Need help with furniture placement!!

Melissa
by Melissa
Been in my home for almost 15 years and still have not completely furnished it properly. I feel the kids are old enough now that I can actually have some grown up furniture and style. I have a large split level ranch and the problem is my living room space is really odd. Its a rectangular space with only one solid wall. The room is 13 feet wide and 22 ft long. The side wall is broken up by windows, each wall measures 7.1 feet with 8 ft of window.
We are looking to make it into a space where we can all relax and enjoy a movie. I tried breaking it up into 2 areas (see 2nd pic) but the pass thru to the dining room is open (that's 11 feet wide) so don't think it would look good to block it. I recently purchased a fireplace box, making it into a faux fireplace, to put on the back wall.
I've done research on pinterest, etc., about raised ranch furniture placement but they are all for a different/smaller room then I have.
Any ideas would be sooooo appreciated!!!!
TIA
Melissa
an idea of it with furniture but you can see how the entrance to the dining room is blocked.
  7 answers
  • Hillela G. Hillela G. on Feb 02, 2017

    I'm all about the more couches the better! I used this website to help me use my space best when I moved into my apartment. It was hugely helpful- I tried a bunch of variations before making my moving day decisions. Have fun, play around- https://roomstyler.com/3dplanner

  • Julie M. Julie M. on Feb 02, 2017

    I think the biggest problem is the large scale sectional in a narrow room. The sectional also dwarfs the furniture in the adjoining room. Find a smaller sectional and I bet you have a winner. It might be fun to put a game table at the far end of the room?


  • Julie M. Julie M. on Feb 02, 2017

    Or snugging a corner sectional into the faux fireplace corner. Maybe a cool room divider to house the fireplace & hang a tv and other electronics/decor. Comfy reading area on the other side of the room divider.

  • Ltt834476 Ltt834476 on Feb 02, 2017

    Actual pictures of the areas in question would really be helpful.

  • Debi53 Debi53 on Feb 03, 2017

    What about putting the fireplace and TV above it on the short wall that is between the openings across from the windows. Put the sectional in front of the windows. You can still have the sofa table with one or two lamps on it behind the sofa. Then your sectional will face the dining area and the fireplace and TV. If there is no cable hookup, that is easily added to any wall. This would allow you to put bookcases on the back wall if you wanted to. You would alsp be able to add additional chairs on the end walls if you needed more seating. If the short wall is not wide enough for the TV/FP, have a handyman come in and extend the wall into the opening by a foot or two. If you don't want to deal with sheetrock on this wall, cover the original wall and extension in shiplap or tile, or anything else that works with you decor. On the dining side, you could have the same or a different treatment. Maybe a closed cabinet on the bottom and display shelves above to show off pottery, dishes, etc. Put large plants (real or good fake ones, or a large decorative pot with bamboo sticks in it and put uplights behind it to brighten the corners. If have my uplights on timers that come on at dark and go off before bedtime. Best of luck with your space.

  • Mary Mary on Feb 04, 2017

    I just watched a show called Makeover Wish that was very much like your room. The built a partial wall where the railing is and put the tv/entertainment cabinet there.

  • Eroque022810 Eroque022810 on Feb 07, 2017

    I don't see the problem if your on the couch you can still get to dinning room which looks connected with the kitchen since there appears to be what looks like a counter with 2 chairs and the kitChen isn't blocked? What is on the little wall between the 2 spaces it appears to be a cabinet? And when you speak of back wall, what back wall? Along side of TV or in dinning room ? It's confusing, now I know what I sound like! I've never mastered those sites that allow furniture placement but if you could just indicate the fireplace and explain why the couch would block dinning area , maybe is it because you would have to walk in front of people to get to kitchen? I keep looking at it and wished I had the dimensions of your actual furniture since this looks just placed in by computer not by your choice? However try placing tape on floor where you want to place funiture to see if the couch really is this big. It looks like a 10 ft couch maybe that correct in which case it is to large for that room unless you place in front of windows regardless of looking at them or with back of couch to them. A 10 ft couch doesn't belong in a 12ft room like this but rather along the 23ft wall.