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would this 60" coffee table work in my space?

5 months ago

I have a 118” x 85” Pottery Barn sectional, and my local store currently has a 60” black coffee table that I absolutely love. I’m trying to decide if it would fit well in my space or feel too large. The table measures 60” x 35”

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  • PRO
    5 months ago
    last modified: 5 months ago

    ^^^

    Scroll up, there are others. May have crossed in posting

    Ten years no table?!!!

  • 5 months ago

    We have one in storage, but my husband thought it would be better to give our kids room to play.🤦‍♀️😩I'm finally convincing him we need to complete our room

  • PRO
    5 months ago

    You should show all the angles of the room.......draw and measure the room, and I hate to say it? But maybe LOSING the corner and making one long couch could free you.

    I see a lot that could be better. The word sign thing has sailed....we know it's a home: ) Show more....?

  • PRO
    5 months ago
    last modified: 5 months ago

    PS!!! I knew it rang a bell! Stop starting NEW posts. You are in one home, with a new island with a black counter top, and a PERIMETER that needs a change to match for the best look!

    Spend the 300 on that- if you have gone ten years with no table? What is another year?

    You aren't finishing anything you begin, nor getting the final result you want. Play? You were ready to update a daughter room to TEEN look? Who is playing on the floor?

    A little here, a little there......don't. It never gets you to a great finish, any room, ever. Go back and finish the kitchen

  • 5 months ago

    I appreciate your honesty Jan:). I was just excited to find a great deal, but you're right. It would be an impulsive buy and one I will probably regret.

  • PRO
    5 months ago

    The only space for a coffee table is the space where the 2 seats are on the right in the picture pretty sure 60" not there . Cheap is not the driving force when choosing anything in your space . I suggest you start by ditching the sectional where you have really only 3 seats and get a sofa nice long one and acouple of chairs then see what you need for tables . Then you will have 5 seats too. Yes we need to see the whole room always. Leave impulse shopping for a T shirt in the color of the month .

  • 5 months ago

    Here are a couple of more pics of the space

  • PRO
    5 months ago

    Draw the room, measure the room, Every foot and inch. You don't need " A new" long sofa, but maybe just REMOVE the corner piece from what you have.

    Bring the other table" from storage"

    First? draw and measure.. Then call the fabricator for the kitchen

  • 5 months ago

    Living room

  • 5 months ago

    I prefer 18" between a sofa and the coffee table. I came up with that number by crossing my legs without being able to hit the table and 18" is the right distance.

    Why not pull out the one you have in storage? Let the kids "abuse" the one you don't love and when they get a bit older, then spend the money on a coffee table you love.

  • PRO
    5 months ago

    ^^


    Seriously? : ) It's a free site and a Sunday..............as you did, so we can actually ?






  • 5 months ago

    We have a similar coffee table and sectional but ours has a chaise and ottoman attached and creates a space where the table can go and two chairs then go opposite. I think something different will work better for your space. I would love to see the sectional on the carpet more. Perhaps you need a larger carpet.

  • 5 months ago

    I hope this is better than

  • 5 months ago

    West coast, can I see a pic of your space?

  • 5 months ago

    This is ours.

  • 5 months ago

    Ooohhh, I love it! 😍

  • 5 months ago

    Having read all the dislike of sectionals here but still wanting one we were sure to get one tust was modular and could be split if we grew tired of it. So it is a sofa, chaise and ottoman.

  • PRO
    5 months ago
    last modified: 5 months ago

    Still no arms on most of the modular ones so the ability to have armless seats is still awful The one you show westcoast is even worse you only have one arm

  • 5 months ago

    Nope I don’t but thanks for your awesome judgement. It is a standalone proper sofa with two arms. A chaise piece and an ottoman. You can clearly see this on the three pieces.

  • PRO
    5 months ago

    Not sure your sectional is 118" x 118 as the L-shape end has 1 seat and the part against the wall has 2 seats. Then as Jan mentioned a sofa would give you more room. Looks like your sectional could be separated taking away the corner section and turned into a sofa.


  • PRO
    5 months ago

    Guys? The help is free,..........: )

    Is this how you handed in homework in high school?

    In color, whatever is missing...and your sectional,........not 118 x 118....up above it was 85 x 118


    Don't out any furniture in the sketch. All the numbers in one direction , my head swivels but ....


    You want to know what works with guesses or the actuality?



  • 5 months ago

    This isn’t homework and yes it is free but many are comfortable commenting with info as given too. Would more info help? Absolutely! Does it mean we ignore the OP until it is given or offer no ideas? Nope.

  • PRO
    5 months ago
    last modified: 5 months ago

    Yes, it is homework.....and it isn't hard. The help is fabulously free. A bunch of "sort of like this" isn't quite as helpful , despite screen grabs are surely tantalizing! What if the op had schlepped the Pottery Barn Coffee Table of Lust all the way home only to find it took over her room?!

    It's as simple as asked for.......

    It's nobody's favorite thing to do - it is just a very worthwhile thing to do, or it isn't important enough to bother. But a room you don't love is sort of a bother........?

  • 5 months ago

    You didn’t need any measurements to tell her the coffee table wasn’t a match. Kind of proving my point.

  • PRO
    5 months ago

    Jan, on 2nd floor plan it says 119" behind the sofa with opening to other rooms on each side.

  • PRO
    5 months ago
    last modified: 5 months ago

    "^^




    "You didn’t need any measurements ". Correct!

    She provided the measurements...........................





    And she got alternatives. Rather than someone else's home., her couch in her home with the table of fondness.

  • PRO
    5 months ago
    last modified: 5 months ago

    This would be freeing...............: ) For coffee table and a lot of other things.




  • 5 months ago

    Not to throw a wrench, would you consider round instead? We have the same style sectional (different mfg) and found the round worked better for flow than rectangle. Ours is 39" diameter.

  • PRO
    5 months ago



  • PRO
    5 months ago

    Sort of why sectionals and the corner trap you..


    You're a little unfurnished,,,,,: ) and great if you ditch that corner at some point Freeing.



  • 5 months ago

    Thank you, Jan! I’m going to start looking for a larger rug. Now that my kids are getting older, I’m excited to shift my focus toward making this room feel a little more polished and put together.

  • 5 months ago

    I also think a round coffee table might work better here. It would also soften the angularity of the sectional.

  • 5 months ago

    A larger rug is great and round for coffee table sounds lovely. Are you hoping to change the sectional or live with it awhile? @jan OP asked to see my space.

  • 5 months ago

    I’m going to be living with this sectional for quite a while, so I’m thinking about layering a larger jute rug underneath my current one until I find something I love more. I can’t believe how much rug prices have gone up over the past 10 years—my current rug was $899, and now the exact same one is $1,599!

  • PRO
    5 months ago
    last modified: 5 months ago

    You have to go a LOT bigger to layer yours atop a jute or sisal.

    The room is 14' x 25 ' - which is why.....in a perfect world a better size is quite a bit larger. Do once and more "right". size

    11'6" x 18' below. 679.00 great with the sectional! Even picks up the BARF tones of the kitchen island perimeter! : ) Call it a huuuuge improvement over what you now have,

    You will still have exposed wood of 3 1/2 feet at short ends both sides and 15" exposed fire wall and couch wall.! The room will be grounded, , go get some rust toned toss pillows, some charcoal and add some life to the couch.

    https://www.wayfair.com/rugs/pdp/amber-lewis-x-loloi-morgan-sunset-ink-area-rug-feat-cloudpile-abeh1088.html?piid=101020419&auctionId=5728b4f5-1b3e-4cbe-9c3b-b1845abbeb21&trackingId=%7B%22adType%22%3A%22WSP%22%2C%22auctionId%22%3A%225728b4f5-1b3e-4cbe-9c3b-b1845abbeb21%22%7D&adTypeId=1




    FINISH!!! something you start...or at least sort the direction!



















    Go up to 12 x 16! and see a huge improvement..... for 399.00



  • 5 months ago

    Agree it depends on where you look. We have two large rugs. One in living ajd one downstairs in rec room and both were under $500. They fit what we needed at the time

  • 5 months ago

    Oh my goodness, Jan—thank you! I love your rug suggestions. I never would have considered going larger than a 9×12, so I really appreciate your guidance. And honestly, I’m not even bothered by the “barf tone” comment—I totally agree! I’ve realized I’m just not a cool-color girl after all… I still love my warm tones!

  • PRO
    5 months ago
    last modified: 5 months ago

    ^^: ) Okay..warm barf tone lol

    With any rug, before you go really big? Order a manageable sample size like 2' x 3"! Easy to re box and send back . Will it give you the same feel when you shrink a pattern? No but the colors will be accurate!

    It isn't that a 10 x 14 is disastrous, but just not quite as lovely a proportion in a spacious room.

  • 5 months ago

    Okay, I ordered a small rug in both the Morgan Sunset Ink and Magnolia Mille Sky Gold! I love them both, so I’ll see how each looks in my space. Here are some photos of them in my room. I've also added a pic of my dining room rug.

  • PRO
    5 months ago
    last modified: 5 months ago

    I love the warmth on this....

    The first one seems a tad too cool? PS is that the coffee table that was in storage? Looks fine there!


    The dining pic didn't post?

  • 5 months ago

    These are both ai generated coffee tables. This is a pic of my coffee table in storage (mine is blk) 24x48.

  • PRO
    5 months ago
    last modified: 5 months ago

    JMHO

    I don't love the curtains. - feel a bit busy, despite the sage link? Rug could be a bit bigger? and a great place for a jute or sisal!!!!

    Maybe get a pint of Masters Metallic, and paint that mirror and hang vertical, not horizontal.?

    Or move it here.......and get ART!!! where you have the mirror...



  • 5 months ago

    Jan, Thank you for your input! I’m replacing the curtains with white linen panels and am on the hunt for artwork to replace the mirror. The piece I finally decided to commit to after years of admiring it was discontinued 😩, so I’m thinking about having it printed on canvas from a photo.

  • 5 months ago

    Here's a pic of the artwork I loved!

  • 5 months ago

    Are you saying you'd replace the rug with a jute rug or layer my current rug over one?

  • 5 months ago
    last modified: 5 months ago

    I happen to like the patterned rug you have quite a lot and would definitely not get a jute rug because it will lack contrast with your sectional. Also, it's not fun to sit on if you're a kid. And if they're allowed to bring snacks in, crumbs get stuck in jute rugs. Yes, move the sofa into the room a bit more.

    So keep the current rug and get a great a nesting coffee table you can pull out as needed--not this one necessarily. If you get wood, make sure it harmonizes with your wood floor.




    On to decor:

    Start looking for art works--a large one to replace the "Home" message and extends the palette of the rug:

    Plum Tree at Temple Wallpaper Wall Mural, Self-Adhesive · More Info


    If you still want a gallery wall, add a couple smaller works to make a more artistic gallery wall than the one you have now.

    Check out society6.com for art works in all sizes that harmonize with the look and feel you want for your living room. Lay out your photos and framed works on the floor, photograph it, then arrange new art work around the pieces you want to include in the gallery.

    Art works below could work all by themselves since society6.com offers art in all sizes.





    Here's a terrific blog posting about creating gallery walls:


    https://blog.society6.com/gallery-wall-ideas-and-layouts/

  • 5 months ago

    Jan- this is ca a mockup of your idea! I like it.

  • 5 months ago

    That has a nice coastal vibe.