new tv- is it too large for my space? help!
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Comments (11)I think zone4newby hit it -- shave off from either side and you'll be fine. But my comment has to do with the questions you didn't ask (of course). You're on acreage, and your DH is all about the mud room, dog wash, etc. Is this a farm/hobby farm? Are there horses or other livestock? Big garden? Big workshop? If so, where are those things, and how are you envisioning people getting from those places into the house? Because your mudroom opens from the garage. If coming from the barn/shop/whatever, am I expected to get into the garage (car doors or man door?) and then wind around the cars in the garage to get into the mud room? As for the dogs -- it sounds like they are a big part of your life. And that they get muddy. Are these indoor/outdoor dogs (not hunting dogs in a kennel elsewhere on the land)? How do they get outside? Is there a fenced yard? Where is the access to the fenced yard? If the access is through the back of the house, then the muddy dogs have to walk through the house to get to the mud room to get cleaned up. Finally, you're a family of 4. If the garage is a 2-car, that means one or two vehicles will always be parked outside in the drive, or in a pull-off area. And that is probably the kids' car(s). How is the kid meant to enter the house? Open the garage and go through the mudroom? Or will he take the straight line to the front door? You might want to consider a breezeway of some kind between the house and the garage. It can have a door opening to the front for the driveway parkers, and to the back for those coming from whatever activities take place in the back. It can also work for the dogs if everyone is disciplined enough to take them through the breezeway to be let in and out....See MoreHelp with very large windows in my new sewing room...
Comments (9)Thanks, everyone!! You guys are thinking along the same lines as I am. I have thought about the shades (of any variety, and making them), but wondered about the width of the windows?? I may wait until we move in to decide for sure?? The windows are facing more north/east and won't get a lot of hot sun and I won't need too much for privacy (yet). I don't like looking at the "black holes" that night time windows create. I really like the roman shade or top down, bottom up shade idea for the living room/dining room. I may do some sheers for the wedding and then use them elsewhere? They aren't very expensive, so I haven't lost much if I don't like them. We plan on using the sewing room as the "dance floor" for the wedding, so some window treatment would be nice for that (it's an evening wedding, so maybe a wall of lights, too??)...See MoreHelp my new furniture is too big!
Comments (49)I thought about that arrangement, but thought it might close off the room from the rest of the house. It's the kind of thing you have to try and see what works best in real life....See Morehelp! is my sofa going to take up too much space? h
Comments (8)That is an extremely deep sofa. Wow. A normal seat depth is about 21-23". I am replacing one I have now that is 27" deep and it's uncomfortably deep for most guests. Assuming you want an extremely deep sofa for curling up and perhaps watching movies, I think the next question would be whether it will be able to be navigated in through the door and into the house. As long as that will work, then I would wonder if you want any other furniture in this room. If it's purely for lounging and maybe a TV will go on the wall across from it, it might be fine. If this is a room where you want any other seating across from it, that looks too tight to me....See MoreRachie Cat
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