Living room furniture lay-out advice
Hi everyone,
I am currently redecorating my living room and am at a lost with which sofa(s)/chair(s) to buy as the lay out of the room is rather awkward. There is a inward facing door from the hallway on one wall, then we have inward opening french doors from the kitchen/diner on another wall, then on the right wall we have a large full-length window with an inward opening patio door. On the final wall there is a feature chimney breast.
The style we have gone for is contemporary; soft neutral pallette with black and grey accents and textures. We have made the chimney breast in to a feature wall with built in tv/fireplace and media. I plan to have floating cabinets, symmetrically, on either side of the chimney breast.
I am hoping to get a real leather sofa(s) to go with the scheme, in either black or a soft neutral, but I am really struggling on how best to lay out the room without the seating arrangements affecting one of the doors?
My first idea was to get a right-handed 3 seater with chaise - which I thought would go nice with the full length window - but then I am not sure whether there is space for a single chair to go next to the french doors as it would then block the walkway. If i went for a left-handed, i fear then a chair would block the patio door! It is quite a large room, so this issue took me unexpectedly!
Any advice would be greatly appreciated!
Comments (10)
PROOnePlan
7 years ago
PRODecology
7 years agoHi Clair,
It is indeed a very tricky room with all the doorways around and the need to keep flow. The best in these cases is usually to go for flexible pieces of furniture that can be moved around easily to adjust the room to your needs, so I'm afraid that an L shaped sofa might not be the best choice as you mention yourself no matter how you look at it you might be disrupting a flow somewhere. Poufs, Ottomans, Small vintage nursing chairs (these are on wheels so can be moved around), are all great options. For example this picture where the poufs are placed under the coffee table and can be taken out when additional seating or even side tables are required.
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Regards,
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clairef09
7 years agostrawberry47
7 years agoclairef09
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7 years agoboundsgreener
7 years ago
Jason Treanor
7 years agoThe scale in my sketch may not be accurate. To me this layout seems to be your best option. The armchair can be arranged at an angle to improve flow. May be a smaller, lighter chair would be less intrusive. I agree that re hanging the doors to open against the walls is necessary. I have included the sliding French doors as you suggested.
clairef09
7 years ago
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