I recently moved and the living room has this weird layout. I need advice which type of furnitures and sofa I should get, the layout placement of the sofa. I'm gravitating towards cozy/contemporary. I need a small tv center, it is for my mom when she comes to visit (often). The other room is the bedroom in which the division is french doors. A close up of the living room area, right wall 10ft, left wall 6ft
Thanks!
@carol623 I love your wall molding! So charming. Any chance you could show us what the wall looks like from where you're standing for this photo? I'm trying to visualize a more 360 view of the space 😃
Hi @carol623 !
I think this place is lovely, but I can see why placing furniture in it is rather tricky! My first thought is that you have an important passageway through the middle of the room (from the entrance to the bedroom). You should probably not block that passage with furniture. So my thought is that you should make two clusters of furniture on either side of the passage, leaving the center clear to walk through. Perhaps a conversation area (couch, 1 or 2 comfy chairs, coffee table, TV?) on one side, and a reading area (comfy chair, footrest, bookshelves, side table) or dining area (table, chairs) on the other? Or a desk/work area? You decide what you want, and then I think that will give you clearer ideas of what furniture you need to get and how big it can be to fit in your space.
Also, one side of the room has windows and the other doesn't. So that might influence what activities you want to put on each side. Would you want to sit by the window to read, face the window as you eat or work at a desk or sit on the sofa, or what?
One more thought is that you could place a sofa with its back to the passageway, so that it will help define that side of the room as a separate area. Or you could place a sofa with its back to the walls. Two different ways to go!
Good luck, and I'm interested to see what other people suggest too.
The bones are just great (floors, walls, windows).. I'd put a corner sofa by the window, with one side just about the length of the smaller wall (that connects with the bedroom) and the other under the window (just like in the picture I posted). On the larger wall on the same side of the room, I'd put the tv, on a small vintag buffet or sth. Maybe a free standing armchair to complete it. Now, on the opposite side wall, I'd place a tall narrow library wall to wall (I love books) or a mirror or whatever, an a dining table or an office table in front of it, whatever you need the most. Enjoy your beautiful place!
