sliding doors & furniture placement

7 years ago

my husband & I are struggling with the layout for our new place, the fireplace & sliding glass doors are causing us the most issues. excuse the mess!

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gwyngallen

7 years ago

Get rid of the tv or put it on a wall, and the fire - Put in a modern wood burner. Recover that armchair , make it a statement piece. Buy one nice statement rug. Buy some interesting vintage lighting. I'd get rid of the window and widen the French windows so the whole of that wall opens up but I'd invest in a nicer frame.

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Carolina
7 years ago
Difficult to see the size of the space, but I'm thinking you could have the TV to the left of the fireplace and have your seating facing that way?
Carolina
7 years ago
Maybe a corner sofa that goes along the long wall and through the corner, under the window. Look for something that is on visible legs and has square-ish arms.
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I agree with Angelboyman. Move the sofa nearest the doors 90 degrees to face the fireplace and then if you want you can have your armchair and footstool, Your square coffee table will mean that you can go slightly nearer to the fireplace than you have currently. I'd go for greys and then sagey greens as you need to strike a balance inside and out, because of the beautiful view, stick to colours that you can also see outside. You have a grey / white striped canopy so grey is a good colour, trees, plants etc are green so everything will blend well. You can if you wish have a few accessories such as the cushions, vases in another accent colour, but i'd stay away from anything to heavy such as the terracotta. Just grey and greens will look lovely with the wooden doors, the coffee table, the dining table, the attractive planter by the fireplace etc. Choosing colours from nature mean that you will not be competing with the view, rather more blending with it. I'd change the black picture frames though. Grey / Green - LIght and Airy with the touch of greenGreen / Grey ( personally prefer the first combo )Greige with darker grey accent - best comboGreen and Terracotta, don't know about you, but hate it.
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Good morning Hazel, Here's a link to a guide on small extensions under permitted development, if you haven't already looked at. https://interactive.planningportal.co.uk/mini-guide/extensions-single-storey/0 Once you have more idea on the construction of the extension and the exact dimensions, you'll be able to properly assess the internal space you have. You are correct in saying that it wouldn't be ideal to have to walk through the living space into the extension for the dining room. The proposed extension itself may not be ideal for a living/family area once a sofa and TV are in, as this won't leave much space for an external bi-fold/sliding door. Another option to explore is moving the kitchen to the left and having the living/family room to the right hand side (where the kitchen is currently situated). This will then mean the extension will hold the dining space.
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My parents living room has a very similar dimension and layout as yours. The questions I’ve are if the double door area has high traffic? Do you watch a lot of TV? My parents place layout is two three seater sofa facing each other in front of the fireplace with a TV console on the wall opposite, and bookshelves on both sides of the fireplace. My father watches a lot of TV in the evening whilst my mum doesn’t and she uses the space during the day to read and receive friends. The sofas facing each other creates a more formal space for conversation. For your space, I personally won’t have two sofas but one sofa with two armchairs, maybe mid century style on the side to the conservatory. For the conservatory, I could see both rectangular, square or circular dining table work. It depends on your lifestyle again. For example if you regularly have a lot of people for dinner, then a circular might be better. Whilst if normally, you only have less than 4, I might go for rectangular or square. As it allows portion of the table to have a vignette of magazines, candles and vases / plants. I’ve a 6 people dining table and mostly just two of us. So we use it for coffee, reading, more plants and books on one end. If you’d like to spend a lot of time in the conservatory, I’d incline to add seatings like 1 or 2 armchairs, a little sideboard or table to put a lamp to give different lighting level. Again very much depend on what your lifestyle is.
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Carolina
7 years ago
Something like this http://www.westelm.co.uk/andes-3-piece-chaise-sectional-h1815
Joanna Biddolph
7 years ago
You need more furniture! A table/bookcase in the corner near the sockets for stuff with wiring and a table next to the chair for stuff you need near you when sitting. Floor lamps and table lamps would mean you could get rid of those strangely placed ceiling lights. Rearrange the furniture to make better use of the space and turn looking outside into a pleasure. At the moment it seems you are fighting the features of the room rather than making the most of them.
Jennifer Ford
Original Author
7 years ago
appreciating the feedback, to be clear we are in the middle of renovations and don't have any furniture that we plan on keeping in the room (hence my question).
gwyngallen
7 years ago
Keep the fireplace but modernise. It's a treat to have one. It's my favourite item in the home. That and great natural light. The rest is a breeze.
Ilaria Inglima Anslow
7 years ago
It would be helpful to have more information on the use you want to make of the room: lounge or lounge/diner? Do you plan to have seats for guests or just cosy seats for you and the husband? Do you prefer the seats in front of the fire or is there an interesting view out of the window?
Jennifer Ford
Original Author
7 years ago
the goal of the space is living room, I would love for the fireplace to be more of a feature. we would like comfy seating for us but also extra seating for guests.
Joanna Biddolph
7 years ago
Can you post a floor plan - a rough drawing would do - so we can get an idea of how the room works? I want desperately to say "turn the chair round so it faces the fireplace and door/window" but perhaps there's a reason why the chair has to be in the middle of the room facing a wall? I feel all items in the room are fighting against each other instead of working in harmony. If you have a sofa, where is it - or is that something you are waiting to buy once you've worked out how to make the room work? What is the furniture peeking out on the left in the third photo and why is it there where my logic says should be where the sofa goes? Why is the rug behind the chair? It all seems a bit plonked and that if it were all moved slightly, it might be brilliant. A floor plan would really help!
craftycountess
7 years ago
Yes, a floor plan would really help as I imagine you would want to face the fireplace rather than have your back to it!
fayechild1
7 years ago
Can't cope with the fireplace I'm afraid - way too heavy - although having a space for a fire/burner is something I envy. Never seen window of that style next to sliding doors like that. If outside is pleasant view I'd see if it would be possible/affordable to make it one big window or door (bi-fold or otherwise). Do you know the age of the house? You might want to decorate and style it in the era it was built in, or choose a theme/style that's popular at the moment so that there are lots of products in stores and online for inspiration and alternatives.
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7 years ago
It's hard with no floor plan and dimensions;-

The fireplace should stay but be modernised. Those spotlights above it have to go.

You can probably fit in an L-shaped sofa facing the fireplace.

I think the window by the sliding doors is wasted wall space and isn't needed as there's one at the other end.

I do think you'll end up zoning because it's long and narrow. However, you could use the space at the other end of the room by the other window as a reading corner with armchair etc, some storage also.

By losing the other window, I think you can pull the L-shaped sofa down a little and have more of the room in use.

Normally i'd stick a dining table down the other end, but a reading / music corner would be good.
Daisy England
7 years ago
The fireplace has to go. It's high and ugly. You wouldn't mount the TV over it because of the height.
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7 years ago
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Just had a thought, if you're up for renovation. Take the window out by the patio doors and move the doors down to give you more wall / lounge area. You don't need the door and the window and i think the door is too near the fireplace, making a nice seating area look smaller than it needs.

With the stone cladding effect of the fireplace removed, and i think it's a wood burner moved down to a normal hearth level it'll make a much better space.

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