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Home Decorating Furniture Design Dilemma

Furniture placement in l-shaped living room / dining room

5 years ago

I just purchased a house and need to purchase furniture for the living room and dining room. Need some advice on the furniture placement. We are a very casual family that likes to curl up and read a book, play board games and do puzzles. Need a desk in the room for homework and some working at home. carpet will be replaced with laminate. All furniture in photos except desk are going. Thoughts?

Dimensions here:

View into dining room area kitchen is to left

View from entry way:

View from dining room: three narrow windows

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eliciaf
Original Author

5 years ago

Benjesbride. That’s an interesting idea about moving the dining room. I’ll have to think about it. Right now we tend to serve from the kitchen lots so being right beside is convenient.

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miss lindsey (She/Her)
5 years ago
How many people live here? Tv in this room?
eliciaf
Original Author
5 years ago
One adult and two pre-teens. Don’t need a tv in the room.
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sheloveslayouts
5 years ago
Would it be too inconvenient to put the dining area off the entry? I was thinking the dining/living furniture could share the front space with the nice windows and the desks could tuck out of the way in the dining area.
miss lindsey (She/Her)
5 years ago
Great, thanks!

I would use a round table that can extend to oval when you have company in the dining area, right over near the kitchen. One chair backing into the corner, rather than a chair with its back to the kitchen door.

The desk can stay right where you have it in this photo.

Sofa on the wall with the windows with a side table at each end. Two chairs across from it with a table between them.

I sketched a pic but can't post comments on my phone, boo :(
eliciaf
Original Author
5 years ago
Thanks Lindsey. I like the idea of a round table that can be extended.

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