Living Room Arrangement Help

5 years ago

Hi all, I recently purchased a sectional for my living room and am trying to figure out how to make everything flow and feel balanced. This room is very very large and opens to the kitchen. I have attached different photos from different angles of the room to get an idea of how I have it currently setup. I tried moving the sectional a few different ways but it comes in front of the fireplace too much. Should I put another console table behind the couch? Not sure what to do to make it feel complete!

Any tips would be appreciated. Thank you!

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Sabrina Alfin Interiors

5 years ago

Instead of having the armchair on the doorway side, I'd think about putting the two chairs opposite the sectional and move the console table behind the part of the sofa that faces the kitchen. Then maybe get a couple of ottomans or a bench to go in front of the fireplace.

Ideally, you would have had just a regular sofa, not a sectional for this room. The scale is a little bulky.

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Lisa T
5 years ago
Agree with Sabrina.
Another option I think would look ok is the chairs on each side of the fireplace, angled for conversation towards sectional. That allows you to move the sectional closer to fireplace to cozy up the conversation area.
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Morgan Wise
Original Author
5 years ago
That is how I have it now.
Lisa T
5 years ago
Morgan, snug the chairs closer to the fireplace. So they're right next to it. Maybe the angle the picture was taken from makes them look further away than they are.
When I say right next to it, 12-18" from fireplace. Ill see if I can find a picture.
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Lisa T
5 years ago
Something like this.
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Lisa Caudill Designs
5 years ago
I agree with moving the chairs by the fireplace but also swinging the sectional around so the biggest part faces the fireplace and the other part is by where the console table is now. move the console table under the tobacco basket.
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decoenthusiaste
5 years ago
Chairs flanking fireplace. TV where the tobacco basket is and on a credenza 25% wider than the TV. Sectional with short side where the console table is and the table behind the longer part of the sofa (kitchen side.) Big art may have to go to another room. Add art 5"above the mantel and no wider than the firebox opening below.
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Morgan Wise
Original Author
5 years ago

How does this look?
Lisa T
5 years ago
Morgan, that looks so nice. How do you feel about it? I'm sure it's the angle, but I might bring the chair on the left a little further into the room. Same angle, but put the back chair leg even with the front of the hearth tile and have the other chair equally into the room. Can the sectional move toward the fireplace a little more, or will the art on the wall then be of center. Just trying to cozy up the conversation area.
Any thoughts to the suggestion of moving the TV to the wall the sectional used to be on?
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Morgan Wise
Original Author
5 years ago
Ok I will do that! Thank you for the suggestion. I love the way it looks now and feels cozy but also flows better so that I have a pathway to walk into my office (that is what that door leads to). It's nice because I won't have to walk in front of anyone to get to my office if someone is watching tv. I won't be able to move the TV to the other wall.