Any suggestions on how to furnish this?
Hey @joseph15362 — I saw that you shared this in a couple of different areas in our forum, but I've consolidated the discussion here because this is where it will get the most eyeballs! Can you tell us more about the type of furniture you're bringing into the space? How do you plan to live/use the studio? Posts with more information tend to get more replies since it helps us help you out. Looking forward to your reply! 🙂
am very open to suggestions/ vendors but don’t want to break the bank obviously I would like to separate sleeping and living areas perhaps wirh throw rugs?
I plan to use this studio as my primary residence.
Hey @joseph15362, it seems you are blessed with two things I love in studios: lots of closets and a separate kitchen. (I live in a 400 square-feet studio that has neither.)
As for how to furnish it, demarcating areas with rugs is always a good idea, of course.
Other than that, how do you want to do this? Do you want to carve room for a bed, or would you prefer a more flexible, space-saving solution solution —Murphy bed, sleeper sofa, daybed?
I myself went with a sleeper sofa, and after a year I'm very happy with this double-duty decision. But that's me.
(Note I didn't mention a futon. In my experience, futons never look good enough and are never comfortable enough, and always look a little juvenile. YMMV, of course.)
A good place for the bed could be by the kitchen wall, either with the headboard to that wall or to the south wall. That way it's not on your line of sight when you walk in.
If you don't mind having it smack in the middle, you could place it sideways alongside the north wall (with a little bookcase or something by the headboard or the foot) and then you will have a lot of room for everything else.
The rest depends on how you plan to use the space. Do you need a work-from-home office? Do you watch TV? Do you entertain? Do you want a dining table or can you do without one? The answers to these questions will help you shape the place.
A little magic I learned only lately: in a small rectangular room, set all your bigger pieces of furniture parallel to the longer walls. Float some furniture if you can. All those lines going in the same direction trick the eye and make the room appear larger and roomier.
I hope this helps!
Thanks! I prefer to have space for a bed.
No need for a home office; I do wish to be able to watch TV. A dining table is nice; we don't need crumbs on the couch!
Good!
So we have already figured out that you need a bed, a dining table and chairs, and a TV.
Those are the basic blocks around which you will build your home.
The thing with a small studio is that
a) you have to limit yourself to those few pieces of furniture you absolutely need, and
b) you have to keep in mind that those pieces of furniture are all going to be on display all the time.
Now, let's narrow it further.
Would you need a media stand? This could also double as storage —I use a dresser as a TV stand, because since I live in an even smaller studio I must kill two birds with one stone.
Also, do you prefer watching TV in bed, or from some comfy seating like a sofa? And do you actually need a sofa at all, or could you make do with a comfortable armchair or two?
let’s have TV in a wall and I prefer to watch it from a sofa!
See? So your place is taking shape. Bed, sofa, dining table and chairs, wall-mounted TV.
You have the basics. Time to choose the ones you want.
A word to the wise: Don't be afraid of large furniture. You won't be able to get a whole lot of furniture in there, but you can go big with the pieces you do get.
Good luck!
