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Please help to design layout living room

6 years ago

Hi everyone,

We have bought a house with a "z"-shaped ground floor which we would like to separate into a "kitchen/dinning area" and a "living room". We are pretty happy with the kitchen/dinning part. However, the living area is a bit troublesome: there is a fire place in the corner which we would like to keep and sit around it. In addition, there are not many walls suitable for hanging TV, so the TV will probably be hanging next to the fire place. According to the current layout design the space behind the sofa is however some what "empty".

Below is a picture of how the room looks like now with the current owner's furniture. Note that the living area has a high ceiling (4m) at one side.

We don't have a piano which would perfectly fill up the "empty" space and we were wondering if anyone has other suggestions?

Thank you very much in advance,

Anne

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jck910
6 years ago
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Patricia Colwell Consulting
6 years ago
I hope you don’t have 1/2 the stuff they crammed into that space. IMO there is no way to arrange furniture to sit around that fireplace that should be removed and replaced with one actually meant to be a focal point.We have no idea of your style so hard to tell you waht to fill a space with but I would make 2 sitting areas one with the TV and one where the fireplace should go which is where you think you will have the T.V. I think that is a solid wall beside the planyt at the bottom of the space.
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Here's a more accurate room layout with the dimensions of the room and recessed area for the TV. The very simple website I was using doesn't really let me specify an open archway or change the layout of the walls to reflect the recessed area in the corner with the door, but I don't think it matters much. I'm more concerned with having seating for at least 5 people, not obstructing the window view, and giving everyone a good view of the TV. I was thinking perhaps the chair on the left should be a swivel chair, to allow someone to turn and watch the TV better. I could do without the chair there at all, but would like to have family over on occasion and it would be nice to seat more than 4. Do you guys think this would work?
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CH Interiors
6 years ago
first, your house is stunning!!
it is soo hard to tell from one perspective only, can you share more photos like from the other perspectives?
and do you have any references like if you wanted a game area of reading area or something like that?
sofikbr
6 years ago
Without pictures and dementions it is hard to tell, but it looks like area that is currently used as dining can be family room with tv and emty erea long enough for nice dining table, then you have living area by fireplace. Some people prefer dining area right by kitchen, but most would like family room there.
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Original Author
6 years ago
@Patricia Colwell. Haha yeah fortunately we don't have that much stuff. There is indeed a solid wall beside the plant at the bottom. We were thinking of creating a travel collage wall but the idea of two sitting areas is great! We love modern asian/chinese interior and were wondering whether lanterns would also do a good job in that area? Any suggestions?

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