Updated room layout and could use more input
UPDATED: We have rearranged our furniture based upon one of the layouts suggested in one of the comments and we are thrilled! There are so many advantages to the new layout: overall room appearance, traffic flow, and when we swivel our chairs to watch tv we can now read the subtitles (we were definitely too far away from the TV before. Best of all I can now see the mountains from my chair when turned to face the sofa. Besides rearranging the furniture, we replaced the coffee table with an inexpensive round one, removed the ottoman for the corner chair and left the chair as a reading nook. I also moved some art around and rearranged on the wall. I'll add a comment to the end of this thread with new pics of the living room and questions for finishing off the room.
ORIGINAL POST: The living room is our only space for both entertaining and tv viewing. We do have a separate dining room. Currently the tv sits on a console against the largest wall perpendicular to the fireplace wall. We don’t think we want to put the tv over the fireplace, but have considered moving it to sit above cabinets to the left of the fireplace. That would require some rework of the shelves as they are stationary and don’t fit the tv as they are.
So we’re not sure if we should keep the tv where it is, or if we should relocate. We’re also hoping to replace a good bit of our current furniture, and don’t know if we should be shopping for sectional, sofa, loveseat, chairs or what so that we can make the best use of the space. I’m including i pic of the fireplace wall showing the cabinet space (this is a listing photo, so not our stuff), and also a floorplan showing our current furniture arrangement. Any help would be appreciated. We are lost!
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houssaon
4 months ago
Cynthia
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Would love input on laundry room layout
Comments (10)Also, as far as the space under the stairs goes, those things can be huge (likely at least 6 feet deep). I might consider putting a door on that under the stairs space and putting the dog bed in the open area next to it with a dutch door. You could do your broom closet under the stairs and have ample room for vacuum cleaners, buckets, mops, cleaning supplies, extra rags and old towels (which I store in a laundry basket), etc. My parents have one and it is wonderful . . . they also store the cushions for the patio furniture in there off season, as well as a folding table and chairs. . . tons of room! They have a narrow shelf along one side for cleaning stuff (furniture polish, floor wax, floor cleaner, brass cleaner, upholstery cleaner - all the stuff you accumulate) with a broom and mop holder under it. The other side has the vacuum cleaner and the carpet cleaner with plenty of room to walk between. I have never thought a cabinet broom closet would be big enough for me, and your laundry is not too big as it is. . . . that would be taking up lots of space! Also, I have a great cordless Hoover Platinum vac which I use multiple times a day (for multiple kids and dog), so I would want a broom closet where I could have a plug for the charger for that (which I highly recommend!!!)...See MoreSwag update...need more input
Comments (4)Would it be possible to simply get some yellow and white gingham ribbon and trim the shade, perhaps down the sides and across the shade above the scallops? I guess you could use some fabric in a gingham to do the same thing. Or you could be funky and stamp on yellow squares with craft paint to make a yellow check pattern on the shade. I think a valance would be too much....See MoreLaundry room layout - would love input
Comments (14)It's going to be very, very nice, Jenswrens. I think the window will definitely pull its weight. It's going to be a good work room, and it'd be a shame if you were forever carrying stuff off to some more inviting place to finish up. Definitely that recommended extra-deep counter, which you have good room for. So extremely desirable, I'd put it right at the top of my list and start working from there. Probably under the window... A sink large enough to soak a large heavy blanket in would be nice, but maybe not worth sacrificing other function for anyone who has a bathtub. Unless you find yourself needing one fairly often? Even if you would choose to do lengthy sewing and ironing tasks elsewhere, it would be very nice to have a fold-up board and sewing machine readily available for those quickie single jobs. I'd definitely design them in, the board on a swivel and the closer to the window the better. My wall board gets only dim natural light, and even with the light on I have to walk dressy items into the bedroom to see if I've done a good enough job for them. On the plus side, I can see the TV from the board. :) For sure, extend the counter right across the washer and dryer, wherever they are set, to maximize work space. And for pretty. Would it work to convert the washer and dryer's current location to an ironing/hanging rack (+ rolling laundry cart?) area, gaining good use of cabinets to the corner to offset some of what you'd lose? Now that it's occurred to me, I'm thinking I'd definitely want that because, if the counter were to run over the W/D and the window portion was nice and deep, you'd already be counter-rich with just the L. The ironing area'd be nicely out of sight from the hall and, after all, ironing's an important function well worth investment of space in a laundry room, given its obstinate refusal to become obsolete (will it ever?)....See MoreWould love a little more input on my layout pretty please....
Comments (18)If there is to be no prep sink in the island, I'd do this. It gives you separate zones for clean-up, prep, and cooking without crossing into the other zones. It gives you a landing place from the fridge. You'll notice I made the sink more like a 32" single. The sink in your plan is way too small. With 32", someone can do clean-up on one side of the sink while someone else does prep on the left side. With only one sink, you really need a larger sink that allows for this type of multi-tasking. Even if only one person is working in the kitchen at a time, it's nice to have room for both tasks so you don't have to move things out of the sink continually. If you do what I like to do, which is keeping the DW door open while prepping so I can load items directly into it which makes clean-up a lot faster, your 4-foot aisle is wide enough to walk around the DW to get to the fridge. With 24" cabinets + 15" overhang for seating, the aisles is a bit tight at 42" instead of the recommended 48". This might be OK depending on how often you believe people will be sitting there when people need the bathroom or want to access the fridge without crossing through the work zones. Or it might be really annoying. You would need to consider traffic flow and how your family uses the kitchen to decide if the tighter aisle will be a problem. The sink off-center on the window is fine. You can find many photos of kitchens with sinks not centered on the window and they look fine. Also, this means that you will have plenty of room to prep in front of the window. Since most of us spend more time prepping than any other kitchen task, being in front of a window while prepping can help make things more pleasant. I encourage you to at least consider a prep sink on the island. An area without a sink often isn't used for prep work like people think they'll do because of having to wash, then carry the items across the aisle to prep on the island, and then carrying prepped items across the other aisle to the range to cook. You could always have a cutting board cut to fit into the prep sink so you have more counter space there at times where you need the extra space....See MorePatty C
4 months agoPatty C
4 months agotracefloyd
4 months agolast modified: 4 months agoThat's cool! Here's another idea...a sectional with the side next to the fireplacce as a chaise. In other words no backrest or armrest...sit near to the fire or just lounge, etc. Add a coffee table or ottoman. A small side table for the armchairs.
Still thinking...it's hard to tell how big your room is but if the set-up is too far from the TV, you could move everything closer and place a game table and two chairs in front of the French Doors and don't use the middle doors.
StPatty C
4 months agoAlso, my husband and I both have bad backs and pretty much live in the 2 recliner chairs you see in the pics. They are getting worn and we were thinking of replacing with Stressless recliners. But there is also a 3 seater sofa that would work for us that we could place facing the TV.
tracefloyd
4 months agolast modified: 4 months agoWell that's a whole other story. I would stick with your new Stressless recliners idea. I don't know what a Stressless recliner is but they sound wonderful. Comfort is king in your case, right? So you each will want your own chair with your own armrests to ease getting up and down.
So, center the seating and rug on the TV with four chairs, two of them your recliners and two swivels. I still like the game table by the windows for games or tea time with a view to the outdoors, plus just extra seating.
P.S. Remove the little bookcase by the door...you have a whole wall of them. The white armchair/ottoman could go in the window corner where you have a round table. You could then move the TV and seating a little further away from the fireplace if you need more room to get by in front of the fireplace.Patty C
4 months agoThe 3 seater sofa I pictured is also Stressless and all 3 seats recline. The only thing we'd need to add is something we could rest our feet on. They do have a double ottoman that pulls out with a table in the middle, but something else might work better. The Stressless recliners are wonderful but very bulky. Adding a sample of recliner and the double ottoman.
I do like the game table idea and had originally thought of putting one where the TV and chair are currently if we moved the TV next to the FP. We are in the mountains, so it's all about comfort and casual entertaining. And we do like to play games and do puzzles, which we currently do in the dining room. The chair, ottoman and small bookbase will probably be moved to another room. Not crazy about the console the TV is on, so would eventually like to replace that. We would also need to mount the TV on the wall so it's up higher if we go with your option 1, sofa facing TV and 2 swivel chairs across.
tracefloyd
4 months agoPatty C
3 months agoPatty C
3 months agoNew pics after rearranging. We will be replacing the swivel recliners with new ones and need to pick a color. We would also like to add some small end/drink tables for the sofa. I'd prefer they didn't match. My current selection for the recliners is a honey gold color. I could use some suggestions for tables and input on the recliner color. I'm also adding pics of the area rug and of the recliner in the honey color..
tracefloyd