What furniture should I put / where do I put it in this room?
We are in the process of replacing the flooring in our dining room, living room and foyer. There used to be 2 railings that separated the foyer/living room that we took out to create an open space. Our kids often use this room just to play - they like the openness of it. Now that we are starting to redo it, I am at a loss of what furniture to put in it and where due to the large picture window and lack of real division between spaces. Does anyone have suggestions? Bookshelf? Sectional? Sofa? We do not have a TV in here and do not want one. Yes it's a disaster - I am working on getting rid of a metric ton of children's toys. We are laying laminate flooring and are planning on getting an area rug.
Looking from the entryway:
Looking from the kitchen, those gray laminate planks are where the railings used to be. Foyer on left, living area on right:
Standing in the living area and looking towards the foyer (there is a coat closet in the wall to the left of the coat rack):
Picture window in the living room.
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Danielle
5 years agoSaypoint - no the floors aren't actually that color - that gray is leftover from a very small bathroom remodel! These are the floors we chose (we also installed them in our media room 2 years ago and still love them):
Ida - I really have no idea! We hate the floorplan of the house. This room is technically supposed to be a formal living room but we aren't formal people ;) So we have another room in the back of the house that is separated by the eat-in kitchen that has the tv in it (what I referred to as the media room above, but it's got a fireplace too and is essentially another living area). Our kids love spinning in circles and generally running around in this room (the way we had it laid out before was with 3 random chairs, the long credenza and a china cabinet) so I would really like it to be a family room in the sense of quality time / let them be crazy and move around freely. That being said, I have no idea what would make sense. I was thinking of a tall locker like this between the front door and picture window:I would LOVE to get rid of that long credenza (it was a hand-me-down and has become a catch-all) and replace it with something simpler for storage without being overrun (two of the large credenza drawers are filled with toys, I want a system to prevent us from doing this!) but then all I see are tall items all over and I get overwhelmed.
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Where do I put the furniture?
Comments (9)It looks like you already have the dimensions to the walls of the bedrooms (a closet would never be included in those dimensions) but I would never trust a dimension on a plan that wasn't computer generated with clearly drawn leader lines. The dimensions shown would be easy to check with an architect's scale. If you don't have one you will need to get one in order to layout the furniture. It shouldn't cost more than $6. The beds usually go against the inside wall that doesn't have a closet. The draftsman should have shown the most likely furniture placement on the plan to help you understand the design. The drafter appears to have placed the windows on the right side wall so they would be symmetrical. This may not be advantageous to the room layouts. I would move the window in the tub area farther away from the shower head and if the bedrooms are tight I would consider not pairing windows or putting them in the middle of the bedroom walls....See MoreWhere do I put my furniture when I have windows on both sides?
Comments (23)Hi Melanie! So, a common way for placing furniture is known as the “floating” furniture arrangement. This keeps the furniture from being against walls and it allows more walking space from one room to the other. This type of arrangement is necessary especially when you have a living room that is as large as your space. This also gives you the opportunity to have more intimate seating rather than seating that can tend to be disconnected and awkward if seating were to be placed against walls within the space. For an example, what if you decide to place furniture against the walls in your space? This is going to make the living space become less functional and awkward due to the furniture being placed far apart from each other. And it will cause people to feel disconnected from one another. Or, this will cause someone to have to move from one area of the room to another, in order to get close to the person they are trying to socialize with. In realty, your space is very large in length, so disconnection between furniture and people could be of concern. Therefore, in order to avoid the -“leaning in to talk or hear someone” scenario, or having to move from one seat to another to converse with others, you should consider furniture arrangements, such as floating furniture, that will allow comfort and good conversation. You also have a beautiful view from your windows, so it is best to avoid placing your furniture directly in front of them. I would recommend placing your tv near the wall that has the smallest window. By understanding where your tv will go, this will serve as a focal point that you want your furniture to be centered around....See MoreWhere should I put the furniture in this room?
Comments (3)The bookcase wall will be quite lovely. The problem with a sectional in the corner is it will likely have part of it's back against the open railing - if that's okay all good. Now what could be done is closing up/drywalling part of that wall to accommodate the sectional Chars w/table/console between could go in front of windows and wall between. Depending on length of sectional. a chair could be used at the end of sectional w/back to bookcase, A pull-up chair would be a good choice. Another option, sofa goes on window wall, chairs on either end of sofa with another set of chairs/with table console in corner. Just throwing this out, yrs back Candice Olson had a similar shaped room with a set of teak bookcases along that back wall that the owner wanted to keep, so Candice put a sofa with chaise perpendicular/ in front of the bookcases--with a walkway to access, with the chaise side near the window so the client could look outside. that wall was nearly all windows. In that scenario, TV would have to go in corner This is the sofa w/chaise I mentioned above...See MoreHelp! Where do I put my furniture?
Comments (15)If you buy smaller sized furniture, or even apartment sized furniture, you will be able to fit a lot more into the space. You also will find that things will fit better in the space in general. The old owners furniture is much too bulky for the space. We also agree that you should look into getting a round dining room table, as it will create ease of access. Here is a design we did for a client that might just help:...See More
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5 years agoI think i would make lots of toy storage, unless you want to battle all the time. I learned that one a long time ago. you must win every battle, so pick only the worth while ones. place a couple of nice but stand up to everything chairs, that always look good. then while your children are still young, use a lot of pillows and ottomans etc. some ideas
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