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Need help with furniture placement in family room

7 years ago

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Hello I have a corner fireplace in the family room and need advice on furniture arrangement...would love to get advice. I am just not able to get this right.

TIA

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Irene Morresey

7 years ago

Some inspiration

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jck910
7 years ago
Are you keeping the furniture? Can you post a picture of the wall the TV is in front of?
vidi00
Original Author
7 years ago
No i am not keeping the furniture....plan to get new furniture but am trying to figure out what to buy...here are some more pics.

Thanks
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vidi00
Original Author
7 years ago
Bumping the thread up..really need help
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cappiello12
7 years ago
You need more of a balance on the furniture if u aren't opposed to a sectional I would do one facing the tv and around where the love-seat or chair is. Something classic. I would love to see like a charcoal grey with some colorful pillows. I would also go for a larger tv stand with it centered more in front of the sectional or couch. Put some prints on the wall would help.
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vidi00
Original Author
7 years ago
@cappiello - i have been thinking about a sectional and in the grey family...what i am lost about is the all the space i have at the window...it looks imbalanced with all the space
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er612
7 years ago
last modified: 7 years ago
Use your existing furniture and try this before buying new:
ilesliemy
7 years ago
Put a large plant by the window.
cappiello12
7 years ago
In front on the window I would do a sofa table with some lamps it will give balance again to the room. I would look at a table that has either a shelf on the bottom for baskets collects all your junk and magazines etc or I would look at one that is open so u can add some small poufs as extra seating!
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Sammie J
7 years ago
I like the second visual above - with the furniture square with the room (except I'd use a round coffee table). Can you move the whole arrangement more towards the middle of the room - including the television? It all looks quite squished on one side right now. If you can move it to add more space, you could purchase a sectional as well at least one chair to add more seating.
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skmom
7 years ago
Our last home had a very, very similar layout in the family room. You didn't mention how many people you wanted to seat, I think that's important to mention. ;)
I would pull the media stuff away from the fireplace and center it up on the current wall, more centered with your speakers. We oriented our furniture to face the tv (placed on the same wall yours is, but it was centered like I mentioned, so the fireplace was always off to our side. But we lived in Texas for goodness sake, we lit the fireplace a handful of times in a decade, we watched movies several times a week though.) I floated my furniture in the middle of the room, with space left for walkways behind sofas and chairs on the outer perimeter of the room. It looks like that's the natural traffic pattern in this room too.
You could probably have a sofa centered with the newly centered tv, and another sofa or loveseat (or a couple of arm chairs) at a 45 degree angle to that sofa where your current large chair is... push them together a lot more so the end table is close to both arms. ;) You may also have room for a single, smaller scaled chair near the fireplace so that it's back is to the windows. (As well as a small side table between it and the sofa) You also probably have space for a console table behind the large sofa separating the sofa back from the dining area.
You can also probably put something like a low and small bookcase on the wall near the window with a plant or two in the bookshelf arrangement.
A large area rug placed on top of your carpet, with at least the front feet of the sofa(s) and chairs on it would help ground the space. A coffee table or large ottoman would also help things feel more grounded and comfortable. (We had some side lamps, but no source of electricity in the middle of the room, with concrete subfloors it wasn't something we could easily add, so we ran flat power cords under area rug and runners behind the sofa)
Anyways, I think what has you stumped right now is that you're trying to jam the media center too close to the fireplace... give them both some breathing room. ;)
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skmom
7 years ago
Oh, just noticed you were interested in a sectional... that can be pulled off too, but you really need to pull the media stuff away from the fireplace. ;)
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jck910
7 years ago
Thanks for the new pictures. I would not get a sectional for this room, especially if the furniture needs to be angled. er612's 2nd picture looks like a workable solution. Like she mentioned play around with the layout with the furniture you have. Your furniture now is too puffy for the room, when looking for new furniture look for more classic pieces and pay close attention to scale. First get a longer TV console at least 25% wider than the TV but you could go longer on that wall and also higher, you want it balance with the wall. My wall length looks about same as yours and my console is 70" wide by 32" high. DO NOT put a rug over the carpet, they never say flat and are a tripping hazard. If you use er612's 2nd layout and move it a little further from the windows you could fit another chair.
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er612
7 years ago
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vidi00
Original Author
7 years ago
skmom - we live in TX too :), I did notice after i posted the pics how off center the tv stand was. I am going to move the TV stand and try re arranging the furniture. Thank you so much everyone for all your help really appreciate it
vidi00
Original Author
7 years ago
One more question, what other colors besides gray should i look for? I am having a tough time finding the right shade of gray.
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er612
7 years ago
Select your furnishings before choosing paint color. I'd likely choose off-white or really light tan/gray. Here are some examples:
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PionArch Design and Construction
7 years ago
I would not cover that beautiful window.
Bold l-shaped italian leather sofa with glass table, accent chair, large rug and curved freestanding lamp would do the job.
vidi00
Original Author
7 years ago
last modified: 7 years ago
@Pionarch - thank you for you suggestions what is an I shaped sofa?
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PionArch Design and Construction
7 years ago
Please see photo
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vidi00
Original Author
7 years ago
L-shaped, I was reading it as i-shaped!!. Thanks!!
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Angelica Angeli ❤ Interior Design Journalist
7 years ago
Maybe one of these will work? The circular couch with two chairs? Or the sectional with the 2 chairs in the corner?
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vidi00
Original Author
7 years ago
Ok, so part of the furntiture is here and now i am trying to figure out rug/accent chair and curtains any advice is really appreciated. here are links

https://www.nfm.com/DetailsPage.aspx?productid=47473954

https://www.nfm.com/DetailsPage.aspx?productid=47474143&akamai-feo=off

I was thinking about the following accent pieces

http://www1.macys.com/shop/product/oriental-weavers-area-rug-kaleidoscope-5990y-north-ivory-67-x-91?ID=1101561

https://www.nfm.com/DetailsPage.aspx?productid=2419853

https://www.nfm.com/DetailsPage.aspx?productid=1010018

https://www.nfm.com/DetailsPage.aspx?productid=45867744

https://www.nfm.com/DetailsPage.aspx?productid=42843540

http://www1.macys.com/shop/product/adelyn-button-tufted-wing-back-chair-direct-ship?ID=2471389&CategoryID=36166&selectedSize=&swatchColor=Ivory%20Multi#fn=COLOR%3DIvory/Cream%26sp%3D1%26spc%3D21%26ruleId%3D88|BS|BA%26slotId%3D5

TIA
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er612
7 years ago
Did you try the angled layout that I posted with the loveseat in place of the chairs?
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Christin Nowinski
7 years ago
If you do a "rug on rug" look in this space...be careful, the underside of a decorative rug can discolor your carpeting and ruin it.
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