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Furniture arrangement and ideas needed

3 years ago

Need furniture layout and purchase ideas. The dark brown sofa is up for sale. Doesn’t fit in size or decor. The green chair will soon be dyed black. The camel sofa is new and we have a new rug on its way. We need another chair or something else that adds seating for 1 or 2 more people. Ideas/suggestions?
Thank you.

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HU-187528210
3 years ago
Love the new couch!! Beauty!!
I’d either get another one. Or get a bench. Throw a blanket over it....
Lovely room.
dcsam
Original Author
3 years ago
Well... I almost hate to say where we purchased the new leather sofa - Walmart of all places. It’s quite comfy and we’re happy with it. A bench? Could you give an example?
Thank you!
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Elizabeth B
3 years ago
last modified: 3 years ago
Not a pro, but I'd two matching couches opposite each other and two chairs facing the TV.
orion_hamal
3 years ago
Am almost tempted to say, shift the new couch to where the dark brown sofa is and get a backless daybed lounge styled with some throws to get some texture on it opposite the couch.Why face a boring wall when you can have a view out the window and keep the back of the couch as a dividing point to the living space and that passageway. You can probably even shift it slightly forward and fit a very narrow console behind the sofa back and style that console. Then you have a view uninterrupted by another sofa, have more seating, place for a afternoon power nap😉, and shift your black dyed chair to the other side. Just few thoughts. Am certainly not a pro
HU-187528210
3 years ago
Not sure I agree with facing the window for walkway purposes. But who knows. Try it.
By bench I mean like a chaise lounge type bench. Something big. Comfy. Slick.
dcsam
Original Author
3 years ago
My initial thought (before new sofa purchase) was to place the sofa on the opposite side - giving those seated with a view. However, hubby is disabled and spends oodles of time in that chair. Most important that he gets the view. And there’s not enough room for both his chair and the sofa. 🤷🏻‍♀️
Plus, I must have an aversion to walking by or looking at the back of a sofa. Odd, I know.
Thanks for your suggestions. Hard to decide on what to put in place of the dark brown sofa. It will need something.
decoenthusiaste
3 years ago
Hubby needs a swivel/glider/recliner chair. Put the sofa facing the view and put a new chair for him (in fact two of them) where the sofa is now. Add a bench for extra seating at the windows.

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orion_hamal
3 years ago
Ahh, makes sense.. totally agree with whoever spends most time there gets view priority😀.

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