Hi Vincent! The room is a bit crowded.

Can you upload some more views of the space?

~Lyvonne

Sure, will do after work....thanks.

Pictures from more left view and more right view.

The size for the living room is 12'3 x 13'6, Ceiling should be 9'. We need 4 seats only.

So sorry Vincent - I've been dealing with a site outage. I'll stop back in tonight w some ideas. Are you open to new furniture? Is there room in a bedroom for some of the kids' storage items?

~Lyvonne

Thanks Lyvonne. Yes, we are looking for new furniture. Our idea is to remove the 2 sofas, coffee table and the toy storages. As for the new chairs, I am not sure if white is the color to match everything else.

Hi Vincent!

Here's a good article on furniture arrangements for smaller spaces -
http://www.apartmenttherapy.com/10-ways-to-furnish-100-square-148552

Here's another article that includes some great pictures:
http://freshome.com/2012/10/01/bes-small-apartments-designs-ideas/


I don't know that I'd go with white - what about some brighter colors like yellow or orange? Are you able to paint the walls?

Do you live near an Ikea? They have apartment sized furniture.

~Lyvonne

Yes, we have Ikea here. Thanks for all the useful info and I will need to spend some time to read it all.

If it were me I would do a sofa with a chair and ottoman in front of the window, that would allow for a lot more circulation in your space. You could even use the ottoman as a coffee table and move it out of the way when you need more room. Just place a decorative tray on top of the ottoman and voila, you have an instant coffee table. Try the Ceni living room collection from Bryght

http://www.bryght.com/browse/1/sofas

If budget is a concern I would keep the sofas and coffee table. Try putting your love seat against the window and sofa in front of the tv, see if that works flow wise. As for the stuff a good de-cluttering and organizing is in order to make the space feel larger. I would take away the bookshelf by the fireplace, glass cabinet in dining area, desk/table on other side of fireplace, and donate or relocate some of the toys (I have 3 kids and I found that they never played with those playsets for more than a couple of weeks as the newness wore off quickly, and they always stuck to one or two favourites). I would then purchase an expedit full size cabinet from ikea (they are inexpensive - I have many in my home) and place it beside the fireplace to the left and store all your personal and kids items in baskets below and leave the tops for pictures, decor items, etc. That should hold all the extras that are placed in various locations in the room and clear up visual space.

And one more thing I would warm up the space with a nice rug under the coffee table. While you are ikea purchasing the bookshelf ;) you can pick up this beautiful rug it's a new item at ikea and I am in LOVE with it. I am trying to find a place for it in my home!