Help: snug furniture layout
Hi there,
We are re-decorating our snug - putting in panelled walls that will be painted and a log burner.
It's a small room but should be cosy. The door is in an awkward place and I'm struggling with how to furnish the room, mainly where to put sofas and chairs.
Comfort is important! We would like our family of four to all lounge together in front of the tv and fire comfortably. We do have a great sofa that we love for style and comfort but it's quite large, approx 2.4m x nearly 1m deep. My husband doesn't like this being opposite the door.
I like the idea of a large upholstered ottoman rather than a coffee table.
Really grateful for your help and ideas!
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Angie
6 years ago
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Comments (11)Thought I might demonstrate why a concept planner is such a good idea:- If you add an extension, you have to think how you are going to use the space, what you need in it compared to what you'd like in an ideal world. Adding the full width extension and not changing anything else, I don't think will work. It leaves so much 'dead space'. You could move the table in to the extension, and add more kitchen? but you've got no wall for a t.v . Plus, the kitchen remains inadequate. So:- Currently the kitchen is small................you could do with a utility room for a growing family as well as the downstairs toilet. The plan has to show the nibs in the wall that the steel sits on holding up the outside wall, and the room has to work around these. If you go with completely open plan, it's hard to place a sofa and have a comfortable T.V area, because it cuts down on the number of available walls for furniture. Thus, in my opinion creating corners is essential. It's a proven fact that 92% of the time, the doors will be shut. The doors are expensive and whilst they let in a lot of light which is good, they take away furniture space. So, I began to think about a Utility, bigger kitchen, dining space, t.v space etc...........and, bearing in mind, I am no expert in this field, I came up with this as a rough idea...........it 's a big leap from the space there at the moment, but if you're going to all that expense, then it should be worth the end product. I am sure a proper concept planner would think of all sorts of ideas. so this is just an artist impression of what might be possible. I cut down on the bi-folds and added a more private T.V area with wall space for the T.V a niche for the sofa, dining table etc. Gained more kitchen space and an all important separate Utility....See MoreFurniture layout help in odd-shaped rooms. Diagonal walls.
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6 years ago
I would change the direction the door opens. I don't know where the door comes along the wall as the dimensions aren't marked............would help.I'd put a sideboard in front of the radiator to the left and then leave a gap for walking. Then i'd place the sofa, something like this:-
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6 years agoThank you both! I was slowly coming to a similar conclusion re changing the door hanging direction (as we are having panelling a sliding door is more complicated - it will stick out pretty far from the door frame over the panelling). Also about the accent chair! I found an ottoman yesterday which is gorgeous... buttoned black leather with a brass frame! And here is the sofa (but pls ignore the blue cushions as they are going in favour of some new ones). Thanks again - this is so helpful!
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6 years ago
So it would be something like this - probably nudge the sofa and table/ottoman forward a little and in the far corners have a plant in one and a floor lamp in the other
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6 years agoWould it be worth moving the radiators into the corners to allow more space to push back furniture under windows? You could go for a traditional style vertical radiator as pictured. Sofas in front of radiators also prevent heat from being radiated.
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6 years agoHave you tried any samples yet? Is it actually north facing? Dark colours aren’t for all, some find them very dreary but paint does need light to work. White tie could work though. Not sure on your thoughts re India yellow but what if you used it on the chimney breast with dark cabinets? Might be a nice balance with the sofa the other end and you could still get orangey or blush shades to work with it. The other walls could be matchstick or try white tie
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