Long narrow living room, no entry way
Hi! And thanks so much for the advice in advance! I need help with our front door which opens right into a large living room. The problem is that there is no defined entry way and I don't know how to form our living room with the barstools and large windows. I would appreciate any help! Thanks so much, Alexandra
This is the view with a wall right at my back while taking the photo and front door directly to my right. The barstools you can barely see on the left.
This is the view from the other end -- the front door is at the back left of this view and the bar stools are on the right behind the couch.
Thanks again!
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3 years agolast modified: 3 years agoI brightened up the shadows in your pictures. Looks like the front door opens into the kitchen with bar stools? Is the structure between the kitchen and the living room a permanent item attached to the kitchen counter? Hard to see what it is.
If this is your furniture, how are you using the 2 chests of drawers in the entry area? Too me, they are both oddly placed.
partim
3 years agolast modified: 3 years agoDo you want to preserve the full view out of all 3 windows, or are you OK with blocking the lower part of the windows by putting seating in front of them? I'd put a sectional in the opposite corner, and wall-hang the TV above a narrow console. Leave the area in blue free of furniture as the traffic path. If you want storage and/or definition to the entry way, add a low dresser between the door and the living room.
Alexandra DeHoff
3 years agolast modified: 3 years agoThank you so much! So, we don't have 2 dressers; just that teal one right by the front door. We use it for storage bc, again, our house is quite small. But it's for things going "out" of the house at the top, and then the bottom for other household things like placemats/napkins and gift wrap. There are no doors, but right in front of the front door, it opens to the kitchen/bar area. I'll attach a photo of that too right now. The furniture is ours, but was from zillow from when we were going to rent it a few years ago. And excuse the mess in the photo, i literally just hopped up and took it.
As for your other questions, we are a family of 4, so we use the big couch quite a bit but are open to a couch/chair option or something different. And this is also where our TV is - right now on top of the console table. We used to have the TV and couch flipped around, and changed it for a different view.
Mrs. S