Small dining room dilemma
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Help with a small living/dining room/front door leads to this room)
Comments (4)I think it's a bit tough to give you advice because how you arrange your home depends so much on the lifestyle you lead. That said, I've offered some broad tips to aid in your redesign. Use light furniture with pads, then it can be moved around to make space. You can push the table against the wall and then pull it back when you're entertaining people. This provides some versatility to your space and lets you change your arrangement quickly to suit your needs. Try to find storage solutions that are suspended above the ground. Having a cabinet around the television can provide with a nice dark contrast and additional storage space. Anything high up can be long term storage; all the air space above 7 ft is mostly wasted (Unless you're legendary basketball player Shaq). Experiment! Spend an evening moving furniture around and see how you feel about it! There are many factors about your situation that are hard to consider. Do you watch TV during the day? (if so, moving it across from the window will give you glare!) Is eating together a large part of your family life? What do you see outside of your window? How late do you stay up? etc. Finally, do some critical analysis! What parts of the living room do you spend the most time in? why? Is that chair in the back used often or does it just take up room? Do you spend a lot of time playing with your child and their toys in the little play area against the north(assuming north is up) wall? You can setup a phone to take a timelapse over the course of a day and see exactly what you use your room for and how you enjoy spending your time. I hope this helps and feel free to ask me any more questions! P.S. It seems like your family likes the colour green; I would definitely recommend committing to it and adding some colour to your space! It can be as extreme as painting an entire wall or just getting a new cover for your futon!...See MoreKeep small dining room, or redo as 2nd office/library/music room?
Comments (1)Pictures?...See MoreHelp with Small Bedroom + Small Dining Room
Comments (1)You don’t want to put any furniture in that space. 3’ is minimum allowance for comfortable walking path, and it looks like you have a closet in that area which you need to access. Make the front room do double duty…living area on one side of front door and dining on the other....See MoreSmall living room dining room combo
Comments (9)Is this for your everyday table needs? Or if it is for entertaining guests, how many do you want to seat at one time? How many people do you want to seat in front of the TV? That's a small table 42" x 30". If you imagine using a 24" width X 12" depth place mat for each person, you see that your table fits 4 people (one on each side) with a 6 inch space down the middle for serving dishes. There's no point in having all that bench seating if the table only fits 4. Consider getting 4 chairs - much more comfortable than bench seats. Be aware that living room side chairs sometimes have the wrong seat height to use as a dining chair. And if your table has a box apron all around, the arms may not fit under the table....See MoreKW PNW Z8
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