![]() Next up is the placement of the TV and some type of console. There when you need them, gone when you don’t. Why have those you ask? Well, since there’s no room for end tables, these are easy to pull out whenever she wants to place a table on the side of the chair or on either side of the sofa. They’re identical looking to the coffee table but are less than half its size. What are those “wings” on either side indicated by the blue arrows? Well, those are small nesting tables that tuck underneath the coffee table. The waterfall edges show a seamless transition from the top to the base and no ‘harsh’ angles makes it feel softer and more petite. The transparency enables a functional surface without the visual heaviness of a solid constructed piece. Both of those attributes make a huge difference in this small space. That means, it’s transparent and no 90 degree ‘sharp’ angles. The solution? A glass coffee table with a curved, waterfall edge. Here’s the rub with this choice… I had to find a coffee table that was large enough that every seat on the sofa and chair had a place to place a drink but small enough to fit appropriately in front of the group so it wouldn’t overpower the smaller scale of the other pieces. Now that the pathways are determined, it’s time to anchor the room with an area rug. However, my client still wanted a comfortable place to host a friend or three when not hanging in the kitchen or on the patio. It maps out like a big orange triangle and that shows the spots where you don’t want to have obstructions – or furniture in the way.Īs you will see in a bit, sometimes that is easier said than done.ĭue to the size of this room and the angle of the fireplace wall, there isn’t going to be tons of furniture in here.Īnd, the trade off in gaining a tiny bit more space in the kitchen outweighed the sacrifice of space here in the living room. ![]() Walking from the kitchen to the patio and walking from the bedrooms and bathroom to the patio. It’s a safe bet that she’ll be coming in from the front foyer, walking to and from the bedrooms to the kitchen. This step immediately helps to focus the direction of the furniture placement because you see what areas need to stay clear, indicated by the orange arrows and what will move, the counter stools, indicated by the blue arrows. It’s the living room on the other side of the kitchen, a 10’ x 12’ living room. If you read last week’s blog about how to maximize a small galley kitchen, this space will look familiar to you. Here’s how to arrange an awkward 10 x 12 living room with a corner fireplace and a TV. Small spaces are rarely easy to design and this one was no exception but when it was all said and done, my never wavering gut said, hell yeah! I’d live in that room! Like all others, I had a brief of wants and wishes from my client and the parameters of the space to satisfy them. That’s exactly what I relied on for this job. Yes, years of training and experience help but at the end of the day, it’s my gut that lets me know if my ideas will hold water. How they coordinate aesthetically and why I feel that they would work. I have to use my imagination to think about the way things fit together. It’s funny, most of the time, because I do all my designs from a distance, I never see the actual rooms I advise on. If I can say that I would live in that space without a single doubt, I know it’s ready to show my client. My litmus test has everything to do with one gut check feeling I get at the end of a design. I believe that there’s many ways to design rooms and arrange furniture, colors, patterns etc. It’s not so much about arriving at a single ‘best’ way to design a space. I have a litmus test of sorts that I hold every single space I design to. I think it’s important to look at these ‘challenging’ spaces not as impossible puzzles but as opportunities to figure out how to make them feel comfortable and inviting. What happens when you have a narrow living room with an angled fireplace and 4 doorways? That’s the space we’re going to explore today. Add in doorways and furniture and it can sometimes feel like a game of tetris trying to make it all fit. Narrow living rooms have a host of challenges for furniture placement.
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