Layout ideas for lounge

5 months ago

We have quite a large living room, as well as a long living / dining room. The long living / dining is where we spend all our time, we have 2 toddlers and that's essentially the play room. We also have a separate kitchen which currently has no seating in, although we have the kitchen in our sights to redo soon!
We loved into this house in summer and we're still trying to find what works and how we want to use each room.
Any ideas for layout of this living room would be awesome. It's currently full of clutter so I've added a photo from when we painted the walls, and the image I made with some random idea we were thinking of for layout.
There's a nice bay window so a decent amount of light. There are two doors but we really only want to use one, which would be the one at the bottom right. This leads to the hallway. The door at the top of the photo goes through to a WC and kitchen and we don't need that door. We'll probably end up blocking it up.
Any comments, questions, designs or ideas would be really appreciated!

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Sonia
5 months ago
I’m finding it very hard to envisage the room so more photos or a floor plan would be of help. So is that room a living/dining? If so why block the door off leading to the kitchen?
Jonny Walmsley
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5 months ago
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Jonny Walmsley
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5 months ago
Sorry no this isn't the living/dining, that's on the other side of the house not pictured
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5 months ago
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Hi Jonny Walmsley, long living rooms can be tricky to get the layout right. We are an affordable online interior company and help many customers who have long rectangular living rooms. We have a blog all about this, which we have linked below. https://www.thelivinghouse.co.uk/blog-interior-design-tips/how-to-design-your-rectangular-living-room

If you would like any guidance and help with your home, we are an online interior design company offering expert advice with affordable packages. Heres the link to our website if you would like to take a look - https://www.thelivinghouse.co.uk/

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