How to design living room-dining room open space?
We are looking to get it painted and then set it up(arrange the space). The huge windows next to piano are north facing and the ones on either side of tv, east facing. We are thinking of doing SW Natural Linen paint here. Kindly suggest what furniture can be added and in what way? The dining table we have now is from an earlier small apartment, so we are looking for suggestions on what type/color of dining table will suit here. Open to changing curtains as well.
Thanks in advance
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PRO7 months agoYou might consider moving the table to the middle of the space, since those are windows and not doors. The table included below wouldn't be the one we'd get for your space, but notice how it's round and in the middle of the space. Also you could make an L shape with the two sofas, instead of having them parallel to one another. You could float one sofa in the room facing the TV and leave one on the side. It just depends on where you'd want a walkway. We'd also suggest getting a rug for under the sofas in order to help ground the space.
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PRO7 months agoYou could try this arrangement. Learn to move your furnishings away from the walls. It will make your room appear larger.
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7 months ago
You can refer to the layout.
Between the kitchen and the living room, there is a half wall.
- 6 months ago
PRO6 months agolast modified: 6 months agoYour piano is an issue, along with the fact that door should have been a slider, and the room is all window and passage with one GOOD WALL for tv
Rugs are designed to be walked on. A mile of shiny floor is not necessary......again.....if you have another room for piano? Use it. You will have a much better room here.
You still NEED more pictures and angles of the room..and accurate window / door dimensions and their placement in the walls.
- 6 months ago
Please see photos of different angles around the room. The rooms are getting painted so everything has been centered as of now. Stairs from entry level come into the dining room opening up to the living room and kitchen. The living room and kitchen are separated by half wall.
more angles of the rooms.
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6 months agoI feel you need to refocus the layout of your room. Consider the following:
Have the living area near the patio, with the long wall incorporating the TV/bookcase unit and different types of lounge chairs to make it inviting. Anchor with a large area rug. Back the sofa with your low bookcase facing the dining area.
Locate the dining table between the windows on the kitchen side of the room. I love banquettes, as they free up room, can accommodate more seating and provide a better use of the far wall, and plus, very comfortable. Add a buffet cabinet under the window near the dining table.
Locate the piano at the half wall near the kitchen.
- 6 months ago
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