Open Layout living room. Sectional vs 2 couches vs something else?
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Sarah Wilson
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Desperate for advice re: sofas vs sectional in open-concept room!!
Comments (11)I'm not a fan of sectionals. I have a problem with sofas--my family teases me.We tried three different sectionals in the past ten years and ultimately ended up with a sofa and two armchairs. IMO, a sofa and two armchairs is perfect in most living rooms. I liked the idea of a sectional, but people tend to prefer an armrest and a convenient place to set a drink. As cozy as the corner seat sounds, they're just awkward. You're sacrificing the armrest and end table for two seats to gain one awkward seat. If you want to kick up your feet while sitting on the sofa, ottomans are a much better way to go....See MoreSectional Couch vs. Small Living Room w/ Fireplace -- ANY IDEAS??
Comments (4)The TV cables can be moved. The cost is negligible. Perhaps you can pay for it and have it deducted from your rent. Or maybe the owner will share the cost. I'd like you to consider this arrangement. It highlights the fireplace as the rightful focal point, provides a "foyer" and a conversational grouping. Play around with it and see what you think....See MoreSofa or Sectional for living Room
Comments (15)Nice room. Liking the large window. Might consider adding plants on a table or plant stand behind the seating if the window gets any direct sun light. If the seating shown (which looks really good) is comfortable, keep it in lieu of a sectional. No one really likes sitting for an extended time without arm rests. Sectionals limit furniture placement options. If any one part of a sectional gets damaged or stained, then you either live with it or must replace a lot of seating. Choosing pieces and/or placement to get the seat closest to the fireplace a little farther away from it might be preferable -- at least if the fireplace is actually used for heat (likely better for the life of the furniture piece). Would likely want the longer/wider one (with more seating) facing the tv/fireplace UNLESS you expect someone to regularly lie down on it to watch tv requiring anyone else to watch from the other seating at a more awkward angle. If you are considering yet other options and budget is not an issue and you don't usually seat a lot of people, you might consider investing in several very comfortable size appropriate recliners (rather than a full sofa or a love seat or a sectional) and place two of them side by side with a narrow rectangle table between them, then add a round or square table on the other side of each of the recliners so you could add a pair of recliners across from one another ... each at a right angle to the two side by side recliners....See MoreSectional vs Sofa and chairs
Comments (6)So there’s a lot I could say about how to set up your family room, but it would be way too much detail! The first thought I had would be to remove the 3’-10” wall. There’s so much more you can do with the space with that gone. Most of my ideas hinge on that. I did a couple with the wall intact. A few basics when doing a seating area is that you want your seating to be no more than 6 ft from each other for having a conversation. An area rug is really helpful in anchoring the area to be used for furniture placement. Yes, a sectional will give you the most seating but because the room is narrow, it could make the room feel closed in. What can help is having legs and sticking with something more tailored and not overstuffed. If you go more modern, sectionals tend to be very deep and it could end up swamping the room. I recommend using painters tape and outlining it on the floor and get dimensions before you set foot in a showroom. I would take your tv out of the corner and get it up on the wall. You can put it on an arm and angle it toward your seating area. Unfortunately, when I post these they may not be in order where the floor plan matches the 3D elevation....See Moreredsilver
5 years agolast modified: 5 years agoA couch is generally 2 adults and one empty cushion. A sectional, is generally 3 adults and 3 empty cushions or 4 adults and 2 empty cushions, if you have cup holders in a middle with 2 recliners on either side of cupholders, and 2 recliners on the end. A love seat is not long enough to 'stretch out' on, but each cushion has potential for an endtable(cup holder) and 2 adults will generally sit on it. SOO, the best case scenario is actually a LoveSeat, 2 recliners, an upholstered rocking chair or glider (with ottoman if possible), a chaise upholstered chair, and one pretty wood straight back chair with armrests &either a tapered seat or a cushioned seat. Seating for 5 to 7 depending on floorspace.. --- With your current set up, I would say the LoveSeat and Chaise is fine!, so I would look to add dual recliners with cupholders, and a pretty upholstered chair with an open stock, petite footrest, if you can find one. The chair is at Birchlane and the recliners are in Canvas(many options for fabrics) by LaZBoy. You have a beautiful place to live!! Don't forget to provide the endtables, for lamps and/or possibly a floor lamp /table combination by your couch/chaise? I think your television placement depends on where it fights the window glare best, and that is likely what you are planning too. I hope you can find a pretty console to set it on, if not a floating console. That would be so pretty in your nice open living area. Just keep it low, not high, in other words. Keep us posted what the best idea works for you? Have fun!!
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Sherri Price Thomas
4 years agoIf you do not mind breaking up the room into individual areas, I would use this seating arrangement with the tv on the wall where you now have the couch. You could have either the couch or two chairs between the living room and dining room with a small table a shown in the picture to anchor that area. It could be used a bar cart/server for dining.
Denita