Need help with living room / dining room furniture placement!
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Shell
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Hello everyone! We've lived here for a year already and I've had the furniture every which way but nothing seems to work. I've finally decided to start fresh. Therefore, I'm starting fresh and letting you tell me what YOU would do. I'd like to maximize my seating in the living room so I had though about a sectional.- The half wall between the living room and dining room is tough because I feel as though I don't want to block it which only gives me a one other wall to put my television which makes my TV the focal point and I'm not overly happy about that- The slider is great for natural light and we have a pretty pool view but I feel like if I try to make that my focal point by putting my sofa facing it then I'm blocking the walkway and breaking up the traffic flow. - I had thought about putting a sectional against the half wall but I wondered if that would be okay because then your back would be to the entrance of the room. - I would love to not have furniture up against the walls
Floor Plan
Living Room as you're walking into it from the dining room
Dining room as you're walking into it from the living room
View of dining room looking into the living room over the half wall
8 answers
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I'm wondering if the sectional is the right seating option. When I'm looking at the room blank, I feel like maybe the slider should be the focal point?
Shell
on Sep 03, 2016
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From looking at the blue prints you might want to try floating your sofa where you have the words livingroom, facing what I guess is a tv wall where all the cable outlets are. if you have to opt for a smaller scale sofa or love seat, placing a sofa table behind it, that way you will not have a coffee table blocking the sliders. Place chairs on either side of of tv/fireplace.
Stella
on Sep 04, 2016
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The room is not large. So, I think smaller scale furniture would work better than a sectional. The diagram made it look like you had a fireplace, but the photos don't show one. Make that wall your media center. That will be convenient because you will see the TV from your dining room. Put a sofa in front of it with no end tables but a sofa table behind. Add a couple chairs with backs to the hallway and stairs and put a table between.
Gwen Koziura
on Sep 04, 2016
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Your problem is the 1/2 wall - buy two open back bookcases works with IKEA or upscale shelving, any style you like. Make sure to ANCHOR one shelf to each side of the 1/2 wall & it gives you the illusion of more space as it floats in the middle of your big area & is the new focal point in both rooms. Add plants, books, small art or/ and keepsakes, but leave enough space open to give the illusion of a larger area. You can get wood cut to size at any bigbox hardware store & stain it to match so you can use the etire double shelf. As far as TV goes, I always hide mine behind a oversized framed picture. It works for flat screens or the chunky tube kind.
Sage
on Sep 04, 2016
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You would also benefit from losing the vertical curtains, there are many good blogs that will show you how to clip fabrick onto the track - if privacy is the issue, hang a rod over the track and disguise the verticals. Add an espalier plant or tww to improve the view into the patio. The patio is the best feature
Sage
on Sep 04, 2016
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Try four beautiful swivel chairs instead of a couch. A large glass top coffee table in the centre. Add a small desk and chair or bench under the half window. Hang a stained glass piece on one side of the opening and a lamp on opposite side on desk. Paint or paper the bedroom shared wall to maker it a focal point. An electric fireplace with tv over or a nice wall unit to put on that wall. Two floor lamps, one on each side, completes the focal wall unless art is required. A large piece of art on the wall between the we stairs and the kitchen should combine all the colors you use. If a small entry table can go on that same wall, another ottoman or two could be stored to add seating if required. Total seating 7.
Chris
on Sep 04, 2016
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If you must have a sofa, try just a love seat and a coupe of chairs. You could put a sofa table behind it.
Christine Muff
on Sep 05, 2016
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I'm saying that the 1/2 wall chops up your space. By using the two open bookshelves (at least 72 inches tall) and as wide as the wall in both the lving room and dining area the eye is drawn up and to the open bookcase in both rooms. Matching the height & approximate width of the patio sliding door creates symetry. Placing vertical greenery and a few appropriately scaled pieces - low benchs, block side table, etc.. you gain privacy and gain visual space that opens up your living room and makes it appear larger. Once you create light, depth and pull in the patio, you can decide where to place your furniture in both rooms. In a living room like that you might want to float the sofa and take another look before putting things back where you are used to seeing them . If you draw it out it might help you visualize what I said.
Sage
on Sep 05, 2016
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