Home remodel: layout ideas + furniture placement
Wendy Woo
2 years ago
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Bedroom Furniture Layout - Any good ideas?
Comments (12)I like the way Trance shows your bed on the window wall w/o the heater. But I have a couple of options, and will also ask a couple of questions. 1. Do you use your chest as a 2nd end table? 2. What size are your speakers on either side of the TV? 3. Is the endtable speaker a really small one, which I think it to be? Ok, now for what I consider as worth a try anyway. 4. Turn your bed on the diagonal in the corner between the two windows. This will create a vacant corner where you can then hide some long term storage items that you do not access often. When I did my room that way, I put about 5 fixed-louver door-height shutter panels behind the headboard, and hung a couple of pictures on there. 5. Put the CHEST over there where Trance shows it, NW wall. 6. Put the end table on the opposite side of the bed, close to the SW window. 7. Hang a sconce or a shelf above the end table, then place that small speaker on the sconce (keeping the power cord etc as hidden as possible.) 8. Replace that closet door with a pair of bifold shutter doors available at Lowes/HomeDepot, made by JennWeld I think, cost about $80 and they come painted white or unfinished. We used those, without the tracks, and just hinged them to the door frame like a regular door. You might can LEAVE the TV where is presently is, but experiment with moving one of the speakers over to the tub wall. Is that media stand really necessary? And do you expect to change out your TV for a flat panel any time in the (near) future? Of all the space saving ideas, that will help the most. And if those are big honking speakers that are floor models, can you perhaps turn them on their sides and put them on the wall above the TV and the closet door? Considering that this will reduce the items on the floor, it will appear much more open. Just make sure your headroom is adequate if you are tall. What ceiling heights do you have in this apartment? Do you own the house, or just lease this apartment? If leasing, would there be a restriction on any architectural changes, like hanging shelves or changing the closet door? Here are the bifold doors in my house:we used two pair though for a wider closet. And here is the corner bed arrangement. We had just moved in and I forgot the shutters were not up behind this bed. I used the same placement behind another bed, but those pics are not on my computer. So sorry. It looked beautiful, and the shutters hid all the rods/reels/lifejackets/tackleboxes. This bedroom is 11.5 x 11.5 and not much different in size from yours. AND, wall mounting your TV with a "floating" shelf beneath it would look something like this: our TV is 37" flat panel. The floating shelf holds the DVD player, the cable box....See MoreLooking for input on furniture placement, layout
Comments (8)Thank you Rosie and Mtnrd for looking at this layout. Rosie, you bring up some good points, and you've made me realize that I can treat that French door wall as if it were solid window. I had to go back to the architect 3 times to get the door from the bfst room to the porch, since she'd originally envisioned that as a window and didn't seem to want to change it out to a door, since she kept "forgetting" to change it. I envision using that door to the porch most of the time, but I think, because we're in the South Carolina Low Country, that I want the option to open the room up as much as possible when the weather is nice. What you can't see is that at the end of that 8' wide run of porch is a round gazebo type room on the porch that is where we will actually have our main porch furniture and spend our time. We're on a large lot on a river and look out to Live Oaks hung with spanish moss and a small pond. I'll post a pic of the whole plan so you have a feel for the rest of the space. Re the built-ins. The built in on the north end is a wet bar, and on the south end is a bookcase. I gave our KD/cabinet guy my inspiration pics, which are all balanced built-ins, and he's a genius. He came up with a plan that beautifully balances the different functions of the sides and makes it beautiful. this is one of my inspiration pics [[(https://www.houzz.com/photos/formal-living-area-traditional-living-room-chicago-phvw-vp~151875) [Traditional Living Room[(https://www.houzz.com/photos/traditional-living-room-ideas-phbr1-bp~t_718~s_2107) by Rockford Interior Designers & Decorators KannCept Design, Inc. - the space is very similar re the upstairs - and I note that the window wall is solid. I will take that under consideration. This was one of the other pics. We are ending up with a darker blue cabinet design going it. [[(https://www.houzz.com/photos/cherry-hills-transitional-living-room-denver-phvw-vp~572005) [Transitional Living Room[(https://www.houzz.com/photos/transitional-living-room-ideas-phbr1-bp~t_718~s_2112) by Denver Kitchen & Bath Designers Exquisite Kitchen Design Mtnrd, the two objects are a small table and one of my extra dining chairs. The other is against the wall in the dining room. I think I misspoke about the trays defining space too. There is a tray in the dining room, dropped headers and posts around the kitchen area, a "balcony' upstairs that overlooks the living room space which actually has a vaulted ceiling broken up by a windowed dormer to bring in some natural light into the living room. It does all serve to define rooms, although if you followed all that I give you kudos! It was easier just to say trays. :) This post was edited by mlweaving_Marji on Tue, Oct 29, 13 at 22:29...See MoreFireplace remodel ideas and Furniture layout ideas needed
Comments (1)Wall paint is your last choice. Do you like the brick? Would you whitewash it or paint it to brighten the room? A thicker mantle hung lower. Yes to paint the brass door. Solar shades on the window and slider. A sofa and 2 chairs to start. Floor lamp for reading some table lamps...See MorePartial Home Remodel to Expand Kitchen - Layout Ideas Please!
Comments (10)The notion of private spaces entering directly onto public spaces never even crossed my mind to be honest, but seeing it in that context it makes sense. The privacy need hasn't been very apparent given that we have two kids under 5 and rarely have guests that stay overnight. The den area currently doesn't get much of any natural light as is right now with only the small kitchen window and window in the dining area. Figured by adding the 3 windows in the kitchen we'd get much more light there than we do currently. We're on a slab foundation and would like to avoid moving the front door if we can as there is a covered porch out front which ties into our roof. The short kitchen wall has the gas supply for the stove so if that could stay put it would help budget on a larger project. I'd need to see if I can make a bedroom door work with those constraints. First pass looks pretty clunky... when trying to move the fewest number of walls....See MoreBuehl
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