will you have a tv in here?

do you need a dining room?

is this more of the "formal" livingroom?

@Elise D - nice space - lots of natural light. When looking for seating, don’t limit yourself to love seats. Look for sofas labeled ”apartment”size which range from @ 60” - 74” which is outside dimensions including arms. These would be long enough to lay on or seat 3 average people. Looks like you have nice long balcony - don’t know where you live but plan on setting it up with nice seating too - it will expand your entertaining area in warmer weather. I’m guessing your front door is on lower level?

PS - before buying bigger furniture pieces, when you’re considering a piece, tape out the measurements on the floor or use big cardboard or paper cutouts to help visualize the space item will take. Walk around it to make sure there’s enough room!

As one option, you could consider four chairs with a center cocktail/coffee table or ottoman. Do you need a tv in the space also?

Ohh boy! I want to remove this wall between kitchen and living. But I guess it is there for purpose. You have your FP as focal point, so place furniture facing FP.

Some kind of

Round table in dining if not enough room for rectangular one. And play with layout a little bit.

What is considered to be the front door to this condo? The openings in the kitchen are wasting a lot of usable space. Could you close the pass through and pre-wire it for TV. How about closing off the door farthest from the dining room? I think you'll appreciate the opportunity to upgrade the kitchen and utilize the new walls. You'll also gain walls in the living area. I too would use four swivel chairs grouped around a coffee table or hassock so everyone can turn to TV or to the FP or to the view. Be very aware of scale; as mentioned, apartment sized seating is a better choice.

i love the idea of mounting the tv on the passthrough. if you didnt close it you could even just put a cabinet on the kitchen side of the wall?

Hi All! Thanks for the responses. To answer a couple questions... I don't need a full dining room. It'll just be me living there and I just have a small dining table. I've considered even switching the dining room and living room. I think I would like to have a tv in the living space to make it a cozy spot to be and watch movies. The front door is on the ground floor and doesn't affect the space at all.

I do wish I could remove the wall from the kitchen. It drives me a little crazy... especially since the angle doesn't line up with the fireplace wall. However I don't think it's currently in the budget as I'm working on doing the floors and a couple other things first.

This is totally a room where 3-4 small scale, but very comfortable arm chairs, with a couple on swivels for TV watching, would work great. Add a round coffee table (a hassock as shown below for putting feet up) in the middle with an interesting light--arc lamp or pendant--centered on coffee table.

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These chairs are too high , but you can see how well floating several comfortable armchairs work. Measure carefully before you choose furniture so that you have clear walkway. Three chairs might work best.

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If you get a couple upholstered dining chairs for a round dining table in the corner, you can pull them into the living room space as needed. Definitely consider some great pendant lighting and a rug to anchor living area to define the spaces.

Something nice about celery's layout. The far corner could be bench/banquette and eating table.

I would remove that fireplace so fast it would make your head spin.

Thank you so much everyone for the ideas! I really appreciate it. I’ll have to play around with some tape and measurments now and see what seems to work best :)

I think I would switch up the labeled DR & LR Like Denise's layout, and have your seating area in the squared off corner by the big window. Then you could have a small round table with some nice upholstered chairs act like a foyer table most of the time but eat at it when needed.

Celery's option is good too! I think with that you could even scoot it more towards the hallway and have room for a small table in the corner to eat at. You could position it tucked in the corner when you don't use it, and pull it out when needed.

I am thinking rather than several chairs go for one curve sofa and a round compact dining table or any other round table. It will give the impression of having more space: example below.

New day to see again - Denise's bistro type of set in an 'empty' spot seems ok. DR could be an office/ computer space.

yes this is why I asked if you needed a dining room. the layout can be flipped. I would put the tv to the left of the fireplace still on a pull-out swivel.

It looks like since you don't need the dining room, you could easily use that space as your living room. It might be a good idea to look into apartment sized furniture as it is typically smaller and can fit in small spaces better. Here are a few ideas from our designs. Also if you want a TV, you might be able to put it on an articulating arm to the left of the fireplace.

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