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Furniture Design Dilemma living room

Open concept apartment, need help on how to arrange furnitures

4 years ago

We are planning to rent this gorgeous apartment, however defining spaces in this open concept puzzles me a lot.

Living room / dining room / kitchen would be 42 sqm (450 sqfeet), straight and quite narrow. We are struggling how to arrange furnitures, we have an L-shape 3meter long sofa now, also Tv-stand and have no idea where to place. There are huge windows and 2 exits to the terrace, therefore spaces are quite limited. Any ideas about color schemes to help the space to look bigger?

:))

Please help, I would love to live in this apartment, but my husband has concerns if it will be comfortable and elegant.. Many thanks!! :)

The entrance to the room is marked:

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jck910

4 years ago

wow gorgeous views do you have a floor plan you can post?

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Suzy
Original Author
4 years ago
Oh, yes - here you go ;)

and thank you :)
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jck910
4 years ago
Do you have a dining table? Is it a rectangle?
calidesign
4 years ago
It looks like it's worth making it work just for those gorgeous views! It appears that you could place a table by the kitchen, turned in the opposite direction as is shown on the drawing, to give you extra living space. You could place your sofa on the main wall as shown, with the tv on the wall by the shelves. Or possibly float the sofa in the room with it's back to the entrance, keeping a walkway behind it, with your tv and console on the main wall. Or use the sofa in front of the slider with a walkway behind for access so it is facing the table area, with the tv on the main wall. It depends on the exact dimensions of your furniture, and the direction of your L shape. But I think you have good options. The finishes are light and neutral, so you can decorate with any colors you choose, or already have.
Suzy
Original Author
4 years ago
Thank you for your valuable comment. :)

Our sofa is right sided L-sofa, so I guess we can use it to separate spaces somehow.

Dining room would be set up as you recommended, I had the same thoughts that we can save some space if we turn the table to the opposite direction.

Many thanks once again :)
Suzy
Original Author
4 years ago
We have rectangle table in the dining room with 6 chairs like on the attached pic

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