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converted lanai

2 years ago

I have a small <2000 sq ft home in Florida. There is a small covered lanai that previous owner enclosed and made it part of the house. My decorator staged a dining table there, but it’s really not large enough. I removed all the chairs on the far side just so I can squeeze behind the table to open the sliders. We don’t use the table for dining as we have a small table in the kitchen for the two of us. I am getting rid of the table.
The living room sofa ends barely a foot or two away from the edge of this “lanai” area.
Any suggestions on what to do with this space?

Comments (15)

  • 2 years ago

    I’d set a pair of comfy chairs angled there, a table in between with a lamp, so I could drink coffee, read a book, and look outside.

  • 2 years ago

    I would get a pretty sideboard to center under the fixture.

  • 2 years ago

    Plants.

  • PRO
    2 years ago

    You don't entertain and need a table to serve guests? Without the chairs, this table is perfect for a buffet.


    I think the table and light fixture are charming in this space. The chairs IMO look way too large in scale. The table and light fixture can stand by themselves in the space. I'd keep them.



  • PRO
    2 years ago
    last modified: 2 years ago

    Please stand further back, add more pictures, to INCLUDE the living space the precedes this space? Include a view from....everywhere.

    Thank you

  • 2 years ago

    I only have a few on my phone

  • 2 years ago

    Just remove the chairs. Leave the fixture and the floral arrangement as is.


  • PRO
    2 years ago

    There is something off with the lighting color in this room. It's making everything look very flat. Can you change the color of the light or do you have to change the bulbs?

  • 2 years ago

    Yes, remove the chairs and table. It is not a dining room.

  • PRO
    2 years ago

    I like the dining table there but it seems you do not entertain for dining so then you figure out what you need the space for .and how often do you need the doors I guess is my question. I have no idea how I would live without dinner guests often so my DR is a huge deal.

  • 2 years ago
    last modified: 2 years ago

    Is that the room with a view? I think that might be my favorite part of the house. Think about how you’d like to use it: Reading, Morning coffee, Afternoon conversation with a friend, Happy hour, Dog cuddling, substitute patio on hot days?

    Move the table and chairs aside and live with it for awhile. I would be standing at the door periodically to see the weather or what the animals were doing outside, or maybe even open up the door for some fresh air at cooler times of day.

    I might furnish it with comfy wicker chairs and sofa or chaise with outdoor cushions that you could sink into. Or a bar, but that would block the view, unless you could see over it. Something to lie down on would be my preference. That was comfy enough to take a nap on.


  • 2 years ago

    Yeah, if you treated it as a porch, you might get just the right comfy wicker couch to slide over so it didn't block the door. But the table without chairs is lovely too.

  • 2 years ago

    Consider how you would benefit /enjoy this lovely space and you may end up love being in there. Reading, computer time, lounging, having drinks or coffee with friends, having breakfast, playing cards, etc. It’s cozy and bright and a very flexible space.






  • PRO
    2 years ago
    last modified: 2 years ago

    You're "getting rid of the table" so.....it means you don't entertain, or you belong to a club, dine out w friends or there's a spot we can't see.

    Please don't take this the wrong way: ) ?

    Both spaces feel quite flat and cold. You seem to be in two palettes, one warm one cold.

    Mixing warm beige with gray takes some skill. It needs texture, depth.

    I might begin with taking the swivels from the living room out there, add generous fabric ottoman and make a secondary sitting spot.

    I'd then revisit the living room, and look to warm it up a bit. Two new chairs ? Tables look a bit too matched and small, is the couch comfy ( ? ) as it doesn't really appear to be. Consider a different selection, fabric can still be durable.

    It's not that you can't mix and still be modern or contemporary - it's how you mix, as not all neutrals are exactly as neutral as one might believe.

    Juxtapositions.....tactile invitation and texture, soft, or crunchy, to cool and flat and woven or leather . Wood, and metal, and marble.... they all feel different, look warm, or look cool to touch.Depth of color as well.








  • 2 years ago

    Your breakfast table appears to be in an area that only has a small window in the back door? If so, you might consider relocating your smaller table where the two of you eat all your meals to the area with the big windows. Hubby and I always put our breakfast table as close to a window as possible and we get a lot of joy from observing our landscape and the mountains in the distance in the changing light and changing seasons . . .