Please help with our living room layout!
It’s been 2.5 years and we still don’t know what to do. The room is 25x15 with obstacles on every wall. We don’t want to block the fireplace nor do we want to move the tv, so yes, there are 2 focal points.
On one side of the fireplace is a small window, the other has a door leading to a sunroom. On the longer walls are large windows with radiators, and one wall has a closet door.
We were thinking deciding the room in two sitting zones. We have kids and dogs, and would like to keep the space feel open but we also need more seating when the family watches tv.
Any thoughts or suggestions?
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last monthlast modified: last monthA couple thoughts:
--Move the swivel chairs to face the fireplace. as Beverly suggests.
--Put the TV on an articularing wall fixture so you can slightly tilt the TV towards anyone sitting in the swivel chairs yet people on the sofa can watch as well.
--Float a round table in the open space with the white armchair and add another similar armchair. Not sure your other big armchair in the corner has a place in the reconfigured space. It could be a reading corner. We don't have measurements. Do use that middle space instead of having everything shoved against the wall and in the corner. It's okay to float furniture.Related Discussions
Desperately need help with our living room layout!
Comments (6)I'd put the TV catty corner in the corner where there is only one window, and put the large sofa in the center of the room, facing the fireplace. Get a console table to put behind the sofa so that it looks finished when you walk into that area. You can put knickknacks on it, a lamp if you can figure out how to get it plugged in, etc. Then the love seat pulled out from the wall where the TV is now and centered between the end of the arm of the sofa and the FP. Or, even better, move the love seat somewhere else in the house and get two chairs (with ottomans? for one only?) and put them side by side in that area with a small table between them. So you've created an L-shaped seating area for conversation and TV watching that is its own space, so to speak. Coffee table yes. But because you've got wall-to-wall in there, I'd get a SMALL rug to put under the coffee table only, a rug that extends beyond the coffee table by 2 or 3 inches. Area rugs don't look good on wall-to-wall carpeting, esp. carpeting with some pile to it, as yours appears to have, as it gets lumpy from people walking on it....See MorePlease help tweak our living room
Comments (39)Ahh, it looks better with the jungle, hee, hee. I wonder if the plants would help the giant picture window feel less off kilter. (All the windows and doors in this room seem so weirdly placed to me and mess with my strong desire for symmetry!) The only problem I can see with the metal table is that we'd be tempted to put stuff on it that could then slide onto the heater. You'd think we were allergic to clutter free horizontal surfaces. :-/ But who knows, maybe the just-right piece will pop up to put in that sliver of space. I can see how it would help keep the couch from the heater. Thanks Kippy! Yes, I was trying to keep the piano separated from the spot where some of the kids do school. My DMIL comes to the house to give piano lessons every few weeks (bless her heart!) and the piano lessons going on while they're trying to do their schoolwork is very distracting, besides the day-to-day playing....See MoreLiving room layout help, please...
Comments (2)Hi Lucy, I'm Poorvi. I've generated a mock-up of your room. I tried my best to keep Serena&Lily in mind while designing the layout for you. I didn't want to block those beautiful large windows, hence gave a floating seating arrangement. Place the couch a walking distance away from the window facing the fireplace. Make sure you have enough space for movement. I have placed two sofas in an L shape and two chairs facing the sofa, thus creating a cozy conversation space. To achieve symmetry I placed two storage units on either side of the fireplace. You could also use low storage consoles to achieve a similar look. Let me know if this was of help to you. I would love to get your feedback....See MorePlease help me with furniture layout in our living room
Comments (30)In my opinion you could go neutral sofa, neutral lounge chair, and green or patterned accent chairs. Would you want a pattern on your accent chairs? Or would you like to keep pattern to the rug and curtains and accessories? Another thing to think about is armrests versus no armrests...I think no armrest would look cleaner for the accent chairs, but I don’t think they would be super comfortable. Here are some options...See MoreRelated Professionals
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The reading corner space is 9x6 (9ft from big picture to radiator, and 6ft to doorway. Would you put a different rug in this corner?
The current rug is 8x10
last monthlast modified: last monthOk I am not a designer, but will give you my thoughts. This is a big room! As for the corner as the "sitting zone". I would swap the pictures. Put the smaller on the smaller wall and the larger on the larger. A small round area rug will help define the space. A floor lamp will give height and light in the corner with the little white table in front. Put the chairs on each side of the table. The living room is a little tougher being you don't want to move the tv. We have our TV on a swivel bracket because we have a similar layout. You want to keep the areas of travel free. I borrowed Beverly's mock up and played with it 2 ways. We ended up with a sectional for more seating in the space we had. I'll post pics of ours if you like. Hope this helps. (The star is a plant in the sectional pic)
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Try the table kitty corner with a chair on each side. Maybe a floor lamp with attached table would work better. 2 matching chairs with no rug. If you get a larger rug I don't think you need a rug in the corner. Larger rug should come up to the edge of the window.
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This is my 25 x15 ' lR we do not have TV but could easily add one in this layout but why do you have everything crammed down in one small space We have furniture pieces we can move around for different seating ideas and even at christmas for the tree in the top pic we nave aslo had the low white media cabinet where the white soaf is and then that could have held the TV IMO that space can handle 2 seating areas done with pieces that all work together but can change when you want a change That bench has also been used between the 2 spaces for a big crowd we have seating for ten easily no need ever for a seactional . Planning is a big thing to get the most out of large spaces These are just some of the arrangements we have had over the years.
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last monthI agree…furnish the entire room. I would probably put the tv above the fireplace, though I might lower the fireplace surround a bit. With a long and narrow room, I would try to position the couch in the opposite direction and maybe add a bench in front of the fireplace and 2 swivel chairs. The key to this layout working in walk around space on both sides of the couch. you could also put a writing desk behind the couch to increase the usefulness of the room. Also you need to take up the empty space. An 8x 10 rug is fine, since you are trying to define the space and not cover the entire room.
I would designate the corner as a game area or reading nook with a nice piece of furniture for storage or open shelving on the wall.Also, you do need a floor mirror, since you have beautiful windows with light from every direction.
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