Please help with awkward lounge layout
We’ve always struggled with the layout of our lounge. We are planning to redecorate and to change the flooring, and we are also thinking about buying new sofas. So it’s effectively a blank canvas. How would you use this space?
On the floor plan, the conservatory is shown as a family room, and this is where our dining table is. So the lounge only needs to be a lounge (bonus points for incorporating a desk)! The most used route is between the kitchen and the family room.
The photos are from Rightmove from the previous owners and our furniture is very different. We don’t really want to block off the hall door as they had done with the corner sofa.
Any inspiration welcome, thanks!
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Nicholas Scott
3 years agoI haven't had long to look at it, but that is a tricky lounge. A decent size but an awkward shape.
What would really help is knowing the measurements of each and every wall in that lounge.
Moving walls and doors can be expensive and you should always consult a structural engineer.
By moving the doors and walls, even though it makes the room technically smaller, it'll feel more useable. I moved the kitchen door to the corner, which frees up a bit of wall space to hang the TV. You would need to move some kitchen units, so I've put them against the stairs. You could fit more here anyway.
I've moved the hallway door in a bit to square the room. I don't suppose you really NEED to do this, but it will make the room a more standard shape and make better use of the hall storage. Either of the layouts I can think of would equally work with the door where it is though.
Sorry I haven't got the software or the time to draw the layouts but hopefully you can get the idea. The two layouts that spring to mind are 1) an L-shaped sofa in the window corner, with a single elsewhere (where the measurements were maybe?) You might fit a small desk by the double doors. OR 2) an L-shaped sofa partly under the stairs overhang, with the TV on the long wall opposite where it is in the photos. You could maybe put a single seat beside the double doors, and a desk in the corner near the window.
Without moving walls, I'd maybe put an L sofa in the window corner and a single in the corner by the double doors. You might fit a small desk (110mm?) under the stairs.
As I said though, if you could measure every wall, that would help get a better understanding of what could go where.
Mel B
3 years agoHi Nicholas, Thank you so much for taking the time to write such a detailed reply. These ideas are great - I can see how moving the kitchen door would give a longer length of wall that would be really useful. I like the idea of a corner sofa, it seems more relaxed and friendly than our current 3seater plus large armchair.
I‘ve taken some very approximate measurements (don’t cross check them - they probably won’t add up!) and have added some photos of the current layout, which is the best we’ve come up with so far, but we still sit a long way from the television! I want to achieve a more intimate feel in this space. Thank you again for you ideas, they are definitely being considered 😀
Jo H
3 years agoFor a more intimate space I’d maybe try to create a new zone with a large rug then anchor the furniture to it. If I was in your living room I’d be moving your existing sofa around the place as well as using cardboard or newspaper to layout shapes on the floor. I’ve done a terrible drawing to show you what I’d try first.
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