with tiled floor and green cabinets

We have covered living room styles and kitchen styles, in a copious amount of time. What colors you should use, what layouts work best, and what styles are on trend, but something we think can be just as important to consider, is how the rooms in your home work together. Should they be cohesive and reflect the same style throughout? Or should you use your rooms as an opportunity to add interest by experimenting with different styles and room color ideas?

Two rooms that are up for debate as to whether they should match or not are the living room and the kitchen. These are the two most used rooms in your home, should they feel decidedly different when you move from one to the other? Or should they follow the same style? We asked designers what they think...

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