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How wide can my sectional sofa be for a 15ft x 15ft room?

11 months ago

last modified: 11 months ago

The family room is 15ft by 15ft and we want to have adequate/comfortable seating for 4 people

Is 2.5 ft on either side of the room enough for people to walk by? That would leave 10ft / 120 inches for the sectional.

Does this make sense to most people?

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marmiegard_z7b

11 months ago

Enlarge your floorplan ( for you) enough so can make some to- scale furniture rectangles & squares and try them out. Or can use a digital program if you know how.

Remember the furniture can’t be so tight , like a chair buttered up at right angle so that 2 people are in same leg space. And need too for legs and walking around the coffee table. Plus figuring distance from TV and size. Another thing people do is use some existing furniture , tables, cardboard boxes or taping off floor, to get a feel for what fits. Using 3-D objects is best because it gives you a more realistic experience of what it’s like.

It will be much safer for you to play around with these exact measurements on your floorplan or in your space than to ask people here and then order something & be surprised.

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Patricia Colwell Consulting
11 months ago
IMO a sofa and 2 chairs so much nicer for comfort and the ability to change things up a bit from time to time
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eld6161
11 months ago
I would only look at small scaled sectionals. You need to think proportion of the piece.

Measuring can seem like something will fit, yet it might over whelm the space.
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marmiegard_z7b
11 months ago
Honestly I can’t decipher your floorplan as to where you’re putting TV which I assume is focus for the seating arrangement.

That amount of walk space is about width of an door, so it could work, but could feel tight for a high- traffic pathway. Also would not leave you any room for end tables, so you need to be thinking, how does your family use the sitting area— do you plan drinks/ snacks/ pizza , does anyone read books that require task lighting ( very quaint I know , and use of phones/ tablets/Kindles etc make such lighting less important).

Will you always use the furniture lined up in a row of 4 people, or do you need a conversation grouping where some seating is at right angles or across from each other? It’s fine if not, and if room is mostly a media viewing arrangement, just think about how you may want to use it.
Also depends on style of furniture, how deep, how high are backs regarding blocking views.
HU-468221727 thanked marmiegard_z7b
HU-468221727
Original Author
11 months ago
That is the current design with a 96inch sofa but i really want a chaise sofa that is 120-135 inches to allow for more comfortable seating. what if i did 135 inch chaisse with 2 chairs on opposite side of the chaisse arm?

thanks in advance
HU-468221727
Original Author
11 months ago
Appreicate the comments. let me elaborate a little more on the layout. we are placing the tv above the fireplace. if you are at the fireplace looking back out at the room this is my ideal layout - 2 nice swivel chairs to the left hand side, a 135 inch chaisse sofa with a right arm (other side of the chairs) and a 48 x 48 inch coffee table.

does this make sense? seem feasible? too overheleming for the space?

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