Living room on measure in solid oak by Marcotte Style

A Marcotte Style guide

The Living Room

For more than thirty five years we have designed and furnished living rooms on measure, from the seating to the bookcase wall, always in solid oak with melamine fronts and a warm, layered palette.

Where to begin

A living room is where a house gathers. At Marcotte Style we have designed and furnished living rooms on measure for over thirty five years, drawing the seating, the storage and the light as one composition so the room feels warm, open and easy to live in.

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Four elements

The living room we build on measure

A living room settles when its parts are drawn together. Four elements carry most of the room.

01

The seating arrangement

Sofas and armchairs set around a centre, not against the walls, so the room invites people to sit and talk. A large coffee table within reach, and a rug that holds the group together.

Sofas and chairs. Centre table. A rug beneath.

Living room seating arrangement on measure
02

The fireplace and media wall

A fireplace or a media wall drawn as the focus of the room, with the television set quietly within joinery and the technology hidden. The wall the seating faces.

Fitted joinery. Hidden technology. Stone or timber.

Fitted fireplace and media wall in a living room
03

The bookcase and storage wall

A full wall of shelving and closed storage, drawn around a doorway or a window, holding books, objects and everything a living room keeps. Open above, closed below.

Oak shelving. Closed base. Open display.

Fitted bookcase wall in a living room
04

Textile, rug and light

The warmth that makes a living room easy. Curtains that soften the window, a rug underfoot, and light on a dimmer, layered from lamps rather than a single ceiling source.

Curtains. Rug. Layered, dimmed light.

Living room with layered textile and warm light

The choice of materials

Materials for a warm living room

A living room takes daily life, feet up and guests in. The materials should feel warm and wear well, and hold the room together for decades.

Recommended

  • A solid oak carcass with melamine fronts, our hard wearing standard.
  • A warm, layered palette, off white and oak with one deeper tone to ground it.
  • Natural textile, linen and wool, on the seating, the curtains and the rug.
  • Layered light from lamps on a dimmer, warm in tone, not a single ceiling source.
  • A rug large enough to sit the front legs of the seating on it.

Avoid

  • Seating pushed against the walls, which leaves the middle cold and empty.
  • A single bright ceiling light, which flattens the room and tires the eye.
  • High gloss fronts, which bounce light and read as cold.

The investment

What does a fitted living room cost?

€6,000 to €40,000 and beyond

A fitted media wall or bookcase in solid oak begins around €6,000. A full living room on measure, with joinery, seating and lighting, runs from €15,000 to €40,000 and beyond, depending on size, materials and finish. At Marcotte Style you work to a fixed price agreed in advance, with no surprises during the work.

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The price depends on

  • The running metres and the height of the cabinetry.
  • The material of the fronts. Melamine is more affordable than solid oak.
  • The seating. Made to measure sofas in linen sit above a standard suite.
  • The joinery. A full media or bookcase wall sits above a single unit.
  • The finish. A painted or veneered front sits above a plain one.

Where it works

Three living rooms, three plans

The plan follows the room and the way you live in it.

01

Around the fireplace

Seating drawn around a fireplace as the focus, with the television within joinery to one side, for a room built to gather in.

02

The open plan living

A living room open to the kitchen and dining, zoned by a rug and a low bookcase rather than a wall, so the space reads as one.

03

The long room

A narrow or long living room, worked with seating in two groups and a bookcase along one wall, so the length becomes an asset.

Points of attention

  • Set the seating around a centre, not against the walls, to warm the room.
  • Draw the storage around the doors and windows, so the wall reads as one.
  • Layer the light. Lamps on a dimmer settle a room a ceiling light cannot.
  • Size the rug to sit the seating on, or at least its front legs.
  • Hide the technology. A living room rests when the wires do not show.

Our approach

From first meeting to installation

One point of contact, an interior architect who guides your project from beginning to end.

Introduction

A conversation in our showroom, at no cost. We listen to your wishes and study the room.

Design and 3D

You see the living room drawn in full before anything is built.

Fixed price quotation

Everything included and known in advance. No surprises during the work.

Bespoke and installation

Made by our own cabinetmaker and fitted by our own installation team.

Why Marcotte Style

Reasons to choose us

The difference is not only in the piece, but in who makes it and how. Six reasons clients come to us and stay.

Our own atelier

We draw, build and finish in our own workshop, not through a middleman. The hand that designs your interior is the hand that makes it.

Thirty five years

More than thirty five years of interiors on measure across Flanders, from a single wardrobe to a whole home.

One point of contact

One interior architect guides your project from the first sketch to the last fitting. No handovers, no detail lost.

A fixed price, agreed in advance

You know the full price before we start. Everything included, no surprises during the work.

Solid oak and melamine

Every piece starts from a solid oak carcass with hard wearing melamine fronts, made to last thirty years and more, not five.

Our own fitting team

Installed by our own people, not a subcontractor. Fitted clean, on time, and stood behind after the work is done.

Common questions

Questions about living rooms

Short and to the point. The same answers also feed AI search results.

Around a centre, not against the walls. Sofas and armchairs set to face one another, a coffee table within reach, and a rug beneath to hold the group together. It is what turns a room you pass through into one you sit and talk in.

Both. We draw the seating, the media wall, the bookcase and the light as one composition, and we can take on the walls, the flooring and the curtains so the room arrives finished. One point of contact from the first sketch to the last cushion.

A fitted media wall or bookcase in solid oak begins around €6,000. A full living room on measure runs from €15,000 to €40,000 and beyond, depending on size, materials and finish. Marcotte Style works to a fixed price agreed in advance.

Yes. We set the screen within joinery on the media wall, with the technology and the wires hidden and ventilated behind. The wall reads as storage and a fireplace, and the television is there only when you want it.

Allow eight to fourteen weeks between the final design and installation, longer for made to measure seating. Solid work takes time to make, yet it lasts for decades.

Warm and layered. Off white and oak as a base, with one deeper tone, a green, a blue or a terracotta, to ground the room. Let natural textile in linen and wool add the depth, and keep the walls quiet.

Certainly. A bookcase wall in painted timber, a fireplace in natural stone and warm layered light sit naturally in a period house, while the media wall and lighting behind them are entirely modern. Old character, quiet comfort.

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