Furniture placement dilemma;help!
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Living room furniture placement
Comments (47)You have a nice large space there and just some rearranging can solve your dilemma. You have some great pieces there that would look even better with a bit of tweaking. I've arranged all your furniture pieces slightly differently to add a corner reading space with one armchair. I'd remove the slim console you have under the TV and move it towards the window. You could add a different media cabinet there or just wall mount your TV. As @Flo Mangan says, your mirror is too large for that wall and I'd definitely recommend moving it elsewhere. I'd also recommend you bring in some color to your space by adding a colored rug and coordinating pillows on your couches. I think a bright Persian rug would look great and really would elevate the room. Here's an example. You could also add some indoor plants and play around with the positions of the art on your walls. You can view your designs inphotoreal 3D here. you can create your own layouts by adding various pieces of furniture and moving them around in your interactive 3D here....See MoreIs furniture and furniture placement the most important element to a r
Comments (5)Here's my 2 cents, as a designer with about 20 years experience. Furnishing a room begins with a PLAN. You start your plan by determining what you want to do in the room, which informs everything else. Is it a place for entertaining, eating, TV watching, study, sleeping, playing an instrument? Once you have the function pinpointed, you draw the room to scale, noting positions of every door, window, heating elements, electrical outlets, fireplaces, and anything else of a permanent nature that would affect furniture placement. You look for focal points, natural lighting and views to the outside and to other rooms. The next step is to determine the furniture layout, including upholstery, case goods, floor and wall coverings, and lighting fixtures, keeping in mind scale and proportion as you figure out sizes of furniture, clearances, walkways, sight lines, etc. Only after you have this "road map" for your room will you begin to look at styles, colors, patterns of textiles, window coverings, and furnishings. You take your road map on all shopping trips, as any furniture salesperson will ask "what size (rug, sofa, table, etc.) are you looking for?" If you don't have the answer at the ready, you will waste a lot of time. And the last item you choose before the "frills" is the paint color on the walls. It's easier to match a paint color to your palette than the other way around. The "frills" are the decorative accessories like ceramics, paintings, sculpture, photos, vases, etc. Keep in mind that a room is never totally "done." It will change as your needs change, and should be flexible. Good luck with your project!...See MoreFurniture Placement Help
Comments (6)jck910 suggestion seems like the best way to arrange. Would be helpful to know how long that partial wall actually is. Long wall could have huge art on it & the chairs flanking FP would be great if they’re swivel....See MoreHelp deseperately needed for furniture placement
Comments (5)It seems like you're asking a lot of a 13' x 22' room. It has 2 doorways as well as windows and the bookshelves and fireplace, so not a lot of options. In addition to adding more dimensions/measurements to your floor plan (window sizes, wall lengths, etc.), you need to show all 4 walls. Not sure how anyone can suggest placing the TV on the wall opposite the fireplace without even seeing what that wall looks like. And then where do you sit to watch TV--with your back to the fireplace??? It is a really nice room, though, I love the architectural details....See Morequeenvictorian
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