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Help with my Living Room

11 years ago

I posted a layout picture of my living room a couple months ago and received some good suggestions. We've now moved in, but are clearly in a state of disarray! Please disregard the furniture arranged like we are sitting around a campfire... it just got pushed to the side for moving. We will be getting an area rug for that space too.

Aside from how to actually arrange the furniture that's there, I still need help with the 33' long wall. I have more furniture... two gray leather loveseats and glass coffee/end tables, but I don't think I need yet another seating area in the living room. The glass pub table with chairs (near the stair railing will stay where it is. It fits nicely there. Everything else can be moved anywhere else.

The TV will stay on that wall next to the fireplace as that's where all the connections are (the wires will be threaded through a slot behind the TV to outlets below and will not show.

I'm not a fan of bookshelves or a china hutch or other knickknack areas. We like more contemporary things. We have some nice metal and glass art ... maybe a glass sofa type table against one area of the wall with a display on it and a picture/metal wall art above it?

Standing near the back of the 33' wall facing the TV & fireplace:

The glass pub table will stay here.

The 33' long wall. The doors lead to the sunroom.

A scaled drawing of the room.

Comments (13)

  • 11 years ago

    You are asking what to put on your 33 foot wall with the three windows....it appears to me to be a sort of hallway between your sunroom and stairs. I am not sure I would put anything there that you have to walk around. You have hallway to bedrooms....where is your kitchen? After you get your rug, I would choose either the grey or the red upholstered furniture....grey would seem to me to be light and airy. depends on the colors in your rug. I would pull your pub table out of the corner by the stairs a little and please lower your TV..I think the top of the TV should be even with the top of your fireplace.

  • 11 years ago

    The 33' wall is the walkway to the sunroom, but it's a part of the living room and looks empty without anything at all there. There's room to put SOMETHING; just not a whole seating arrangement type thing.

    If you look at the picture that shows the pub table, you see a door straight ahead in the picture. That is a powder room. Directly to the left of that door is the kitchen area. It's kind of separate from the living area.

    The pub table is pushed back more than it will be...easier to get around while moving things in. Unfortunately, the TV outlet dictates the height of the TV right now. The wall mount either has to go above or below the outlet. My husband hate it at that height too, so eventually we'll have someone come in and move the outlet up or down so the TV can be more properly placed.

    Suggestions on furniture arrangement (other than the campfire circle!) would also be most appreciated!

    Cheryl

  • 11 years ago

    I have a long wall also, and I put a writing desk and chair up against it. But I agree with you, the wall needs something.

    Our TV and FP are somewhat in a similar position as your's. About the only thing we can do is float the furniture, with the sofa facing the TV, end table on each side of the sofa, and two chairs facing each other.

    I'd scoot your seating area closer to the TV, and it will open up the room behind it.

    You have a lot of space and as fun as it is decorating, it can be perplexing!

  • 11 years ago

    Maybe a long low console, on which you could put sculptural things.

    Or, a long low bench of an interesting design or material?

    Or a series of "statues" or trees in between the windows. Not exactly that, of course, but that shape and size. Almost using the wall like a gallery.

  • 11 years ago

    Maybe a desk between one pair of windows, then a console table with a piece of art on the blank wall space between the other windows to balance that long wall?

  • 11 years ago

    I like the idea of a low console and/or gallery wall. Anymore suggestions along those lines??

  • PRO
    11 years ago

    The current furniture layout you have for the area around the TV is not exactly working for the room. Lots of very big furniture placed there.

    Maybe it would be better to address that first area first and see what that solution suggests for the balance of the room?

    Here are a few suggestions.

  • 11 years ago

    Thanks for the layout suggestions. In my first post, I noted the furniture was just pushed aside there like it was around a campfire, so I'm really looking for help in both areas of the room.

    I appreciate you taking the time to mock up the layouts!

  • PRO
    11 years ago

    Looks like the perfect place for a pool table.

  • 11 years ago

    A pool table is probably not going to happen! I do appreciate you taking the time to do the layout jmock-ups. Our goal this weekend is to try to find a suitable arrangement for the furniture. Good thing we have those sliders to put under the legs... I think furniture is going to be moved several times!

  • 11 years ago

    I like the lay out suggestions that Beverly made. Could you put a nice game table in the area that Beverly suggested putting a pool table? I have a lovely game table that I will be using in our room. It will be wonderful for doing puzzles, playing cards, etc.

  • 11 years ago

    I would suggest you to use neutral colored rugs made with wool material. As it would be an Eco-friendly way to accentuate the looks of your sun room. On the windows you can install blinds instead of curtains. This will give you privacy as well as huge chunk of sunshine and fresh air when you need it.