![]() ![]() ![]() For instance, you'll have more flexibility with a large square-shaped living room, whereas a long, narrow room might be limiting. This will determine the furniture sizes and number of pieces you can fit. Room Size and Shapeįirst, carefully measure your space to figure out how much square footage you're working with. These details will guide you to arrange your layout that best fits your space. Here are a few examples of this type set up.įrom our Lovell Project - the pair of wingback chairs are perpendicular to the leather sofa.When laying out a living room, consider the room size and shape, the furniture pieces you plan to use, what area rug to get, the flow of foot traffic, the location of windows and doorways and your decor style. And, our preference, is to have two pieces of furniture perpendicular to one another (at right angles). Proper conversation seating requires more than one piece of furniture in close proximity. The person in the middle has their head on a swivel, it’s awkward and uncomfortable. Second, try sitting three people on a sofa and having a conversation that includes everyone. First, there’s not enough seating in general. Whenever possible, a television is best on a wall and not above a fireplace mantel. We totally support the television location. Everyone, small children included, will learn to navigate around furniture…and, bonus, it may even slow their sprint. People tend to treat cased openings like tarmacs to make sure that jets, and small children, can speed from room to room without obstacle. Sometimes that’s simply not possible.ģ) Cased openings (doorways without doors) don’t have to be cleared for landing. It can float in the middle of a room as long as it is grounded by a rug and/or surrounding pieces.Ģ) Windows don’t have to be unencumbered to the extent that none of the glass is blocked by furniture. First, some preliminary advice we have for any living room (and, actually, any room in general):ġ) Furniture doesn’t have to line up to the perimeter of the room. There are a lot of architectural features to contend with. Like many living rooms, this one has 2 entrances/exits, a wall of windows and a fireplace. SO, today we’re going to work through one of her questions - how to furnish a living room that has multiple entrances (windows, fireplace, etc.) and provide ample seating for big families/events. Plus, she had some universally relevant questions in her mix. Thankfully, we were in touch with the lovely woman who made the submission and she was more than understanding as to why we had missed her request. It had been a long, complicated submission…yes, I’m making excuses…and after pushing it off week-after-week, it got lost in the shuffle and we completely forgot about it. When it was all said and done, we had missed one submission. You’ll find a lot of free advice, mood boards and shoppable links. ![]() Side note: if you want to check out these posts, go to the “Post Archive” tab on the right side of your screen and click on “Designer for a Day”. We covered a lot of ground in a series of 9 posts. Way back in April (can you believe it’s mid July!?), we collected submissions from followers for free advice on paint colors, furnishings, layout and general design dilemmas. ![]()
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