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livingroom design dilemma

last year

Hi everyone, we just moved to our house and I'm having a hard time deciding what to do with this space. I have 2 Bernardth sofas that I was planning to use here but the space is too big/wide and unsymmetrical. The 2 sofas don't fit on one side and if put parallel, the space between is too far. I am thinking of getting up 2 seperate / different but cohesive seating areas. So, I removed one sofa. What should I put with it? 3 matching chairs? Or a a matching loveseat/chair? What about the other side? I'm thinking of a round conversation setting to keep the window view. Any ideas?

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  • last year

    some examples of living room with matching sofas.




  • last year

    Attached are the room measurements

  • last year

    This is why I bought 2.sofas, I was going to do this setup but then, I found a lot of uneven space behind each couch.

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    I suspect you might be coming from a smaller home where furniture is placed along the walls. In homes this size, the area rug is centered on the fireplace and the furniture 'floats' in the room. Accessory items like sideboards and display hutches are placed along the walls as a backdrop for the seating.







  • last year

    Move them to the middle of the room, facing each other, just like ArchitecturalDetails suggested. Put painter’s tape around them and assume chairs. Now you have an approximate rug size.

    Doing this will help you start to see how to float the furniture in the middle of a large room like this. (When I first walked into my own great room, I had no idea how I would furnish it either. It’s 33’ long by 26’ wide, so I understand your dilemma!)

    Use cardboard boxes to represent future tables and chairs and then you can “see” them better before you buy anything else.

  • last year

    What a lovely problem-a too big room! Red Ryder ‘s advice is perfect. Have fun finding interesting pieces in antique and consignment shops.

  • last year

    Yes, a conversation area is 12’ x 12’ so you will need to group the furniture around the fireplace. Lovely room!!!

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    Thank you! My issue is mostly with its lack of symmetry 😭

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    Thank you for all the suggestions! Yes, we do come from a much smaller home where furniture is placed by the wall lol

  • last year

    I'll soon come back with my master bedroom Dilemma, it's the room above this one but wider

  • last year

    OMG! What a lovely problem to have! Sounds like the rooms are different dimensions than you’re used to. This is a better problem than the reverse….

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    Yeah, absolutely! I always had the reverse problem 😂

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    Usoing two of the same rugs, do a back to back sofa arrangement. Furnish according to what each end will be used.



    http://www.astoriedstyle.com/living-room-solutions-back-to-back-sofas/

    Remove the wallpaper under the chair rail and paint is wood work white in eggshell finish.

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    I like the floor plan layout by @User

    What is on the other side of the living room wall with the 56” doorway? Is it an option to widen or shift the doorway and center it on the LR fireplace?

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    Forget symmetry and think balance.🙂

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    The other side of the 56" door is the stairs leading upstairs.

    I like the "forget symmetry and think balance" phrase, I need to remind myself of that :)