Ideas for shaping unusually shaped room.
Greetings fellow Houzzers. We are renovating and need your advices/suggestions on how to shape/divide/organize this unusually shaped room. I have attached the pictures from before we started the renovations. There will be a soffa where the large windows are, and a TV bench on the opposite wall. The situation however gets a bit more complicated beyond the fireplace where there is a small window placed just below the ceiling (as that part of the house is underground). The former owner had a bed there (seen in picture) behind a wall he raised as a room divider. We now took down that wall and restored the room to the original plan which I also attach. I attach a picture of the soffa which is already bought and as mentioned earlier, we intend to place where the round corner of the room is. The room is not ideal at all, there are structural elements we can't do anything about (i.e. the verticall colum obstructing the view towards the fireplace from the TV corner; there is also a beam which can be seen in the pictures). I would absolutely love to hear any opinions on what we could do better with this room (living room, family room). Approx. surface area: 28 sqm. I have included my two ideas of the layout, for the blue version three black chairs exist and they just need cushions.
Thank you so much.
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Bogdan Baciu
3 years agolast modified: 3 years agoHi, dear reader and contributor @HomeMood Interior Design. I am overwhelmed with receiving an answer and with your suggestions! I have been sleeping on this for a long time now (over an year) and I came to a point when I need to know! :) Anyone else knows the feeling? The reason I was only seeing my option in blue as possible was symmetry. I fully agree with the suggestion of using two armchairs instead of the three chairs. Great thing is, I have both the armchairs and the chairs so I can experiment with both. But in the bottom of my heart, I really wanted and needed someone to come and tell me that it is possible to do this another way! And - did I create that through the law of attraction? Here is a link to the table we have to use with the soffa, and it is a convertible! (i.e it grows into a dining table!) https://youtu.be/UOeYWYCNHQY
My only concern remains that in the alternative option you are suggesting (and I was longing for!) only 1.5 seats of the soffa get a TV view and 1.5 seats get a fireplace view. Would an L-shape/soffa plus one armchiar work, along with moving the book shelf to the dining area? Many thanks
P.S. I've also attached a picture of the table (it's not round though) and what I had in mind as for the chairs in front of the fireplace.
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If I decide to go for the third option you propose, I will consider something like this in extending the fireplace with a storage area for logs or equivalent - then the view from the soffa will be the 'whole' fireplace plus log storage; the only obvious problem remains with the existing small window. The reason I want this configuration to work so badly is that it would be healthier for our eyes to watch TV from there rather than from the other corner.
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3 years agoIf you go for the 3rd option a built storage or a long media unit next to the fireplace would look nice. The small window above can be covered (if it`s not in use) e.g. with a wooden or 3D panel. The BoConcept coffee table is a great piece of design in the room and it`s very practical, but I would suggest placing it into the round corner together with the armchairs/dining chairs. So, when you have dinner or visitors you have a fix place to fold it out. An L-shaped sofa would give you more seating and better view to the fireplace and TV, and by placing extra coffee table or side tables the room won`t look empty. But it`s up to you because you already have the sofa and I don`t know how many extra furniture you are willing to buy. You mentioned that you have 2 armchairs and the 3 black chairs, so I was thinking about to combine them with the coffee table in the round corner: by dinner time you push the armchairs to the side, fold out the coffee table and use the black chairs. Once dinner finished you place back the armchairs. Hopefully, you found new inspiration for your living room and good luck with the design!
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