Help with Family Room Furniture Layout

4 years ago

We just moved into our new forever home, it used to belong to my inlaws and it's the house my husband grew up in so it's super special to us.

There are a few quirks - and one of them is that the family room is very awkward because the sliding glass wall angles out. (They did this because they put an addition on but were restricted by how far they could build out due to the pool in the backyard and so the solution was to angle the wall)

We are trying to figure out the best layout for the furniture - This is our TV watching room, we have a formal living room elsewhere. We're a family of 4 and love to lie down and cuddle up watching shows/movies in the evening. This room wraps around to a big eat in kitchen so it's sort of open but there's a little half wall that divides the space. Ideally we have seating for at least 6 people if the kids are ever allowed to have friends over again.

The only furniture we feel strongly about keeping is the coffee table and side tables. The chairs and couch are temporary and going elsewhere, we just needed a stopgap. This is really the basement TV, we have an 85inch one for this space that I think we will wallmount. At some point in the future I want to bulk up the fireplace surround with a chunkier mantle.

Here is a picture of the room, I have a few layouts that we are considering. Do any of these work? Any other ideas?

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Katie R
Original Author
4 years ago
Option 1

Option 2

Option 3

Option 4
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anj_p
4 years ago
last modified: 4 years ago
Not a pro. Generally, I wouldn't use poufs in a TV room, which is how you're planning on using this room. Those are better in conversation spaces, IMO. No one wants to sit on a pouf and watch TV. Also your french doors open the other way, so you could encroach on that space with furniture a bit. Maybe even keep the door away from the TV locked closed.

You're too far from the TV in all of these. If you have 1080p, recommended distance for a 70" TV is 9'. Everything else is closer. If you have 4K it's even closer than that (we have 4k 85" TV and we sit about 8 feet from ours). Of course you can sit farther away, but it just starts to feel like watching TV from across the room. I would reconsider a coffee table (sorry I know you said you want to keep it) and instead use the C shaped tables that can move/slide under a sofa for drinks etc. For additional TV seating you could do a sofa table bar with stools. Then you might have space in the back of the room to use as a small game area.
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freedomplace1
4 years ago
last modified: 4 years ago
I agree with anj_p in terms of foregoing the poufs. You could do some small benches instead, but it is sort of the same concept and could clutter the space. An ottoman styled coffee table could also serve as extra seating. C tables and/or nesting tables can come in handy.

I think all of your layouts except for number 3 look good. The angle of the sofa on number 3 does not work from my perspective. Good that you are using sofa tables with all the floating sofa arrangements.

With Option 4, swivel chairs might be a nice style to consider.

https://m.zgallerie.com/p-23390-aria-channeled-swivel-chair.aspx?sku=010658485&gclid=EAIaIQobChMIpvT716Oz6gIVmZOzCh0ibwWEEAQYGyABEgLBJfD_BwE

And I also agree that you want to adjust your arrangements with tv viewing distance in mind.

TBH, I see that angled wall as an advantage for the way you intend to use the space. Sort of like a side section in a theatre, that offers a good vantage point.
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Katie R
Original Author
4 years ago
Yes, I agree that poufs don't work here. My husband is anti-pouf and I think he's right. My only (small) defense of the pouf is that they can be used for footstools if you are sitting in the chairs.

LOVE the idea of swivel chairs along the wall. I think my emerging favourite is the sectional in option 1, with the side seating in option 4. I think the side table beside the sectional might need to move to between the chairs to give the "walkway" a little more space.

Those french doors open into my husbands office so I'm not worried about a pathway there as we don't want the kids walking that way anyways.