messybessy
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Post by messybessy on Apr 17, 2014 16:35:44 GMT -5
OK I need help in figuring what to do with this huge 24x28(7.32x8.53 meters)living room. The furniture I currently have is a 94"(238.76cm)sofa, 66"(167.64cm)loveseat, 2 large recliners, 1 wing chair, 3ft(0.9144cm)square glass coffee table, various end tables and lamps. My computer desk is a large 5ft desk with hutch. The television is under a corner built-in and is a 56"in big screen. I might have a few other pieces in storage, if not I could probably find some but I would rather not be bringing in anything else. Can you make this room functional. You have permission to take the image and draw on it to help with placement.The windows and doorways are pretty much centered on the walls even though my drawing doesn't quite show it.  |
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messybessy
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Post by messybessy on Apr 18, 2014 0:57:59 GMT -5
I had a professional friend help me with this since this room is so hard to deal with. He drew up some professional floor plans and 3 dimensional views to show me what it would look like before I moved things around. I really like the ideas I was given and will show pics as soon as I get everything moved. The main problem I had in deciding where to put things was the flow of traffic. Everything I came up with either blocked it or made it wall to wall furniture. The wall to wall look was what I was trying to get away from. Now the furniture will only be on 3 walls with a special item on the fourth.
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Post by GuitarStrings on Apr 18, 2014 7:26:34 GMT -5
It's hard for me to imagine your room by looking at a two-dimensional floor plan. However, one suggestion I have is to not have all the furniture up against the walls, especially is such a large room. We have a family room that is rather large, and have two sofas in an L-shape configuration. One of them is in the middle of the room, separating the room into two areas. It makes that section of the room for cozy for conversation. You could have a couple of different areas in your room, since it so large.
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Post by megtreb on Apr 18, 2014 8:25:37 GMT -5
I agree with GuitarStrings, it's better not to have all the furniture up against the walls if possible. Think about creating little mini zones within the room. My first thought is to put a sofa diagonally in front of the TV, in other words, aligned with the screen so you can look at it without turning your head. It looks like if you put it about 10 feet from the screen people could pass in front of the sofa to and from the door. If you put a coffee table in front of the sofa, you wouldn't be able to walk straight through, but you could use end tables at either side. Or you could put in the coffee table and people would just have to go around behind the sofa to get to the door. You could also consider making an L shape of two sofas or a sofa and loveseat in front of the TV, with a table at the corner where they meet. If you do that though, people will have to watch TV with their heads turned, which at least for me, can give me a crick in my neck after an hour or so. Here's a couple of websites with good tips on furniture arranging. glo.msn.com/living/10-commandments-4842.gallery#!stackState=0__%2Fliving%2F10-commandments-4842.gallery%3FphotoId%3D11584 www.bhg.com/decorating/lessons/basics/how-to-arrange-furniture/Also, a person could spend all day looking at the beautiful pictures on Houzz. It can be a time sink, but you do get great ideas! |
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Post by def6 on Apr 18, 2014 9:45:17 GMT -5
I used to watch Christopher Lowell (designer) all of the time. He was great at creating small spaces that were cohesive within a larger room. He would create cozy little niches . Could you set up the wing chair and a small table as a reading area in another part of the house. Do you have a small room that you could designate your office. Can you get by with just 1 recliner if the other big couch has one built in. That would leave the tv set up (the tv could be placed on the wall) the large couch and love seat1 large recliner, coffee table, end tables and lamp. Bare bones yes! But could be made cozy with nice pillows an area rug and some nice plants. I crave wide open spaces!
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Post by puppybox on Apr 19, 2014 11:21:12 GMT -5
I am not good at this kind of thing. But, I wanted to suggest that you don't have to have a coffee table. If you have end tables people have somewhere to put a drink. Getting rid of having a coffee table fixed my living room.
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