What are some ideas for furniture in a long room?
Tuesday, December 22nd, 2009 at
7:41 am
Our living room is long and rectangle shaped, with a picture window on one of the long ends and an opening to the kitchen directly across from the window. We are trying to pick out furniture for the whole room (couch, chair, etc). we have a big screen tv that takes up most of one of the shorter walls. Any ideas or links for ideas are appreciated!
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You might want to buy 2 loveseats with a couple of smaller chairs.Place the loveseats across from eah other near the kitchen end and place the tv on the wall that is shared with the kitchen.Place the chairs with a small table in a corner by the window forming a game table or for extra seating.Place a comfy chair in the other corner by the window with a lamp and footstool for a cozy reading area.Your room will be very serviceable and will be broken into three charming areas.You can use a large ottoman or a coffee table between the loveseats.If you place on loveseat against the kitchen wall you may want to place a sofa table behind it and place lamps,etc for decoration and for needed light.Best wishes!
The simple answer is to make two living spaces. A small dining table can be put near the kitchen opening for the family use and then use comfortable chairs and a small sofa in the other half of the room.
a sofa in the middle with a folding dividing ‘wall’ behind it. There are some interesting kinds, like one that each panel folds out to form a table or nick-nack shelf… and another kind that you insert pictures to make a collage. That will separate the room but still leave it open and interesting. Sorry, no links… just very interesting rooms that I have seen.
I have a long room also. (29′ x 16′) I had learned to use accent colors on opposing wall, as well as put furniture on a diagonal. It makes mine look wider. It really opened it up. Maybe you could use that. good luck
It’s hard to design without seeing the set up, but usually in
a long rectangular shaped room, the best idea is to split
it up into two different areas thereby adding interest and
visual appeal. Group a couch and a couple of chairs,
coffee table and lamps in from the walls in a cozy arrangement near the window end. Get a casing for
the big screen tv so it doesn’t dominate the room and hang
it on the wall across from the couch. In the other half of
the room, place a table, chairs, wall cabinet….perhaps
some games, bookcases, green study type lamps..a
den kind of feeling. Separate the two areas with a long,
narrow table that you can display vases of flowers on.
Also, make sure you have two matching area rugs in
each separate end..this will tie them together.