Help with layout for awkward living room

7 years ago

Help please! My living room is kinda awkward in that it is a throughway to the kitchen, with a bathroom door off it also, so these walkways need to stay fairly clear. The room is a reasonable size, but once you take into account the walkway from the hall to the kitchen it cuts off a lot of the space.

Removing the chimney breast feels like it'd help a lot, but it's a party wall and I don't think I'd be living here long enough to make the cost of removing it worth it. If it's staying I like the idea of having built in cupboards and shelves either side of it in the recesses. Had considered having a TV about the fireplace mantle but I think the sofas would be too close to view it at that angle.

Currently I have zero furniture so sofas etc. are all fair game! As well as sofas and a TV I'd like to be able to squeeze a table and some chairs in here too.

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Isidora Markovic
7 years ago
Hi Vicki,

Would there be any way you could change the mechanism of the kitchen/hallway/bathroom doors, so they are sliding doors rather than doors that open into the room? I've found this to be a good solution when you're tight on space, though you mentioned you may not be there for long so perhaps this would be too great an investment!

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I think installing shelving in the recesses around the fireplace would be great - I love this look in a living room. Also regarding the TV above the fireplace - you could get an extending wall bracket so that the length and angle of the TV can be adjusted, in addition to it being able to lie flat against the wall if you wish. Though some aren't fans of this type of bracket!

Just a few ideas. Have you decided on any furniture?
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