Family Room Layout Dilemma
I currently own a three person sofa where one side is a chase (IKEA KIVEK), a small chair, two dog beds, record cabinet, coffee table, two side tables (different sizes), media cabinet, and a small modular cabinet which we store some liquor.
Main use of the space is for watching tv, listening to music, hanging out on the couch, and playing games. It’s the entry way of the house so it has some double duty of being the first room you see when walking in. TV is mounted on the wall, so not moving.
Any advise on how to properly lay out the room would be wonderful. Advise on other types of furniture wouldn’t hurt either. Thanks again!
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decoenthusiaste
5 years agoTV is mounted right in the traffic path from the front door. I would have put it where the bright pink picture is. Worth the expense of moving TV connections and repairing the wall if you own the home. Your coffee table is too big. It should be 2/3 of the width of that seat section of the sofa. Are there actual records stored in the record cabinet? I might think of storing liquor there so I could eliminate a piece of cabinetry. You could replace 3 pieces (liquor, record and TV piece) with one long piece for that wall above the dog bed. Let it do triple duty. Sell the other pieces on Craig's List and get a new coffee table. Eliminate the end tables; they aren't needed if you have a coffee table. Or you can eliminate the coffee table too and just do some "C" tables. Improve the view from the entry, and find another place for the kitchen trash can. Wall hung items should center 5' above the floor of hang 5" above furniture. Here's a chart for correctly mounting the TV. Sofa can be turned to face it with its back to the window. You can pull it forward for best viewing and add a sofa table behind it.
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tatts
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5 years agolast modified: 5 years agoI think the problem you're feeling with the room is that you don't have flow because of all the obstacles in the path of your front door. I would leave the TV there, and hang a long shelf--even two--under the TV. Consolidate your smaller cabinets into the cabinet that's currently under the TV. Or better, get a long low mid-century sideboard/credenza for the far wall where your speakers are. (You have an MCM front door.) There are always MCM sideboards on Craigslist.
Can you move the other shelves and cabinets in the green room to another wall? That would give you a great pathway and sight line straight to the window in the far room, which would make it inviting.
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sheloveslayouts
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5 years agoI get the impression that the drapes are in the "don't" position and would look better closed most of the time. Adding a long, low piece of furniture that can handle the liquor, records & player, as well as TV will visually widen the room more than the random mismatched cabinets stuck here and there. Maybe an IKEA Besta set up would tie the room together and add some horizontal lines for visual width, as well as a coordinating colorway.
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