help with living room layout
Hi there Houzzies !! I need help with my living room layout please! We’ve lived here for over a year and nothing is working. Mainly the area by the windows is driving me crazy. I know I want Roman shades, but that’s about it. I’ve tried a few combinations of chairs by the window , and once a settee, but nothing works. Clearly I need storage by the front door . In the wintertime we do have a coat rack there, but it gets crowded so I took it away once it warmed up. I have the RH Cloud sofa, which I want to replace with a small sectional or more comfortable sofa with an ottoman. The house is built in 1941 and while my style tends to lean towards more mcm , this house has been more traditional . I’d love to get rid of a few of the vintage paintings and modernize the look a little more.. any ideas are greatly appreciated !
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Manon Floreat
4 years agoRelated Discussions
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Comments (14)Keep in mind that you are thinking of starting a family in the next year. You may want to consider holding off on a coffee table and having several end tables so you can place a play mat down in the center of the room and have a place to set bottles etc. and baby monitor next to you. Leave space for a baby swing and a play pen to be later exchanged for cube storage for toys. I may consider placing the TV on the wall flanking the chaise portion of your sofa with something under it that can be later used for toy storage. A TV over the fireplace is pretty high for toddlers to watch. Just thinking of the baby shark video and my niece interacting with it - dancing, running and hiding, celebrating when she is safe . . . and all the other learning programs that she loves watching and interacting with while watching. Maybe visit a few friends with babies and toddlers and find out what works for them before making any final decisions. I like the idea of a sofa and two chairs because it is more flexible....See MoreHelp with Living Room Layout & furniture choices with opposite views
Comments (2)I would not even start if you cannot make the flooring all same level. Put some swivel chairs by the fireplace, but focus on the water view for larger furniture. You might have to have a TV end of the room, and another grouping of furniture for entertaining. Keep in mind how hard it is to see the tv screen if you have a wall of windows....See Morehelp with living room layout please!
Comments (5)Great! I'm glad I was helpful. In addition to some of the stores/online retailers you are familiar with, you may want to check out ZGallerie: www.zgallerie.com They have some beautiful contemporary things and this vase may work since it's shallow: https://www.zgallerie.com/p-miami-vase-10238?lref=c%3A1880&sku=120525289 . There are other nice things as well that are good for a man's home as well as a woman's. Good luck!...See Morehelp with living room layout and rug
Comments (16)I got it pretty close to the set up described and in the sketch although my chairs are a bit bigger and my credenza will need to sit back further towards the kitchen. Im going to give it a couple days to arrive so that I can make sure I find the right layout before I measure for the rug. I’m going to have to work with the wall color. I’m not going to get my way on this (we talked about it again) and we all know how difficult marriage compromises can be. So the beige stays. Every time I plug in a rug in those visualization apps though I find myself leaning towards a more solid red or orange. Maybe I just can’t see past the pattern in the chairs and don’t trust my eye for what works and what doesn’t. I have a strong bohemian flare and we live in the desert if that helps with my color scheme. I also don’t want to make much in the way of structural changes to the house at this point until we are certain this is the house we want to stay in longer term and some time opens up for me to tackle projects. I wasn’t going to put a coffee table in this space, but I really like the ideas shared and would reconsider that addition. I also like the little round table by the window idea. The mom in me though sees both spaces as a dumping ground for my kids’ crap. You guys have a gift to be able to see these possibilities and I appreciate your kindness in sharing suggestions....See More
J J
4 years agoManon Floreat
4 years agoNo worries, Christina. I was hoping to get a full photo of the door wall. Can you stand in front of the fireplace and take a pic?
Christina Ogletree
4 years agoOh, I get it ! Haha! I promise there is typically not so much crap piled by the door...
groveraxle
4 years agoChristina Ogletree
4 years agogroveraxle
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calidesign
4 years agoManon Floreat
4 years agoMy first thought was to place the TV on the large wall and the sofa opposite in front of the windows. Because of your concerns, I think calidesign's idea might be a good option. Is there room to the right of the large window for the TV? If so, I can imagine an arrangement similar to the below. Maybe Fifi can have her bed below the front windows.
Also, included are some ideas for mid-century furnishings. I chose an orangey-red for an accent color because of the painting of the two people on a bench that you have. I think that's a really neat piece! The bench could be placed before the fireplace.
If you can part with the settee in the dining room and replace with chairs, you might be able to "borrow" some of the wall space for a coat rack.
BlueberryBundtcake - 6a/5b MA
4 years ago
pat1250
4 years ago
PROVRA Interiors, LLC
4 years agoWe might try the sofa on the wall with windows, and the TV on the full wall directly across from it. That might make the set up work better.
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