![]() There is a small occasional table or garden stool next to the chair. There is a club chair, with or without an ottoman or stool. This one is 36″ but we could also do 42″ here. This layout starts out very similarly to layout #one. There is an exit into another room which is usually used as an office or playroom.This allows all of the furniture to rest on the carpet comfortably and still allows a wide enough path so that one isn’t walking half on and off the area rug. Taking some of the chairs out of the dining room when not in use is usually a good idea. I’ve placed an extra dining room chair near the sofa, but we could also have two underneath the fireplace windows.However, if we want to put up artwork or a mirror, we could do a small recessed spot-light, usually called an eye- ball. Since we already have four table lamps, I did sconces. In the back of the room are two chests or console tables.Flanking it are two small end tables or chests. In the front of the room are two windows and in between, there is a settee, not more than about 24″ deep.And, behind the chairs are two small floor lamps. In between the club chairs is a bench.I’ve been known to have either legs or a center pedestal cut down if it’s too tall. Please notice how the black lampshade grounds the room.Ī good size for a round end table is about 25″-30″ in diameter.Īnd if the sofa arms are the usual 23″-25,” the height for the table should be between 23″-27″ high. I usually do two 20″ pillows and two 22″ pillows. Here you can see a smaller 78″ sofa and two slipper chairs. Living room we did a few years ago in Bronxville, NY The remedies are either a smaller sofa and/or smaller end tables. The end or side table as it is sometimes called should never overlap the door or window casing.Try not to smoosh the table into the arm. Tables usually sit about two inches from the sofa. The end tables are round, but they could be square or rectangular.There should be about one foot between the coffee table and sofa.I would not do a coffee table more than 50″ long. The coffee table is about 24″ x 48.” It could be a little smaller, but not much bigger.In this image, there is an 84″ sofa, two slipper chairs and two club chairs by the fireplace. We come into the living room off of a center hall and ahhh, into my favorite of all conversation groupings ever. And then, we’ll go over each image separately, so that you can see what’s what. Here you will learn how to draw a floor plan and what materials you’ll need to use. I actually did these nearly four years ago! I was going to use them for something else but that didn’t happen.įirst let’s go over the basic rules of space planning. Haha! Thanks, but believe me, I’m not working as hard as you think I’m working. Please pin me to pinterest :] Oh, Laurel, thank you, but you are working too hard!!! Let’s look at six different living room layouts with furniture. But these are some common ones in terms of door and window placement. And that’s definitely “about” since none of my walls are at perfect 90 degree angles.Ībove are four possible living room configurations. The proportions might be different, as well.įor instance, my living room is about 20′ long by 13′-5″ deep. I say typical, because of course, your room that you use for living might be larger or smaller. Space planning is the more technical way of saying room layouts.Ībove is a drawing of a typical living room. And that is one course that I think is of vital importance. However, I had taken the course on space planning. They throw you in the deep end like that and then, you learn very quickly how to do the room layouts. On top of that, I was about six weeks pregnant with the handsome hunk you can see here! Plus, a sample board of the finishes and fabrics– due in one week. AND, produce a hand-drawn color rendering in two-point perspective. The assignment for one course was to design and (pretend) furnish an open concept living/dining room. And especially so, if you haven’t done a lot of it.īut, there was a time back in 1989 when I was a student in my fourth semester at the New York School of Interior Design. ![]() Well, this one is based on an actual note I received recently. I’m hoping that maybe, pretty please, you’ll do a blog post about this? If I carefully go through all of the steps, I still feel like I’m not quite grasping my living room layout. The ones that I love especially are the 21 mistakes you need to stop making and the 12-step decorating plan. Thank you so much for the many helpful blog posts you’ve been sharing recently.
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