Looking for help on how to arrange rectangular living room
4 years ago
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We're closing on a house soon and we're debating how to arrange the living room. We'll be buying new furniture for it, so I'm open to suggestions on that as well. The room is 12 x 20 and is also the entrance (see photos). We're thinking of putting the tv at the
Edit: Also, there's hardwood under that carpet, so we'll definitely be pulling it up.
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PRO4 years ago
These are the 3 ways I can see, the last being my least favorite as you cant look out the window, and glare on the tv. I see here too that there is no overhead lighting, so you also want to think about how you can place tables, for lamps and or floor lamps.
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Comments (64)I'm late to the game and I use Homestyler too. What fun the snapshots are! (especially the 360 panorama) You have some nice arrangements. I would probably skip the fireplace and put a chair there and in the future you could put a TV on the wall with a credenza (where the 2 small chairs are). If you skip the fireplace and do shallow storage across that wall, you might be able to keep a chair in front of the storage shelves. If you want to keep the fireplace, I would move it down toward the door more and put a plant in the corner or maybe some storage. I would skip a chair in front of the fireplace. (Why block it?) I would definitely use smaller scale furniture, maybe even with legs so you get a more open feel. http://www.homestyler.com/designer/251ab2d8-32cc-4a0c-a273-ee33f1fa79d2 You should be able to view this in 3D if your are signed up for Homestyler by copying the layout and opening it when you are signed in. Maybe you don't have to sign up??...See Moreawkward living room set up - help! how to arrange furniture?
Comments (13)We think you are on the right track, your design just needs some tweaking. Here are a few ways in which you can get the look you want. Get rid of the big chair by the window in exchange for something smaller, and put it next to the chair on the left. Change out the TV console for something longer and thinner. Then add some great artwork over the fireplace. Next add thicker window treatments to the windows, and get a longer coffee table. Perhaps when you get a coffee table and the TV console look for something in wood instead of black. Also we recommend taking down the four pictures above the TV. Instead you can hang two vertically on each side of the TV if you want to keep them. Note the set up below? We think this arrangement would work, except flip the chairs to the other side. Layout: Window treatments:...See MoreHelp please!! Cannot figure out how to arrange/decorate my living room
Comments (38)Placing a couch centered on the fireplace is going to leave little room to walk thru that area....but maybe that's ok... I really don't know. Unless you replace your current furniture with new pieces that are about the same size, and in the same place, you may be changing the traffic paths in the room. That's why, once you have an idea of what you want, you should move your existing furniture to the way it will be in the future, so that you will know whether you like the new arrangement, before you commit. 30 feet is long, but 13 feet is not really a narrow space for a living room. It's pretty normal. My guess is that your house originally had 2 rooms side by side in that space. If you think the space is tight, look for chairs and sofas that are not as deep, back to front. There can be a big difference. Your brown recliner is very deep. Apartment style furniture can be just as comfortable. Having a foot of padding at the back of a chair doesn't really make it more comfortable - it's just a style. You don't sink back a foot when you sit down. Here is my mock up of where the traffic path would be if you have a U shaped conversation area in front of the fireplace and TV. I gave you an ottoman instead of a coffee table in front of the sofa. And I made the upholstered furniture about 4 feet deep....See MoreNeed help arranging the living room
Comments (2)I hate TV in my LR and have never had one for the last 40yrs. So I have no issue with no TV I would however face the furniture toward the window since that is really the focal point in the space Float the sofa facing the window leaving the walkway behind it on the east wall have a nice long console table with some decor or a large piece of art above .Put the choirs on either side of the sofa facing each other and a nice large square coffee table. Lighting is of course a real need and once you have the furniture in you can figure where and what you need. I never like sectionals for actual conversation so not to that . My LR is 2 x that size so I do have 2 sofas and 4 chairs but for a nice conversation plan a sofa and 2 chairs are my go to. in a space your size....See MoreRelated Professionals
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