Wide/Long living spaces...
Evening all,
We have moved into a 60s bungalow and it has a very long double living room. Perfect for my two wild little girls to practice dance moves but it’s feeling a little...long. How could we break it up a little while keeping a sense of the openness. We’ve thought of an L shaped sofa and/or open shelving emerging from one or more walks to create a sort of screen for one of the seating areas.
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3 years agoLibby Drew
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Sonia
3 years agoMy first thought was zoning the living with sofa placements or a partition shelving unit, but I’ve been beaten to it by Minnie and Marylee! Here’s a couple more images anyway. 😊
Jules Mc
3 years agoSome great help here and I think Minnie's idea of moving the blue chair will definitely make a difference. While your playing with furniture arranging though, I wonder if the cream sofa isn't blocking out too much heat from the radiator in such a big room? Or moving the blue chair alone will give you enough separation and cosiness? If not, you could try the cream sofa at right angles, so facing the end patio door. And then move the blue chair angled in front of the radiator. Not sure if you've got another side table for when the tree is gone to have a lamp in that corner? You could also then try a console /sofa table behind the cream sofa for a divide that is a bit more subtle than a floor to ceiling room divider.
Some pics below to show you what I mean. There's no socket there so you could use some battery lamps or battery candles. I've chosen pics which have additional storage or seating below too. However, If all that seems like you're killing the dancing space, ( 💃), I'd still pull the sofa a good foot or two away from the radiator!
One other thing, at the other end, the chest seems rather too high for a coffee table. Could you move it to the side of the sofa, but again at right angles so the front but protrudes in front of the sofa. You could then have a lamp at the back section and a box it basket for remotes/control handsets etc) at the front part.
Good luck. Let us see how you get on.
Libby Drew
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