Small living room in open concept house
Built this house two years ago and I failed to really figure out the living room better. It has the front door with walkway behind floating couch. Walkway from garage entrance through kitchen. Need best way to figure how to maybe arrange furniture and would builtins benefit by tv wall to help with toy storage. I will attach photos. This photo is looking from dining area. Hallway to bedrooms to the right, left is the kitchen.
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always1stepbehind
7 years agolast modified: 7 years agoRelated Discussions
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7 years ago
Olychick
7 years agolast modified: 7 years agoI don't know how practical it would be for you to do, but if this were my room, i think I'd put the couch on the wall where the tv is and move the tv to the wall across from it, mounting it on the wall, above a narrow console table (not sure if yours is narrow enough to not block the entry path). I'd then create some kind of toy storage system under the windows. You could add a chair or two to the room and a coffee table to make it more inviting. Or eventually get a sectional that could wrap around with a portion facing the windows. Or when you purchase a new sofa, get one with a lower back that could be placed in front of the windows like shown in nosoccermom's example above.
I think the way it's arranged makes it appear much smaller and closed in.
I don't love this room, but just showing how you might have the walkway in front of the tv instead of behind the sofa.
arcy_gw
7 years agoYou are at a time in life when kid STUFF overwhelms. We actually have a lower T stand with TV on top set up in front of a picture window in our basement family room. It is not a window light SHINES THROUGH (north facing) so it works just fine. Then moving your couch to make a hall between the dining and living room may give you the feel of more room. I would be using the drawers in your entertainment center to hide toys each night...mine enjoyed pick up time and learned where things go pretty easily. That would leave you a wall for a book shelf.... We did not have a "coffee" table until my kids were well into their teens. Why have furniture in the way and a place for kids to konk their heads I figured. Here is my only picture of that room dressed for Christmas.
kellithee
7 years agojudithva
7 years agoBefore I remodeled and tore down some walls, this was my set-up. My dining room was even in the same location as yours.
You can see the tv reflected in the mirror below
nosoccermom