Family Room Furniture Placement and Decor
Lisa Sawyer
6 years ago
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Open concept family room, needs a solution for furniture placement
Comments (8)Ignore the critics that think you should have new everything for every room -- not all of us have that budget. Don't discard your furnishings. That you have exercise equipment in this room indicates it's not intended to be a formal living room. While it may well be that not all your furnishings are on the short list of items most of us want to put in our the living room for creating a good first impression -- they're certainly not out of place for a family/activity room. You might want a larger cabinet on which to set your tv in no small part because a taller cabinet will be more comfortable to watch and a larger cabinet with doors would give you media related storage space. With that in mind, if you're wanting to change this room on a budget, sometimes you can find an old hutch or bookcase suitable for use as a tv stand from an "antique and more" resale (used stuff) store, Habitat for Humanity Restore Store, Good Will or a local charity thrift store that will serve your purpose When you are out and about with a few minutes to spare, wake through these and see if something catches your eye. If you are careful not to collect junk -- if you know the measurements of your room/space before buying anything and buy only what you will actually use, then such trips will not be wasted time. Good hunting....See MoreFurniture placement in an awkward family room
Comments (19)I like the suggestion from groveraxle to mark out furniture locations with painters' tape. The other thing I've found useful is cardboard boxes - wine boxes are ok, bigger ones are better! And when you're ready, I love Ben Pentreath's wise suggestion to hire professional movers to shunt your rugs and furniture around for you. You sit back and feel pampered with a glass of wine, while they do all the sweating and grunting, and don't argue with your decisions like family members and good friends do! You may have to wait a couple of weeks for a good team, but when moving "season" calms down you should get lucky....See MoreFamily room decor and furniture placement
Comments (2)Pull the chairs closer to the front windows. Swap the sofa and love seat. Then assess…is the sofa centered on the fireplace? Is there enough room between the sofa and loveseat to enter the seating area? Or would it be better to move the live seat closer to the sofa and place a square end table or cloth-covered 30” table in between them (topped with a lamp) to make an L-shaped seating area? In either case, it should allow for a pathway behind the sofa, but you may need to swap out the round coffee table for a rectangular one… or, better yet, ottoman. You need to figure out the furniture layout before the decor can be added....See MoreFamily room furniture placement help
Comments (30)Here’s the sofa without the table. Last night my family saw the new set up and liked this arrangement so you can sit on one of the sofas directly across from the tv. But doesn’t it cut off the room from the breakfast/kitchen area? I haven’t taken down my Christmas so that’s why I was cutting that part out of the pictures. The reason I didn’t put the tv over the fireplace is because you see the fireplace when you walk in the front door. Also with the tv on that wall we can see the tv when we are cooking in the kitchen. I love my rugs but Beverly’s pictures with the different rugs are transformative. The pillow information is also super. My current rug won’t fit if I change the direction. I don’t love the clock. I just wanted something to fill a big blank wall. But I really like the mirror. You all are giving such great information. So should i keep the sofas perpendicular? What about having the table behind the sofa? Is it ok that the other sofa isn’t against the wall and there is nothing behind it? Thank you!...See MoreSina Sadeddin Architectural Design
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