Through Lounge ideas !
I’m looking for inspiration of what to do with our through lounge . Please see old original photos of the front room from letting agent Vs redeco photos below. We have taken up the carpets , no more wall paper and like the natural bright / cosy / timeless look.
One end is our sofa with tv above the fireplace. Sofas were donated by family , so those are staying for now . I feel we could utilise the room better , especially opposit the dresser. Any thoughts ?
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Karenza Roy
3 years agoI think you just need to keep building on what you already have... add a splash of colour like the image attached if you like or just continue with the cosy theme by adding a lamp and another sofa with a rug and excess cushions
or like in a second image you could get a posh gold storage for books and extra accessories
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Jules Mc
3 years agoR Mederick
3 years agoArch leads to the kitchen . I’ve added a new photo showing this.
We did consider moving living room area to the back room , but it is the coldest part of the house and the fireplace in the front of the house makes it the most cosiest part of the house.
The back room has our extended dining table. Freezer in the back corner and we will be putting a naked clock up on the right hand wall .
I agree ! We do need to decide how to use it and it does feel like a hallway ... after some thought , it would be great if we could make it an extended part of the living room.
R Mederick
3 years agoKarenza Roy
3 years agoFran
3 years agoJules Mc
3 years agoI love Fran's idea - she had me at 'bar'. If you don't want to move the dining table though, you could try the two, sofas facing each other, slightly over to the fire side of the wall so not blocking the doorway and arch to the kitchen. If you moved the sofa a little out of the bay window and then placed the other one a, little, further back, so encroaching part of the other room you'd be playing with the proportions of the space and using a bit more of the middle room. You could get another chair then for where you've moved the sofa from. I think it's good you've got your gifted sofas at the minute, because you can play around with the arrangement and decide what works before making your choice of what you'll eventually replace them with.
I know the pics I'm attaching below, different proportions but hopefully you'll get an idea of what I mean. I think the pic with the chaise between two spaces is fab but I'm not sure that it'd ever be more than a big ornament??
Fran
3 years agoRuth House
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