New to me home and struggling with living room set up
My new living room is not ”even” and its killing my OCD. The fireplace isn’t centered on the wall. which leaves the dilemma as to the placement of the couch. Do I center it on the long wall or center it with the room. The light fixture is the center of the room and is being replaced. and then there is
wall decor. Help please!
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drucila
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HELP! How should we set up our new living room?
Comments (1)To break up all the linearity and big boxy features think of curves. Looks like you have room for a pair of curved sofas and some theater chairs. Maybe a cocktail corner by the windows. Your large empty wall could use a big shot of color. Pick up that color in rugs and pillows....See MoreNeed Help with Living Room set up
Comments (15)wow that view! I would: -move the shelving that's near the buddhist object to the tv/window corner and get media cabinet like beth h picked. They're both similiarly sized and I feel like it's odd right next to one another. - nix the stuff under the window- that's an awesome view!! it looks like you have some wire shelving and a pet crate? right now and neither of those are that nice. - push your couch away from the wall. Stick art on the wall behind the couch and some art in the left hand space next to the window. with the couch more under the window and the pet crate near the door (where the little shelves are) the view and the comfy couch are the focus, basically my thinking is that you have too many small shelving unit things and by consolidating or getting rid of some of them, that would easily make your space look more intentional....See MoreNeed help with setting up living room please!!
Comments (1)You'll get input if you post current pix....See MoreIdeas for setting up/furniture a small living room with a front door?
Comments (19)I've had a house with a small LR where the door opened directly into the room. I used a 60" love seat and floated it facing the fireplace, and then put two chairs on either side of the fireplace. Of course, we didn't have a TV in the room, so you would probably put one chair on either side of the sofa, so one could watch the TV, which I assume is going over the fireplace. In the end, we actually built a wall with an opening into the LR. Everyone told us not to do this as it would make the LR too small. Well, the LR was going to have a pathway to the rest of the house from the front door, so at least we now had a wall where we could put things up against. We were very glad we did this, and subsequent owners of this house have told me they loved having that wall!...See More
Jen
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last yearThe current dining room for reference. the cabinet closest the window is going to be sold.
freedomplace1
last yearBased upon the general setup, including the proximity of the space to the kitchen - and also what I assume is a pre-existing chandelier - it seems like this space was previously used as the dining room/area; and the current dining room would have probably been the LR. It seems as though the area by the fireplace may be more suited to be a dining area.
freedomplace1
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last yearThe kitchen is L shaped so you can enter it from either space. The light fixtures are being replaced. They are the same in both spaces.
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