How can we improve our lounge?
pippamc
8 years ago
We completely renovated our house last year & now have an open plan lounge/diner/kitchen, which we love.
Because we knocked down a wall to open up the lounge area, we are left with a rectangle with a small fireplace which is off-centre between 2 alcoves. I'm toying with trying to make this look bigger by adding oak down the sides.
I'd like to rearrange the furniture to get some more seating in & (if possible) some more storage. Current thinking is to either build in a window seat or move the tv to the window and place/build seating in the alcove, but I'm a bit unsure. What do you think? Would one be better than the other? Any other ideas?
Our key issues are:
We don't want the tv to be the focus of the room-ideally the fireplace would be.
We're limited on sofa position by the supporting pillar opposite the fire
We plan to change the big black shelves to some oak floating shelves.
Thanks for any help!xxx
Because we knocked down a wall to open up the lounge area, we are left with a rectangle with a small fireplace which is off-centre between 2 alcoves. I'm toying with trying to make this look bigger by adding oak down the sides.
I'd like to rearrange the furniture to get some more seating in & (if possible) some more storage. Current thinking is to either build in a window seat or move the tv to the window and place/build seating in the alcove, but I'm a bit unsure. What do you think? Would one be better than the other? Any other ideas?
Our key issues are:
We don't want the tv to be the focus of the room-ideally the fireplace would be.
We're limited on sofa position by the supporting pillar opposite the fire
We plan to change the big black shelves to some oak floating shelves.
Thanks for any help!xxx
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8 years agoIt's the asymmetry of the fireplace on that long wall that needs to be addressed first. You could have a bespoke built-in made to incorporate the fireplace and the TV if you've the space. It could also house books, DVD's and favorite pieces of artwork and sculpture.
What is worrying is how close one of your sofas is to the fire. You need to think about possibly changing some of your furniture to fit your new home.
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