Living room with no wall space - need help furnishing

5 years ago

last modified: 5 years ago

I have a 10'7" x 12' living room with hardly any wall space. I've just been overthinking it all together, so I haven't furnished it at all. Desperate for help - I tried my best to put together a floorplan:

The white rectangles are doors/openings, then I have a big window (up top), and a built in (gray, left corner). There is also a radiator right smack in the middle, just under the window (the radiator cover is about 3' wide by 1' deep).

Not sure if this helps, but the window is 9'4" wide (12:00), and going clockwise the doorway on the right (4:00) is 2'4", doorway on the bottom (5:00) is 2'7", the built-in (7:00) is 2'8", and the french doors (8:00) are 4'7" and the doors actually open the opposite way (not in the room).

I have also mounted a smaller TV on the wall between the built in and the door next to the built in.

Here's what my 2 thoughts were: 1, I could do a long sofa along the window wall, that would obviously have to be pulled out about a foot due to the radiator under the window; Or 2, I could do a sofa along the wall to the right and a big accent chair on the opposite side under the window, but again, I need to be mindful of the radiator.

Please don't judge me for the mess, here are some photo's to give some context:

Does any of this info help? I'm going for comfort, so I want either a larger sofa, or a small sectional. Thanks so much in advance, I hope someone can help!

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Flo Mangan

5 years ago

Here is layout allowing traffic patterns. Each little square equals one square foot.

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leelee
5 years ago
Actual pictures would also help. A whole lot.
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Sarah
Original Author
5 years ago
My place is embarrassingly messy - I've been painting and building furniture so I apologize!

Sorry, thanks!
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hiccup4
5 years ago
last modified: 5 years ago
Is the primary function watching TV? How many people watch TV at the same time? Does the room need to service other activities?
hiccup4
5 years ago
Is that French door a swing door as drawn?
Sarah
Original Author
5 years ago
TV / hang out - usually it's only 1 or 2 people watching tv, but I'd like it to be comfortable enough to hang with some guests
Sarah
Original Author
5 years ago
No, it's not as drawn - it opens the opposite way. I couldn't reconfigure the drawing so I just left it as is. The door opens into the neighboring room.
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Flo Mangan
5 years ago
Nice job explaining your space. It is a challenging space so don’t worry it can work. Could the TV be relocated to wall opposite of French Doors? Then you could float small scale sofa and have two chairs for seating 4 in the space. I will do a rough sketch for you. Bbl
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Sarah
Original Author
5 years ago
Thanks Flo! That was actually my ORIGINAL idea! I wound up returning the sofa because it was just too uncomfortable having such a small sofa. I've seriously been overthinking this layout, haha!
sheloveslayouts
5 years ago
Excellent job communicating your project. What a cute space!

Is the doorway opposite the window redundant? Can you access that same space thru the kitchen? If yes, I might abandon use of it and put a sofa on that bottom wall, TV in the corner nextvto window.
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Sarah
Original Author
5 years ago
Thanks! I'm hoping it will be a cute space!!

That doorway opposite the doorway is a little redundant, but it leads into the entryway/front door, so I'm not sure how it would feel walking into the back of a sofa. But maybe I am wrong!

The condo is a converted 2-bedroom, where they turned the dining room into a living room, and the living room into a 2nd bedroom, which explains why the space is so awkward!

What would anyone think about doing a sofa along the window/in front of radiator, and putting a chair or pouf under the TV (between built-in and bottom doorway)? Or a sofa along the right-side wall (where I have the random door/beach photo leaning) with a comfy accent chair top left next to window?

Would something like this work at all or am I crazy?
Sarah
Original Author
5 years ago
Thanks, Flo! 72" is a little bigger than the sofa I originally had, so that could actually work! That's really cool, thank you!
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Flo Mangan
5 years ago
Here is layout with a small scale sectional. The problem with sectional in thus space is very tight walkways. We like 3’ walkways. I have one more idea. Bbl
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Sarah
Original Author
5 years ago
Oh, I love the light fixture/bench/plant combo here. This is super cozy, which I think is what I'm going for. This is VERY helpful!
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Flo Mangan
5 years ago
Here is layout using 2 chair and a half and one swivel chair. You get the most seating with sofa and two chairs IMO. When you allow for traffic pattern and radiator, the reality is you have only a 6-7’ space. I would look at condo size mid century sofa with open legs and small scale open leg chairs to give space as open a look as possible.
Sarah
Original Author
5 years ago
Right, it's so surprising to measure it out as 10.5x12 when it feels SO MUCH SMALLER... This is a cool one, too. Thank you for all of these ideas! It's so tough, ah!

Love the mid century look, so I'm not mad about that.
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Flo Mangan
5 years ago
Here is look and size and i like the color for your space too.
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Fairway Style Living
5 years ago
Hi, Sarah--

Think Flo's downplans are solid ideas on approaching you space and flow. A key term you may want to build into your search for perfectly-scaled pieces as a next step would be 'apartment scale.' More and more furniture builders are finally recalling that we don't all live in sprawling suburban estates and are offering capsule collections with slightly smaller dimensions, straighter sides, etc. to reduce their footprint. Cheers - this is a cool and useful space!
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Flo Mangan
5 years ago
Sarah. Check out this website for your space. Not sure about the pricing or sizing. No time to check but might be worth looking at their components to see if you could build good set up. Www.lovesac.com