Ideas for sitting room layout

Interesting101

Hi looking for ideas on a sitting room layout
14ft x 13ft
Its a bit cluttered at the moment with a big 3-1-1 and was thinking about L shaped sofa and 1 chair.
The stove / chimney breast is in the middle of the wall.
The tv is wired and unit there but could get that rewired.
Just wondering if amyone has any suggestions ???
Cheers

LaChatteGitane

Stop pushing all your furniture up against the walls is my advice.

A nicer layout would be that you place your 3 seater either along the left or right wall,but not pushed against it.
The 1 seaters on the opposite side, facing the sofa and the coffee table in the middle.

The Princess Bride

Perhaps get 2 2 seaters ( or a 2 and a 3 seater ), putting one parallel to the stove in the middle of the room and the other at a right angle to it, parallel to the window.

I think a 3-1-1 takes up far too much room and can make a large room look rather dated.

B-D-P--

LaChatteGitane wrote: »

A nicer layout would be that you place your 3 seater either along the left or right wall,but not pushed against it.
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That'd just mean wasted space behind the couch that can never be used for anything. If this was a big open plan room that might work but not here!

LaChatteGitane

B-D-P-- wrote: »

That'd just mean wasted space behind the couch that can never be used for anything. If this was a big open plan room that might work but not here!

Better to have less furniture then, unless you like your living room to look and feel like an old people's home. :pac:

I agree with what The Princess Bride, OP, if you get new furniture, 2 two seaters or 2 and three, placed at a right angle from each other is the way to go.



Just don't push all your furniture against the wall.

listermint

LaChatteGitane wrote: »

Better to have less furniture then, unless you like your living room to look and feel like an old people's home. :pac:

I agree with what The Princess Bride, OP, if you get new furniture, 2 two seaters or 2 and three, placed at a right angle from each other is the way to go.



Just don't push all your furniture against the wall.

So you can walk behind it ?

Sorry but people need to sit.

To remove furniture and put it in the middle of the room in pursuit of a designers dream is also not the answer.

It has to be liveable

LaChatteGitane

listermint wrote: »

So you can walk behind it ?

Sorry but people need to sit.

To remove furniture and put it in the middle of the room in pursuit of a designers dream is also not the answer.

It has to be liveable

Listen, the OP asked for ideas. I gave mine. They don't have to follow it up.

When I say less furniture, less voluminous is what was meant here.
It is not in pursuit of a designer's dream, it is about creating a pleasing (to the mind as well as too the eye) and comfortable living space.

The OP themselves stated that the room feels cluttered at the moment. I still have to hear your ideas and suggestions and also B-D-P's

Interesting101

Thanks for ideas...And all suggestions are welcomed 😀

I agree 3-1-1 is prob not great for this room considering its size and new furniture will be purchased.

More thoughts welcomed

Rancid

First off, try bringing the TV unit out of the corner, get it out far enough to face the diagonally opposite corner of the room.
3 seater against the left wall and get a neat 2 seater or a "twister" chair (1 seater) where the 3 seater is at the moment.
Floor lamp or tall plant in the recess to the left of the chimney breast and the coffee table in front of the window.

PhoenixParker

How many of you are in the house? What ages? Other then watching tv what do you use the room for? Kids playing/video games/after dinner tea/sitting and chatting? Do you have guests over regularly? What's your priority for the room? Do you need additional storage in there? Do you like to sit with your feet up/lying down?

The first job when designing a room and choosing furniture is to really get to the heart of what you want out of it.

Interesting101

Rancid wrote: »

First off, try bringing the TV unit out of the corner, get it out far .
3 seater against the left wall and get a neat 2 seater or a "twister" chair (1 seater) where the 3 seater is at the moment.



Thanks...Tv unit is actually just holding boxes st the mo...The tv is on wall bracket whick allows me bring it out and turn to face that corner.


Any reason you suggest 2 sofas and not just an L for that corner ??

Interesting101

PhoenixParker wrote: »

How many of you are in the house? What ages? Other then watching tv what do you use the room for? Kids playing/video games/after dinner tea/sitting and chatting? Do you have guests over regularly? What's your priority for the room? Do you need additional storage in there? Do you like to sit with your feet up/lying down?

The first job when designing a room and choosing furniture is to really get to the heart of what you want out of it.

Cheers...Just the two of us at the moment....No kids....Relaxing / Tv is main function and like having feet up.....Dont have a lot of people over but would have other couples for weekends a few times a year

Rancid

Interesting101 wrote: »

Thanks...Tv unit is actually just holding boxes st the mo...The tv is on wall bracket whick allows me bring it out and turn to face that corner.


Any reason you suggest 2 sofas and not just an L for that corner ??

L shape is good if you're trying to save space, otherwise I like the idea of 2 sofas or a sofa and chair arrangement.
With 2 sofas you also have more options to rearrange them in the future.

LaChatteGitane

I've made a small sketch for you.
It is approx to scale and I assumed you also have a window on the left hand side ?
I used a sofa with chaise longue from the Ikea website (just for measurements). The coffee table/pouf is also from ikea, can be used as additional seating as well as for putting your feet up.
Some more additional seating in the left hand front corner.

ETA : The green blob is a smaller scale armchair, also easy for pulling up when you have more people visiting.

Interesting101

LaChatteGitane wrote: »

I've made a small sketch for you.
It is approx to scale and I assumed you also have a window on the left hand side ?
I used a sofa with chaise longue from the Ikea website (just for measurements). The coffee table/pouf is also from ikea, can be used as additional seating as well as for putting your feet up.
Some more additional seating in the left hand front corner.

ETA : The green blob is a smaller scale armchair, also easy for pulling up when you have more people visiting.

Thanks so much for your effort...Much appreciated.
Afraid there is no window on left.

As the stove hearth comes out a bit from the chimney breast i think it may feel very small with the sofa in that position.

Ill try move the current 3 sester there for a week or so and see what its like.

Thanks again for suggestion

LaChatteGitane

Interesting101 wrote: »

Thanks so much for your effort...Much appreciated.
Afraid there is no window on left.

As the stove hearth comes out a bit from the chimney breast i think it may feel very small with the sofa in that position.

Ill try move the current 3 sester there for a week or so and see what its like.

Thanks again for suggestion

Ah, it was worth a try.

Victorian House

If I call the walls on your original sketch, North(fireplace), south, east(window), west.

• Put large 3 seater on west wall
• Put two 1 seaters on east wall angled to window
• Coffee table in centre or slightly closer to 1 seaters.
• TV unit centred on the south wall. Extend under tv unit to corner opposite door (south-west corner)
• Low level storage either side of fireplace with pictures over

Benefit of this layout is that when the TV is off, the fireplace become the centrepiece for the room.