Help! How to redesign odd shaped bottom floor of house
Ashley Porter
2 years ago
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Nicholas Scott
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Help with odd shape lounge design
Comments (17)There are lots of very minor and/or free tweaks that you can do to the whole floor space which will change the feel and lift it. Firstly move the floor standing lamp (and side table?) out of the way and push your sofa right up with an inch or two to spare before it touches the wall. Then on the opposite end site the lamp (and side table?) and put your telephone on it rather than balancing it on the back of the sofa. By moving the sofa up, the space immediately feels larger when you walk in. The lamp by the door and over the back of the sofa will serve two functions -1. it will make a nice soft over light for reading or relaxing & 2. it demarks room division (which you have done very nicely with the shape of your sofa.) Next move the sideboard to the right of the radiator so it is covering the plug points to the left of the fireplace (as you look at the fireplace sat on the sofa) Hang the wall mirror over it and keep what you have on it already - that's a good job. You now have penty of space to walk around the table especially if dining guests are mingling bewteen the kitchen, dining room and lounge. Lower the height of the mirror and wall art - it should be at eye level. You have lots of lovely art in similar frames. They are mounted a little too high and you could gain more impact by grouping them as they are relatively small in size. Re. the art I would suggest making the frames darker in order to match the dark chocolate colour of the sofa. At the moment you have lots of oak (incl. the floor) and consequently nothing is "popping out" as a feature. Darkening the frames will achieve this along with grouping the art. You have a great colour palette but maybe you could add a colour pop? Gold or organge would add to the space - change the rug, add a throw, fill the mantel piece with vases and containers of flowers of various heights in a couple of colour popping colours and bijouterie. Add texture. What you have done so far looks great but sometimes it takes a fresh eye just to tweak. I am at this stage with my lounge. I'll be posting it up in a week or two. It's finished but it's missing something and I don't know what!...See MoreWhat to do with the odd shape garden
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Comments (23)Thank you all for your help so far! What colour do you think the bigger rug should be? I was looking at things like this https://www.houzz.co.uk/products/metro-rug-black-and-white-60x90-cm-prvw-vr~116921750 https://www.houzz.co.uk/products/jersey-8420-rug-stone-140x200-cm-prvw-vr~112201633 https://www.houzz.co.uk/products/copperfield-rug-60x90-cm-prvw-vr~116921735 but is it too much of the same colour for the room?...See MoreAshley Porter
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Lo Blattner
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Valentin Grusko
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Wumi
2 years agoLike @Lo Blattner’s idea, personally (if there was the space) I’d create a porch corridor rather than make the living room a pathway to all other ground floor rooms.
Lo Blattner
2 years ago
Lo Blattner