ok i just moved into a new place and im trying to arrange furniture but the living room is incredibly awkward. Here's a thread on my reasoning and Id love advice
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I have a big sofa (6ft3in) and a matching phat armchair.
I have big sofa taking up the 6-7 spot, facing inwards. This is good but visually blocks off flow into the lower-section area (the floor is lower down than the rest of the living room)
I could position it 7-8, facing in,
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but I'm trying hard not to block the window (which extends down kinda low) and id like to preserve seating which can look outside, as opposed to inside
considering the 11-12-13 area for seating? but my big couch would just baaarely fit, and maybe feel crowded/no side table area
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was considering putting sofa diagonal across 11-13, but that'd leave a pretty chunky gap behind the diagonal and idk what to put back there? also unclear where armchair would go nearby. and what id do with the pretty open 9-8-7-6 space. hard to balance!
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right now 2 and 16 have my dining table, which I prefer to keep there but is not a dealbreaker if theres some crazy other idea.
anyway: advice? how would you arrange this?
the image i provided is 1 px= 1 inch
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(also am willing to move my couch/armchair duo to another room and buy furniture specifcially for my living room if theres a good idea for it)
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Congrats to those who can visualize a space/furniture without actually seeing the physical pieces in the space. I’m not that person. My poor advice would be to move the pieces in and see how it looks, then change as necessary. Good luck!
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Sofa in 11-12-13 area makes the most sense to me. Armchair in 6-7. Coffee table if you have one in the middle.
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Maybe something like, couch angled from 9-18 (or a bit closer in), facing 17, armchair on 12, coffee table on 17, big rug in that whole area? Try and keep the couch away from the walls to create more "zones". Hard to fully visualize though
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crazy idea; sofa 14-6 ish diagonal, chair around 17 ish. Art/bookshelves? in11-12-13 spot, movement can flow either side of chair, sitters face each other and window, some openness to lower area for sitters or flow from kitchen past dining area?
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