long loving room wall art? seating?

3 years ago

I have an odd shaped living room. The couch is not centered below the windows so I’ve had a hard time picking art work. Any ideas? Or should I give up in that wall.

Also right now there’s only one couch in here need ideas for extra seating and where to put it maybe a bench or chair...

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BeverlyFLADeziner
3 years ago
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I'd like to suggest you consider a different layout for this room. I'd put the sofa on the wall on the right and move the TV to the corner opposite of where it currently is placed. This way you can include another lounge chair so you can have visitors to your home with a place to sit other than the sofa.
freedomplace1
3 years ago
It would have to be a streamlined chair, not big and bulky, for something like this setup.

If chair is sized well, there should be room enough to walk around it.

As far as art, I can see some type of gallery, with two maybe three pieces.

You could arrange the two pieces in this formation. Pretend the shelf is a piece of art (sorry, I couldn't readily find a pic with two pieces of art in the formation I have in mind, so I grabbed this one. :) I hope you get the idea. In other words, two pieces of art sort of stacked on a diagonal, to play off of the asymmetry of your wall, windows, sofa setup.

But you could experiment, to see what configuration would look best to you there.
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Elaine Doremus Resumes Written
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No for a bench - hard to get comfy on that. I vote yes for an upholstered chair. Embrace the quirky window and couch placement and put some art work over the couch. Look for that in a local artist, art gallery, or some colleges have their own art galleries. If you go with art.com, get a print and get it framed locally with plexiglass (safer and lighter).

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