Sold my living room suite, now what do I do?!
Here is the living room layout we have been putting up with. Furniture that was not bought for this house and a dodgy layout. The corner couch that nobody sits on or looks comfortable on with a dreadful view of the tv, recliner chair also not great view and end up twisted trying to talk to people, and incredibly heavy coffee table I cant move, a big round snuggle chair that I cant sit on especially in the morning due to my back.
Well, the corner and round snuggle chair are sold and about to leave the building... which gives me the opportunity to change things, but I would appreciate help to get it right.
Below is what I am considering. 2x facing 3 seaters with electric reclining ends (230Wx100D), move the tv, a lightweight coffee table living under the window that I can move easily to play monopoly.
The recliners are to satisfy the husband, and better for me tbh, also elder family members really do need this on extended visits. If the wall ever gets moved, it really opens the space and options further.
What I am worried about is if there is enough room for recliners facing, room to get through/behind, room for side tables, is this going to work for the tv (we all love our movies on the 65").
Day to day, it's just me, husband and 13 yr old, with rare visits as family live far away, but I want the best of both worlds, particularly wishing to create a more social layout.
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Rose Williams
5 years agoHi Rumkini, Thanks for that.
I’m not sure you picked up on all the doorways and walkways?, so I've put red arrows on the crucial well worn routes, one being the Kitchen, and the other the main entrance/central walkway.I thought about an “L” arrangement, but as you say, you cant recline onto each-other, it creates “premium/preferred seating”, and less routes to get around. I’ve looked at your plan, and by moving the tv facing couch much further back, may work, but only with slim or no end tables as I think the coffee table would end up too far away, and it really restricts the main walkthrough. I’m looking to level the playing field on the seating options and certainly in favour of the idea that everyone will have the same view, not fighting over “the” TV junky spot (or rather Elite Dangerous on the Xbox spot when it comes to my 13 year old along with wires, laptop controllers...sufficed to say I'm moving the boy OUT of the living area).
Re, view of the tv, the further away you are is the better view, it’s a compromise, optimum viewing vs facing eachother, but to be honest, I don’t think many ever sit on the end of a sofa with a comfy arm rest in a regimented position. The odd thing is, being a curved tv helps me out a bit, genuinely, with the angles.The Dining table is a 6 seater 1800x900, and I have a foldaway 900x900 catering table to extend it for Christmas. I did put it to scale on the plan, but showing it all out on this next picture, and I’m not concerned about that at all, it has space elsewhere for now. Besides, I “will” have room to put it here, but not yet.
After trawling through sofa options, I find it is possible to have a true 3 seater at 205x98 rather than nearer 230x210 with reclining ends. Also, I can sell my 600x600 oversized lamp tables to opt for 200x600 slim end tables. The rug I've put in for scale is 2000x1400. With or without the smaller couches, I'm finding that perhaps the TV should actually stay right where it is after all, plus reducing glare from the window especially at this time of the year with the low sun. If I took the top picture, keeping the tv where it is, and take on board your idea that I do have the room to move them further apart/more into the dining area, I can fit something inbetween too.
I red circled the couch over the corner of the window/radiator... it sets off something OCD in me. Even if the couch was to be pulled away from the wall, it restricts the main walkthrough whether it is this way or the L plan suggested.
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5 years agoRose Williams
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Certoza Armchairs facing eachother
4 Seater Cinema seating option C
This is very uniform, I retain over £1300 of existing coffee and lamp tables.
With already planning to put a sliding door over the 1050 wide kitchen door, drama could be added with ceiling to floor curtains just like over the window.
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