Advice Please! Living Room Layout (walkway)
- Front door opens into middle of room and stairs start right in front of you as you open the door.
- Stairs have an open back so let the light in and there is open space underneath the staircase.
- Door on right goes to the kitchen.
- Dining area on left is fine (with chimney breast), living room on the right because we wanted it to be cosier and darker away from the main window (for those movie nights!)
- Room is 3.5 metres wide (the TV/kitchen wall) and 7.5 metres the whole length. Not very big at all.
- We have lots of guests so need as much sofa space as possible. I really don't want to get rid of our two three seaters (currently as per middle picture)
So... how do we prevent a bad/create a nice walkway between the stairs/front door to kitchen?! I feel like the corner sofa would be best but we'd lose too many seats... We need some experienced advice please!
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Sam
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PROAna Dexeus Aleixandre
5 years agoHi Sam,
The corner sofa looks like a good option given the constraint space you have.
I would go for this option and then buy 1/2 extra pieces that you could use as normal seats or even as a center piece to put your feet on and lay down!
I leave you some pictures to try and explain myself a bit better.
Hope it helps you!
Get in touch if you need anything else!
Sam thanked Ana Dexeus Aleixandre
Laura Hulse
5 years agoAlessandra
5 years agoSam
5 years agoHi all sorry for the late reply. Really good ideas and thank you VERY much for your inputs!
I have done a test by moving the current "extra" sofa to the other wall and see how it feels. The extension would protrude too much and interfere with the TV placement and unit. I've cropped the photo to demonstrate (cutting out my clutter!)
I will think about Ana's idea of having other furniture which has dual-use.
The room is really tiny and the floor plan doesn't really show this. The shortest wall is 3.4 metres.
Sam
5 years agoA better angle from sitting on the sofa. You can see it protrudes about halfway to the middle of the TV unit. I think a corner sofa is a no-go?!
Emily
5 years agoSam
5 years agoLily
5 years agoEmily
5 years agoAmanda Craig
5 years agoSam
5 years agoThis is the wall with the front door. A strange concave nook in the wall. I wish we had the cash to do a huge refurb but we can't fill this in at the moment! And I think it could be an original Victorian feature? Anyone know?
Alessandra