Living room design help

4 years ago

HELP! We're stuck on how to furnish our living room. It's part of the main living area that is all open (kitchen, dining, living). We have kids and dogs and it's the heart of the home, so we need it to be functional and look nice.

Here's where it's at with the current hand-me-down furniture that has gotta go.

What's staying:

Flooring: CoreTec Phoenix Oak LVP

Walls: BM Revere Pewter

Kitchen (adjacent): BM Hale Navy and Simply White with white/grey quartz

What we like:

Lots of seating for the whole family (sectional? couch and two recliners?)

We have a transitional, eclectic design style...we like modern farmhouse and mid-century modern looks.

Dimensions:

The space is approx. 13ft (tv wall) x 11ft (with some wiggle room on the side near the dining room and hallway) x 13ft.

Ideas?

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ginatay124
4 years ago
Nice fresh finishes :) What are the double doors for behind the couch? How many in the family?
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Original Author
4 years ago
Thanks - we're trying; getting there bit by bit.

The doors behind the couch are to the screened in porch...the left one is a door and the right is stationary/window. There's another set of doors to the porch on the dining room side so we don't currently use that one, but we could if we can find a furniture arrangement that allows for it.

There are 4 of us plus 2 medium sized dogs.
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Renee
4 years ago
How about the TV on the wall the tall black bookshelf is on? Can we see that wall?
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4 years ago
Here’s a couple more that will help with the layout. I don’t have one of the bookshelf space right now but I can post that tomorrow.
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Connie Elaine's Draperies
4 years ago
Your space is small and furniture is large. What does the wall at the stairs look like? Could the TV go there? If so, turn the sectional so it is along the long windowless wall and in front of the window. That would allow use of the door to screened porch, and 'welcome' people to sit on the sectional. The current placement of the sectional just makes the space look even smaller by boxing it in.

The dining table according to your sketch (42" x 90"?) is also HUGE for the space you have. A 60" or 72" maximum would be better.
User
4 years ago
Yeah, the current sectional was not intended for the space, it’s gotta go.

The current dining table is expandable…the largest we could do in the space is 90” when expanded for gatherings, not daily. Also, the table is up for replacement eventually. Living room seating is the first priority.

I like the idea of putting the tv where the bookshelf is but that’s far from the living room space and we’d have to rewire. Possible but more complicated.

Would you do a smaller sectional or couch and chairs? We’d love to maximize seating without overcrowding the space. 🤔
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4 years ago
Here are a couple of layouts that a furniture store drew up for us as ideas. I’m concerned it’ll feel too crowded. What do you think?
anj_p
4 years ago
Not a pro.

The room feels closed off. I think there are 2 things to try.

1) Rotate your sectional 90 degrees so the backs are along the walls and see how that feels.

2) Put the TV on the door wall and put your furniture on the longer wall, which may make the space feel bigger.