Living room/dining room furniture placement help.
Hello again. I'm trying to decide the best set up for furniture in our house and some decorating help.
I'm not attached to anything.
I've attached an almost (I forgot the kitchen stuck out 2 feet from the dining area so everything from there to front of house should have been shifted too but I was too lazy ) to scale drawing of main floor which included living room, first attempt at kitchen re-design, and dining room.
Help me figure out sizes of rugs to look for (dining room and living room).
What to do with seating and how to arrange it in Living room?
What size table for dining room? (family of 7 and we eat in the dining room for all meals. Plus need extra space for guests.)
What to do about lighting? we only have those 2 lights by fireplace in living room.
Eventually we will be replacing all flooring, trim, fixtures but for now I'd like a temporary solution for furniture placement plus ideas for future improvements/purchases . (I hope that makes sense!)
Thank you!
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Comments (10)Wow! Those windows going out to the porch are beautiful. What a great view! I think you should have two separate sitting areas because the smaller chairs don’t work with the larger chair. I love how the larger chair looks with your sofa and pillows...just lovely! Is there room to remove the end table on the right and slide the rug, sofa, and big chair down a couple of feet? And keep the big chair angled towards sofa like in the first photo...away from the chase part. Then I would leave the two smaller chairs under the opening but pull them out a bit so that sitting area stands in it’s on. Looking forward to seeing photos of what you do especially when the bigger rug gets in! I like the black idea too....See MoreHelp living room furniture placement
Comments (2)I find it even easier to just draw the floor plan on graph paer , Cut out the furniture pieces and play with them to see what works. Make sure all the pieces and the floor plan are to actual scale . It is hard to read the numbers on the drawing you posted so maybe just a simple to scale floor plan on the same graph paper would be helpful with the room sizes done large enough to see. Yes we need to know about TV and where windows are and I assume when you say FR you mean the great room. I hope you have an actual kitchen designer not a cabinet salesperson I finf that kitchen is not making the best use of the space but again a floor plan would be helpful...See MoreHelp with furniture placement in rectangle shaped living room
Comments (3)So you could do a sectional, provided you select one that doesn't extend beyond the limit of your windows on each wall and that is simple in its details....See MoreHelp with furniture placement for living/dining room
Comments (10)Definitely not a round area rug. Do you see how Beverly marked off an area for a rug? It is probably a 8 X 10 or 9 X 12. I have a three seat sofa in front of a big window in my living room like she shows. I would just get something darker than what she shows so there is more contrast. Having the same color sofa as the drapes and walls just feels blah to me, but a patterned rug would really perk up the room....See MoreRelated Professionals
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Looking into dining area.
We are replacing French doors with a new slider (gasp! but it makes more sense for us with this space, the French doors take up too much room into the room) We can't center the door (so says the engineer husband). The slider will be in the same opening.
We need to decide on how to trim out the new windows and doors.
On the hunt for a new table. This one we have had for 12 years and we want a regular height table. Needs to seat 8 and fit in the space. I can try the dresser to the right of the doors but I think it is too deep.
(Ignore the laundry rack and extra stools)
Future plan is to widen opening into kitchen a few inches, new light, and decorations, curtains. Not sure we have enough room but was hoping to fit a very skinny buffet on the right wall, maybe a tall plant in the back right corner, or even a narrow cabinet, or not. I'm lost. Help me. Please!
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I moved some things around and I think I like it better. I know the rug is too small and it shouldn't be "floating" but I don't want a new one until we get the other changes done.
I moved the dresser into the dining room and hung (probably too high but couldn't convince 6'3" hubby to lower it and he had a point about being out of reach of the tornado. haha) the sign and pictures that had been on the mantle in the dining room. We also took off the ridiculous trim board they had up because we will be replacing the slider soon. So many things in this house like that silliness.
I organized most of the books and moved the bookshelf. And grabbed a few canvases (I know they are small but can't remember where we left my big one) I did the flower, my dad painted the one on the right in Vietnam in '68.
We need to fix the coffee table my dad built that's in the garage, I'll put it in front of the sofa, it's a little under 6'long, so it might be technically too big but, again, it's what I have.
How'd I do?
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