Furniture Placement Secrets By BatSheva Vaknin
The easiest and most inexpensive way to invigorate the design of
your living room is to rearrange the furniture items you already
own. Furniture placement can be a daunting task, no matter how
big or small the room. If you are someone who always figured
furniture placement would be better left to professional
interior designers, fret no more. These tips will help you
embrace the task of balancing your sofa with your coffee table
or armchair, and allow you to create peace and harmony amongst
all your furniture.
Location, location, location A room must be balanced.
Specifically, the furniture in every room should be placed in a
way that is pleasing to the eye and easy to maneuver around. If
all the heavy furniture pieces like sofas, armchairs,
entertainment centers and bookshelves are loaded on one side of
the room, a room can feel like a sinking ship.
On the other hand, if you spread your furniture around the room
haphazardly, a room can feel cluttered even when it is
relatively empty. Think about the size of your living room in
relation to the amount of furniture you have.
You can anchor the room by situating a large entertainment
center against one wall, and then arrange all seating
comfortably around that anchor. Or, anchor your sofa against a
wall, add a small side table or a coffee table in front for
convenience, and violá! Your room is balanced.
Sofa Secrets Using your sofa as an anchor, or as the focal point
for your living room can be an effective furniture placement
tool. However, modular sofas, or sofas with many components, can
be too heavy an anchor, tipping the balance of the room with its
bulkiness. A creative solution to this problem can be found in
breaking up the pieces of the sofa.
Place the largest sofa piece against the longest wall of the
room, then the smaller sections on the opposite side. If you
have the smaller sections of the modular sofa face the long sofa
at an angle, you will avoid that boring, boxy look that comes
with having all furniture pieces pressed with their backs
straight against a wall.
A fresh alternative to placing your sofa against the longest
wall is to bring the sofa out, away from the wall. If you prefer
this look and feel for your sofa placement, allow at least two
and a half to three feet between the sofa and the wall for
comfortable walking space. Less space is needed between chairs
and a sofa, but always keep in mind walking patterns.
Go with the Flow Imagine how you and your guests will maneuver
in your living room with all the furniture in its proper place.
For example, if there are two doors, you may want to place sofas
and chairs in a manner that will allow passersby to walk behind
or around the seating arrangement instead of through it.
If there is only one door to the room, don't block the flow with
a large coffee table right in the way of the sofa. Make sure you
allow easy access directly to the sofa and chairs from the door,
allowing for some space around the seating area as well.
Larger living rooms can be designed so that they function
effectively as two areas. For example, have one social,
entertainment center seating arrangement in one section, and a
quieter study arrangement in another. Tall side tables can be
placed behind a sofa with decorative vases and pictures on top,
as long as there is still walking space behind the couch.
When deciding on how to arrange your living room furniture,
listen to your instincts. Wait to decorate the walls for a few
days or even a week once you have decided on where you are going
to put each piece of furniture, to give yourself a chance to get
used to the new placement. Live in the space for a bit, and
assess how you feel. If something doesn't feel right, you can
always move it, and use these tips to help you bring your living
room back into balance. Please find the original article and
more information about this subject at
http://www.homeandliving.com/DesignAdvice.aspx?Category=FurnPlace
Secrets When Yale graduate, BatSheva Vaknin is not writing
helpful and insightful articles like the one you just read for
www.homeandliving.com, she writes plays, screenplays and short
stories. In fact, she has just completed her first novel.
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When Yale graduate, BatSheva Vaknin is not writing helpful and
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