off center fireplace - help!
Beautiful room with high ceiling. The issue is that the fireplace is off center and stairs cut off ability to balance furniture in relation to the fireplace. This is how previous owners laid out furniture. Pretty, but chairs block fireplace. Husband insists on open flow between the stairs and the main room. He is ok with some furniture blocking the kitchen off. Would love big comfortable furniture but am clueless about how to lay it out so there is balance and flow in the room. Any advice would be appreciated!!
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Yvonne Martin
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Comments (8)I like the Instagram picture. If you're going to go asymmetrical, it has to be way off center so it looks like a design feature, not an accident. I like the look of the stone (I'm assuming you plan to remove the small brick surround you have currently). I think going floor to ceiling would actually add some visual height to the room which would be nice. If you're unsure, you could try painting the wall (and the brick surround, if its definitely going away) to emulate where you want to put stone. It would help you get the feel for what it would look like. This would let you play with proportion as well, to figure out how wide you want to go. (I think i would go more narrow that it is tall. I like the proportions you mocked up in scrap wood.)...See MoreHelp! Off centered windows not centered in room that needs chandelier.
Comments (20)We completely redid an existing house and had to work w existing front upper window exterior that was in a weird spot. the lower ones couldnt be shifted more centered in room than what we did. you can see the ceiling drop in the pic and I am planning to move it a few inches to the left but not centered bt windows- to allow the table (96" normal length) and I planned to put a buffet (72" long under windows and slightly longer on right side to visualize space better. Opinion on that? Length of space from the left to right (to built in) is 15 1/2ft. but as you can see, if table enlarges, it will just overflow which is fine into open space. what do you think of the chandelier choices- would like to go w 9 light, but think 5 light is better sized for space...opinion on that? The picture is taken from the direction where there is a large island in kitchen area....See MoreOld Off-centered stone fireplace design help
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Comments (6)Build in/put in proper shelving/cases on both sides. Re-arrange your couches so they aren't invading the alcove area. That pretty little cabinet and table need to live elsewhere. Consider wall mounting your TV above where it is now, with it's equipment on the new proper shelving in that alcove....See More
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last monthWe think you could easily float a sofa, or small sectional, facing the fireplace on a rug and then place two chairs on the left. It might look a little something like this:
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9 days agoYou should be able to float the sofa, on the rug shown in the images, facing the fireplace. Then you could easily add two chairs to where the current sofa is shown. That should create an easy way to place the furniture and you'll still have a walkway near the stairs. It might look a little something like you see in both of these images. Note you don't have to add a third chair, but you could if you needed it and had the room.
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