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Design home office/guest room in odd shaped room

3 years ago

Please help me with ideas for furniture arrangement for this room. We are completely gutting it and starting from scratch. Removing sink and ancient built in cupboard in corners and bookshelf next to door. Fireplace is on a party wall (semi-detached) so will stay so i have alcoves left and right. Adding internal wall insulation to the wall with the window so loosing a few centimetres there. Might also move the radiator to under the window or replace with a vertical one (I know I will need to pay for new pipes etc).
We need: one or two spacious desks, a sofa bed, a TV (which could be a computer monitor), a tall cupboard for guest's stuff (next to door might be the best space for this). But where should the desks and sofa go?
I would love a long formica desk like this one along the window wall (to reduce screen glare) with shelving left and right but not sure it works with the alcoves.
https://www.houzz.co.uk/photos/southpaw-industrial-home-office-and-library-seattle-phvw-vp~15928419
Really looking forward to your brilliant ideas to stop me having sleepless nights.

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Carolina
3 years ago
Hi, assuming the window wall is 3.40 and the fireplace wall is 3.94? Would something like this work?

You could 'incorporate the desk in the bookcase(s). I'd move the radiator to under the window. Leave some space between desk and wall for air flow. Or make slats or something above the radiator to let air through.
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The Kitchen Lady UK
3 years ago
I like Caroline's suggestion, if you don't need a desk as large as that, you could use the bottom half of the alcove as a desk. The TV can go on the wall next to the window or on the chimney breast.

good luck

Emily x
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Carolina
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As an additional thought: it would be fun to do something like this on the fireplace wall between the two shelving units.

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