Narrow family room layout dilemma
Hi everyone,
I am looking to make few updates to this family room (purchased recently so furniture in the photos are not mine)
- paint the ceiling and walls with off-white color
- paint the fireplace brick with white to lighten up
We are planning to have a TV in here as well as comfortable sitting for family of 5.
Furniture that I have right now is Ikea FRIHETEN but I would like something like this:
Gather Petite 3-Piece Sectional + Reviews | Crate and Barrel Canada
1. Would U shaped sectional sofa work in this space? Would it be too much?
2. Where should we locate the TV!? Should we hang the TV above the fire place or place it elsewhere? Our TV is 50'' so it will be bigger than what's in the photos.
Dimension of this space is 19'4 x 11'3 including the dining area (I am willing to sacrifice if needs be).
I am completely lost... Thank you everyone in advance for helping our family out here!
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ladyolss
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Comments (11)TV is mounted right in the traffic path from the front door. I would have put it where the bright pink picture is. Worth the expense of moving TV connections and repairing the wall if you own the home. Your coffee table is too big. It should be 2/3 of the width of that seat section of the sofa. Are there actual records stored in the record cabinet? I might think of storing liquor there so I could eliminate a piece of cabinetry. You could replace 3 pieces (liquor, record and TV piece) with one long piece for that wall above the dog bed. Let it do triple duty. Sell the other pieces on Craig's List and get a new coffee table. Eliminate the end tables; they aren't needed if you have a coffee table. Or you can eliminate the coffee table too and just do some "C" tables. Improve the view from the entry, and find another place for the kitchen trash can. Wall hung items should center 5' above the floor of hang 5" above furniture. Here's a chart for correctly mounting the TV. Sofa can be turned to face it with its back to the window. You can pull it forward for best viewing and add a sofa table behind it....See MoreFurniture layout for long narrow family room
Comments (5)Thanks! I think that's along the lines of what I was thinking, but looking for a comfier arrangement. I'd like the seating to be more set up for TV watching, as we already have another room with a fireplace that is set up in a more conversational layout for entertaining. And I'd like a longer couch but have trouble with the windows being in the way. Sometimes I'm afraid if the couch is off center between those windows it feels strange to me (particularly when putting art on the wall), but if the couch isn't scooched over then I have trouble with the zones working out. I don't think I'd want an oval table - that seems more dining to me? I already have a dining room and a breakfast nook. But maybe an oval is all that will fit there - it's hard for me to tell what kind of dimensions that space can handle....See MoreFurniture layout for a narrow family room
Comments (9)IMO he gets a recliner thats it for reclining anything else. You need to decide where you are putting the TV. I would plan it on the stair wall but without pictures hard to know. I think all that will fit is a sectional with the long side along the right wall and a short side dividing that space from the DR a bit. Or a longer style sofa with the recliner on one side and either a matching one on the other or one more chair on that side . An easy way to figure furniture size and placement is to draw the room to scale on graph paper then look at furniture and mark all measurements down then come home and cut out the furniture to scale on cardboard and play with the pieces keeping in mind 36” min walkways . But I do think the TV has to have a home first since in a FR it is the focal point ....See MoreNeed layout help with narrow living room & family room !!
Comments (2)Try a chaise sofa and one chair in the TV room so you have room for kids play area. In the living room use a 3-seat sofa and two chairs grouped around a coffee table and use floor lamp flanking the sofa....See Morejck910
2 years agoAgree with acm layout suggestions. White walls will be nice. I recently painted my FP white and love it.
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2 years agoA sectional might be too much in that space. However we think you should be able to put the TV on the wall where the sofa is in the second picture. Then have a sofa facing the TV.
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