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Living room furniture ideas and placement

5 years ago

I have no ability to visualize a room and this room drives me crazy and it’s so boring.

i will be buying new furniture and repainting the tables and tv stand cream.

The rug and drapes have a turquoise color.

The room connects to the family room and to the entry. It addition to the two entries, there is a larg3 window.

We MAY be selling the house so i don’t want to put a fortune into the room, but this room is screaming for help.

Any suggestions on where to place furniture or anything else to change the room?

Thank you so much in advance!

View from family room

View from entry

View from window

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Elaine Doremus Resumes Written

5 years ago

I don't think it's bad; I just think you're looking for a change of scenery. The least expensive route is the following: change the color of the walls - perhaps a light tan. I'd paint the trim a light color and switch out the curtains to a more modern look. I'm not to keen on pattern in a curtain, but that's me. Maybe a plain sheer that matches the blinds would work well - something classic that won't go out of style. I know you didn't ask about the orange walls, but if you're selling your house, the first thing to go should be any non-neutral colors on the walls. Another thing you'll want to do is figure out your style. Mine is eclectic, which means I like different styles and I bring them together with color or texture. In top search box, look up different styles, so you can pick out the one that fits you best. Some styles include traditional, modern, transitional, shabby chic, Hollywood, country.

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Muse Ateacher
Original Author
5 years ago
It’s that bad, eh?
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I was thinking something along the lines of this... You can use the colors of the rug, like the terracotta, in your pillows on the chairs. It's too bad you don't have room for the alternative placement of the TV, and in that case I would get a console to put catty-corner on the walls next to the fireplace on the right, even though the windows will be behind the TV. Since you say this is not your permanent home perhaps that will do as a stopgap measure. The couch should be facing the fireplace, unless you want to angle everything to face the TV. The chairs will go perpendicular to the couch. The fireplace nook you can fill with a painting or perhaps an arrangement of blue and white Chinese porcelain (have a look at etsy). With a beautiful rug I'd suggest a glass and metal coffee table so the rug design shows through. You'd also need side tables but I see no way that you can have lamps without trailing cords. Find a way to display books on the tables, which give a lived-in look. Pardon me if I use pictures of my home to illustrate some of these points; your taste may be quite different, but it's just to give you some ideas. This rug is made of polypropylene and therefore much more affordable, but you can see how these colors would brighten your room and give you colors for pillows on your couch and chairs. You can find rugs on e-bay, overstock.com, pottery barn, just google area rugs and then indicate "traditional" or "oriental" and you'll find lots of ideas.
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I was thinking that if you put 2 comfortable swivel chairs to the right as you step in (one would be partially at the fireplace), then to the left there would be one continuous curve of sofa to give you the 5/6 other seats you need. In front of that sofa seating put a huge ottoman or table. For lighting, if you can't squeeze a console with enough surface space for lamps, you could probably find a multi-arm floor lamp to put in the far left corner behind the sofa,, and a skinny floor lamp at the window end of the sofa just for reading. I think if you pick the "right" swivel and sofa your husband doesn't have to give up his massage chair, but that means you'd need to be willing to live with bold fat contemporary furniture everywhere, not the usual demure stuff. Shock of the new, and it might be way too much in the contet of your whole house. Whatever you do I think you should consider at the end whether an area rug with very dark tones in it helps make your sunken living room more of a choice than an irritating mistake.
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ingrid_vc so. CA zone 9
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I agree that the wall color should be lighter; I would suggest an off-white. Instead of the group of tiny photographs (family photographs are better grouped together on a table if you must have them in a public space) I would find a large painting that you love and place it there instead. Instant impact! I would suggest curtains in a thicker material similar to the color of the walls, without a pattern. A sleek metal and glass coffee table (it can have two levels like yours) will enlarge the space and give the room a lighter, more edgy feel. Since you mentioned the word boring, I would say your lamps belong in that category. I'm afraid your rug reads as very casual/beachy, and I think you can find something prettier and more suitable for a living room. You also want the rug to be at least large enough to place the front legs of your seating furniture on it. Your chairs look comfortable, but three of them in this not very large room are rather overpowering. I would find smaller versions for at least two, or have only two in the room unless you need all of them for seating. I imagine all this is a bit more than you envisioned, but you can select what seems workable for you, if anything.
Muse Ateacher
Original Author
5 years ago
Thank you! I will start exploring your ideas!
Muse Ateacher
Original Author
5 years ago
Do think there is a better way to arrange any furniture In that room? I’m off to shop soon!
Elaine Doremus Resumes Written
5 years ago
Pick furniture that doesn't take up a lot of room. That means narrow arm rests and backs.
ingrid_vc so. CA zone 9
5 years ago
If you can find smaller chairs, place one in directly in front of the window and the other across it so that the couch and chairs form an elongated U shape.

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