Help! Awkward space
Nancy M
6 years ago
We've lived in our home for nearly 10 years and still can't figure out what to do with the world's most awkward space above our stairs. Ideas?? Its 80" deep and 40" wide. Not easily accessible. Does have a working outlet.
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Lara B.
6 years ago
LynnNM
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Comments (3)Hi Gabriel, Wow, that is a dilemma! I'm not surprised you've rearranged several times. You have some nice pieces to work with. I think you can tweak what you have to create a little better flow in the space. Starting with the last photo of the sofa, I would shift the end table to the right (the one without the lamp) over by the chair and ottoman. That will give a little more circulation room around the end of the sofa. I would turn the dining table/desk so the short end is against the wall. Then you could face the view while at the computer. You could shift the dining table/desk over behind the sofa to use as a sofa table as well. You could put your lamp on the desk to shine on both the desk and the sofa. (You might need to run an extension cord to get power where you need it.) Personally, I would leave the TV on the chest of drawers rather than mount it on the wall. I would be tempted to get a shorter piece for the TV and move the chest of drawers into the dining area or along the back wall by the kitchen/entry area. I would be on the lookout for a few additional pieces to help pull things together: A rug with a graphic pattern that you like - something in lighter colors to contrast with your furniture and floors. Since your furniture doesn't have any pattern, you could do something really bold on the floor. It should center in conversation area and reach under the sofa and the chair. (A second matching or coordinating one in the dining area would be great as well.) A coffee table to put in front of the sofa. Maybe in glass to not block out the rug. If the dining table is shifted behind the sofa, you'll have even more space by the kitchen. You might consider a bar height table that you could use with your barstools either away from the counter or in conjunction with it. Good for you to reach out! I hope some of this helped. If you can, I would recommend making a scale drawing of your room and paper cut-outs for your furniture to try out different arrangements before you move things around. It can save a lot of work! Best of luck! Doug...See MoreNeed help with awkward space behind and beside couch
Comments (5)To start, pull your dining table away from the wall a bit as it’s too crunched up. Why is your sofa in the middle of the room? Push that back against the wall, get an upholstered chair, coffee table (round to break up all the vertical lines in your space) and rug (rectangular). Or you could place a sofa table with some lamps behind the sofa (but still push the sofa back toward the wall). Next to the sofa you will have room for something to contain your shoes. Get something tall like a bench with storage and hooks since this will double as your entryway. Also, how about some art for your walls?...See MoreLovely bright, but awkward living room
Comments (16)I starded experimenting with furniture from other living room and ”new” cream chairs and tables. Would the aqua sofa and blue chairs look better in the ”lounge” with fireplace, and the colonial style chairs with brown coffee table and brown sofa in the family/ tv room? I was going tove the round white table into the family room (where aqua sofa is pictured) but i feel the brown and cream set with brown table would better fit (in scale) in the family room. And similarly, the Aqua sofa and two large liunge chairs and large round table would look better (scale wise) in the ”lounge/fireplace/living room”. Does that make sense? If the side tables dont work, I can use them as night stands as i dont have any rught now…. The chairs and table look small? This furniture into the playroom? including side tables and coffee table? not sure if you can tell, but alot of space leftover in this room… as it is very long… this furniture looks big in here? move to the blue room? - not sure if you can tell from pic, but it feels a little crammed on right side in front of door Instead of brown sofa, aqua? MIL and grandmother both suggested to move the aqua sofa to the blue room, and brown sofa to the pale green room… and then move picture to above sofa in the blue room? the wall is large, but it would be very oversized- almost to the cieling height. Or the large artwork in hallway upstairs as a stand alone piece… Or on this wall as a stand alone piece - dont mind table- that was pushed into the corner to make room for something temporary. Also, hallway and dining room are to get painted....See MoreDecorating Help With Awkward Space
Comments (6)You might look at centering the TV, removing the ladder and placing a plant there instead, and for the open space you could try a large piece of artwork over a console or a bar area. Please see our pictures below for more ideas:...See More
just_terrilynn
6 years agolast modified: 6 years agoWhat rooms are on the other side? If closed in could it be an additional little sleeping loft or storage area for adjacent bedroom? If I were a kid I would think it very cool to have a ladder to an area like that.
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Emily Jowers
6 years agolast modified: 6 years agoMy first choice would probably be to remove, but if we are thinking of creative uses...
I would close it off and open it up to the master. Then I would fill it with cushions and a small bookshelf and make it a reading nook. I love little reading nooks.
It looks taller than this, but same idea.
On the kitchen side, is it in a spot that it could be useful storage space for the kitchen?
Irene Morresey
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ingrid_vc so. CA zone 9
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