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How to set up living/dining with angled wall and narrowed dining?

2 months ago

When you enter the house the first thing you notice is the angled wall in the living room. The dining area significantly narrows compared to the livingroom. we like ti entertain so seating is important, we have 2 sofas and 2 chairs. The dining table is an 8 seater and has to be place at angle because it doesnt fit. We were going for a glamish look which is why the walls are so dark. I would love suggestions for an overall change and also jusr reaarranging auggestions keeping walls the same. Thank you

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BeverlyFLADeziner

2 months ago

last modified: 2 months ago

Here is my advice.

I hope the dining table you purchased has a leaf that can be removed or added when necessary

It's important to get the table confined to the space assigned as dining. Everyone has events that require a table to expand into another space to accommodate a large crowd. Putting the table on an angle looks ridiculous.

Your space is basically rectangular except for the one angled feature wall. I would not place two small chairs against such an important wall. I see you have highlighted the wall with wallpaper and that's a good start. Now select a sideboard with either art or a mirror placed above to really draw attention to the wall.

There's hardly enough space to begin with, and placing the sofas on angles just reduces the available space by about 20% or so. With the arrangement below your dining table can expand into the living room area when necessary. Get an area rug to anchor the seating area.

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tracefloyd
2 months ago
last modified: 2 months ago
How about a round dining table? It would be something that's not placed at an angle.

For the living room, just because the walls are angled, doesn't mean the seating arrangement has to be.
Lyn Nielson
2 months ago
if you add a couple of photos and some dimensions of the room, table, etc. and what you must keep and what you might discard.

you'll get constructive suggestions, without,

I doubt you will get much. Happy Thanksgiving.
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Patricia Colwell Consulting
2 months ago
last modified: 2 months ago
Really crystal balls out for repair/. We need pictures a to scale floor plan then you get real help. BTW please do not start another post just put the pics and floor plan in a comment here .
hanwar786 thanked Patricia Colwell Consulting
hanwar786
Original Author
2 months ago
This is looking in from entry
hanwar786
Original Author
2 months ago
This is from opposite side
Lyn Nielson
2 months ago
pinching the drapery cheapens the glam look.

expose the windows and hang the rod at the ceiling height and extend it a foot beyond the window casing. as in fill the wall with hanging fabric.

a HUGE piece of dramatic artwork to fill the space behind the two occasional chairs could be glam. also a complimentary piece in the dining area. greatbigcanvas.com or icanvas.com

Is it wallpaper?

how about an area rug?

too many little pieces, edit and too many pillows.

what is your so called accent color?

sorry so many questions, but glam means different things to different people. just trying to help.
tracefloyd
2 months ago
With photos I think my concepts are still valid.
- A round dining room table.
- Align the living room seating with the window, not the angled wall.
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Patricia Colwell Consulting
2 months ago
last modified: 2 months ago
We still need measurements and pleasse do not do that to any drapes ever .
tracefloyd
2 months ago
last modified: 2 months ago
What is to the right of the entry? Photo of that corner would help me visualize the space. Does it come to a point or is it squared off...is there a door there? And a picture from the dining room of the entry. Just take pictures of all the walls and corners.
hanwar786
Original Author
2 months ago
Here’s a few… I will have to take o e from Dinh v out towards entry
tracefloyd
2 months ago
Thanks for more photos...wow beautiful home...really helps and Beverly has an excellent floor plan. I like her idea of a mirror above a sideboard on the angled wall. It will make a good entry statement and that wall is a perfect angle for a large mirror to reflect and distribute light coming in through the windows.

Notice that she included a table lamp and a tall plant...good ideas to soften up the room. A large canvas art piece can go on the wall to the right of the door, and one on the left dining room wall.

greatbigcanvas.com has nice large canvas prints, reasonable and a fun site to use. We have several.
lisedv
2 months ago
last modified: 2 months ago
Beautiful home! We don't have the dimensions of the room but it looks like Beverly's floor plan would work really well so I've tried to illustrate it as best as I can with what I have available software wise. You'll see I show the curtains hanging differently and I've also added a vintage area rug to ground the sitting area.
hanwar786
Original Author
2 months ago
Thank you!
hanwar786
Original Author
2 months ago
Thanks for all the ideas!

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