Living room layout - corner fireplace
We can’t afford to do the work yet but I am so keen to get going that I treat myself to evenings of floorplan doodling/mood boards.
The front reception room will be our smart living room where we have quiet time and Christmas etc with the back reception room being more of a playroom/tv room.
I cant work out the front reception room furniture layout mainly due to the corner fireplace and the size of the room. Ideally there should be a good amount of seating arranged with the corner fireplace as the focus and something to store board games/puzzles/books. And of course somewhere for the Christmas tree to go! Any suggestions much appreciated.
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Living room layout - would love some advice
Comments (7)So since I posted about 6 weeks ago we now have a lovely wooden floor, fire has been removed and left chimney breast with cables available so we can mount the TV. Have our old sofas sat side by side under the window but still not sure how to plan it all out. Hopefully once painted and we start visiting some furniture shops the rest will just fall into place :) thanks all for comments, would welcome any ideas...See MoreLiving room with corner fireplace
Comments (15)A big portrait oriented mirror above the fireplace, maybe like a window pane mirror. Have a coffee table, cabinet or a plant holder in the bay window and you will balance that area. I think the window and the fireplace are should be the focus of the room. The space feels smaller because the focus at this moment is wrong. If you get a sofa with a lower back than the chairs that you have now, the pictures on the wall to the right of the fireplace, the light and the table behind will create a different feel of the space. I think this the optimal way. This way you have a functional table/desk with a view, and more seating possibilities. Another idea is that you could get a two-seater and a chase lounge combination, push it all the way to the radiator (but then I would suggest to swap the door opening to the wall, rather than into the room. Put a folding table like this one into the alcove with a shelf above it. I wouldn't put a floor bookshelf as you would use the valuable floor space, use wall shelves to put your books and plants....See MoreStuck on Living Room Layout!
Comments (2)Yes! Sorry forgot my login to other account then later remembered, any suggestions?...See MoreLiving Room, Dining Room Layout
Comments (12)A couple of options:- I'd put the games table in the study as for me personally it has no place in the lounge / dining area and should be out of the way in a separate room. With the games table out of the way, you have more room for seating in the lounge area & the conservatory, which can then be opened up for larger gatherings :-...See More
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5 years agoIn order to future proof the home, can i suggest one of two things:- You have really great size reception rooms, and an extension could be good, although, not strictly necessary.
The kitchen is too small, so:-1.) Knock through from kitchen to dining room and have it open plan, creating a good kitchen/ family / dining room.
The above requires no additional extension at all.
Or,
2.) Plan for an extension by upgrading to a Utility area, downstairs loo etc. Add a Kitchen that will suffice for the future with a view to extending later.
Finally, if you went down that route, have a permitted development 3m extension and get back the Family room and dining area that you wanted.
My top tip, is never just design a room then move to another..................look at the whole house and do it in stages. Very few people in reality can have everything at once, however, if you plan it carefully enough, you will not need to undo what you've already done, when you do extend.
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5 years agoHi Man About The House, thank you for those, what program do you use to create them? The 3D furniture layout looks really helpful.
I have drawn up a full floorplan of the dream ground floor but haven’t had any opinions on it yet and don’t know much about feasibility and cost implications for the number of areas that I want to open up external walls. It’s a 4m extension which is what all the other identical houses in the road have got.
The tricky bit is being able to get from the garden to the road without tracking through the main part of the house for garden waste etc. What’s left of the garage (labelled storage room) will be for typical garage bits and bobs, a punchbag for workouts and general de-stressing and future pram storage. What do you think? Pics of the current floorplan and the dream below (the furniture drawings on the website I used aren’t as good as yours).
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5 years agolast modified: 5 years agoJust a couple of tweaks, I hear what you're saying about the front to back access. I'd have doors straight through, I don't think it will impact your storage space, and being able to wheel prams in through that door instead of the front door is very handy. Also, I moved the door to the Laundry and the Toilet access. The toilet access was too near the front and not enough near the middle and more rooms. Also, I gave you a coat store near to the front door and the side entrance.
u use floorplanner.com BTW How many bedrooms are there. You just have to ensure that you don't over extend downstairs compared to upstairs, and, bear in mind the ceiling value of the home in the street, so that you don't go over and above what it could be worth.
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5 years agoHere at last are some pictures of our sitting room which is pretty much the same shape as yours with the corner fireplace. Having the sofas at right angles to each other works for us. We sometimes have them opposite each other but that’s less easy for tv viewing and feels more cluttered as you walk into the room. The room is crying out for fitted bookshelves and colour on the walls, all of which will happen when hubby retires later this year.
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