Please help with furniture arrangement
Well we sold our home and relocated for my husband's new job. Some of you may remember that post. We purchased this home and I am having so much difficulty trying to arrange the furniture. This room will be used as a family room to watch TV and enjoy the fireplace. We tried the TV on top of the fireplace and beside the fireplace, but we didn't like how it stretched our neck and blocked the window. So this seems to be the best placment for the tv. We want to purchase a new sofa and thought about a couple of reclining chairs that swivel, to enjoy both fireplace and tv. Right now the high arms on the sofa seem to cut off conversation with the person in the recliner, and I feel like I have a wall of seating instead of an arrangement. And the soffit makes it difficult for placement of a sofa. I also have a wooden cabinet behind the door that was used for collectibles and photo albums but I don't think it will fit in this room. It can't stay where it is as the door knob going out hits it when opened. I love sectionals but I don't think that will work either. Perhaps a sofa with a Chase but I'm not sure. I don't want to make a mistake. Any and all ideas are appreciated.
Thank you, please excuse mess. We are still unpacking.
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Also, tv isn't as far as it looks in the photo. Here is a photo while sitting in recliner.
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Comments (10)Bungalow_House said pretty much what I was going to say. Right now the entryway door is too crowded being boxed in by the couch and with the lamp on the other side of the door. Bad Feng Shui. The TV competes with the BEAUTIFUL stained glass windows where it is now between them. Put the couch under the windows and the lamp next to the couch. It won't look "weird" having the TV not centered onthe other side. Right now the TV is hung too high for comfortable viewing and would need to be lowered anyway if you kept it on that wall. Putting it on a low wide console would be better for viewing and give you more storage which is always needed in a small house. It would also give a place to set keys and gloves down when you enter. I would check further on the fireplace issue. Most often in older homes of this era they put in artificial ones. Even when central heating became the norm people somehow thought they still needed a "fireplace" because that was what they were used to seeing in all homes when they grew up. It does not look to me like there was a flue there but I may be wrong and it is impossible to tell from a photo of the room. I also suspect that the sunroom had glass paned french doors originally and the PO removed them to make the LR seem "bigger". French doors on a sunroom were common. In fact, in homes of this era ALL the rooms had doors, even the kitchen probably had a swing door. (Check the frame for signs.) If they ripped out the FP they probably "modernized" the place and ripped out the french doors. Would you consider replacing them or do you like the open arch. You may be able to get the same style doors back from an architechtural salvage place or maybe get lucky and hear of a neighbor ripping out theirs and you can offer to "take it off their hands" so they don't have to 'pay to haul them away'. Having the doors put back into place will give you some "wiggle room' for placing furniture since you can partially block the arch with furniture if it has a door....See Moreplease help with furniture arrangement for DD's room (pics)
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6 years agoof course if there are 2 there are mor options. right now, tv on north wall. sofa stretching across. or on left wall couch across window.. or 2 swivels facing tv couch facing fireplace.
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6 years agolast modified: 6 years agoIs there another room that would accommodate the tv and associated furniture for better viewing? Dining, large bedroom, etc? Think about how each room would best be used by you.
If this were close to the kitchen, I'd change it into dining area/flex space. A seating area by the window with tea-height table for snacks/coffee/reading/iPad while watching the goings-on outside.
The space from the fireplace toward the doors look to have enough room for a rectangular dining table.
This example is similar though I'd like arm chairs instead of a sofa.
Trickett Dining Room · More InfoThe best, centrally located space for the tv is the wall below the spindles or covering the firebox. It will still be challenging to arrange furniture around the tv with the room dimensions and obstacles.
6 years agoMy first thought was to put the tv on the fireplace hearth. Here's a couple of floor plans, just guessing on dimensions, you would need to do mock ups.
this is furniture centered around fireplace, game table behind chair and wall to wall bookcases.
Entertainment center across back wall, not sure if tv would be to far away?
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