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Narrow House - Switch Living room and Dining room?

2 years ago

I'm thinking of switching the living room and dining room in my narrow townhouse. I'd like to put a couch on the left wall and a tv on the current dining room sideboard wall.

Normally I wouldn't do this, but there is more room in the dining room than living room, and I don't really know where to put a tv that would fit well in the current living room.

Is this a crazy idea?

Note: This is the previous owners furniture, not mine.

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Yvonne Martin

2 years ago

This is tricky because it would seem weird to have the dining room away from the kitchen. Try harder to place your furniture before you go to this plan. Do you expect to use the whole dining room area for a table all the time?

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Elaine Doremus Resumes Written
2 years ago
You could switch out the mirror for the tv if you keep things the way they are now. Your idea is fine - the only downside I can see is that if you do a lot of entertaining (or if you mainly eat at the dining room table) you'll be bringing food through the living room instead of just from the kitchen to the dining room.
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Original Author
2 years ago
No, I expect to rarely use the dining room table. I was planning on using a narrow dining room table where the existing living room is. @Yvonne Martin.

The good news is that I pretty much only have a dining room table so I can buy new furniture that fits the space well. It just doesn't feel like the current living room space works well at all. I can't figure out how to improve it.
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N Johnson
2 years ago
Since it’s not a big space, how large of a tv are you thinking? You could put a medium sized Frame TV on the closet wall (with the electronics concealed in the closet) and see it well from the current living room space.
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Amy Peltier Interior Design & Home
2 years ago
We don't recommend flipping the living and dining room. It looks like you could easily place the TV on the wall to the left of the fireplace on an articulating arm. Here are some of our designs below to help.
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AiFL
2 years ago
Make your house work for you, switch rooms if needed. People spend all of 10 seconds walking through a front door so why worry about what piece of furniture they first encounter. And if you aren’t going to be a dining room user, then don’t have one. Use the entire space as living room but maybe incorporate a round table and chairs that can be used for eating into the mix.
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