Place a sofa perpendicular in the room and put a console table or short cabinet against its back.
Furniture layout ideas for long living room.
Creating a functional uncrowded layout in a long narrow living room.
In our layout guides series you ll find layout solutions for rooms of all shapes and sizes this week we set out to find two design solutions for a long narrow living room layout with the added challenge of a fireplace.
But with some layout tweaks and a few visual tricks up your sleeve you can learn to love your long room.
Rustic southwestern the challenge.
Sofas especially if they are l shaped can be used effectively to mark out the boundaries of a living room.
Use a living room layout planner.
As for the coffee table only one would have been tiny for this type of layout so instead.
But a living room that shares space with an adjoining dining room family room or kitchen can present challenges for those who want some type of definition for each area.
In the above floor plan the long sofa anchors together the 4 armchairs into a u shape arrangement.
Consider creating two zones in a long narrow living room by using one piece of furniture.
One of the main difficulties in arranging furniture for a long narrow room is where to have people walk through.
Two sofas with arched chair arrangement.
Here are 10 living room layout ideas to get those creative wheels spinning.
Here s an awesome collection of 13 custom living room furniture layout ideas in a series of custom living room floor plan illustrations.
This condo s main living areas are one long rectangle with tall ceilings that made it feel even more narrow.
The number one thing to avoid is sending your foot traffic between a seating piece and the coffee table in front of it.
Use the table or cabinet as a desk for a small home office zone.
Layout idea 3 a long and narrow open concept living room this third example is similar to number two except it has more of an open concept.
In order to show you 10 different living room layouts i first had to come up with a versatile enough floor plan.
Long narrow living rooms or family rooms can be a chore to lay out and decorate not to mention live in.
Any designer will confirm that seating can be very specific to the interior you re designing for but there s no doubt that settling for a mix of sofas and chairs and experimenting with placement can create a polished layout.
Nobody wants to feel like they re entertaining in a train carriage or watching tv in a hallway.
For example in an open plan living room you may choose to use furniture to delineate the living room area.
Ahead we share a selection of our favorite living rooms featuring major seating arrangement inspiration.
A long narrow living room with a fireplace the style.
One that incorporated a few problems features we d all recognize.