Furniture Placement Rectangular Family Room
This furniture arrangement is perfect for movie nights or a celebratory tv binge with friends or family.
Furniture placement rectangular family room. The size and shape of the furniture also matter when decorating narrow rectangular spaces to avoid the feeling of a corridor. Furniture layout for rectangular family room. To help fill the space and create a balanced look float furniture in the middle of the room. It helps even if your furniture is only a few inches away from the walls.
Its three sides zone the entertainment space and then the area rug helps further define this part of the room. The large floating 3 piece sectional sofa is the heart and soul of this rectangular living room. This is where the rules of design become the. A long narrow living space for instance can be split in two by creating zones of function.
A living room is a place that defines your decorating style for the entire house. Another tip on how to arrange furniture in a rectangular living room is to create a focal point in your space. Placing furniture on an angle works well with narrow rooms. Furniture pushed up against a wall in a narrow living room emphasizes the length of the space.
Depending on the type of rug that you are going to use it can serve as the focal point especially when it comes with patterns or bold colors. Instead pull all of your furniture away from the walls and float a seating arrangement in the middle of the room. Pull furniture away from the walls. Although this living family room is large it has been a challenge for me to figure out furniture layout it has a double entrance on one end a fireplace on the other the third wall has 2 large windows and the fourth wall has an entrance.
One of the secrets to learning how to arrange furniture is making sure you leave enough space between pieces. Place furniture in a corner arrangement with the foot traffic angling across open space. Place a coffee table in front of each sofa followed by one or two chairs creating two conversation areas. Allow 30 inches between furniture you need to be able to walk around and 14 to 18 inches between a coffee table and sofa so drinks are within reaching distance.
Place two sofas back to back separated by a sofa table in between. Large rectangular spaces can be dealt with by dividing the form of the space into another form. You can achieve thisby adding a large rugon which to place your chairs and coffee table. Large rectangular living rooms provide a multitude of furniture arrangement options.
If the rectangular shape of the room is exaggerated the traffic flow of people through the room may force the furniture arrangement off center. In this living room the door opens right into one side and a console table keeps you from walking straight down that side.