Room Arrangement

The arrangment of furniture in a room is very important to draw you into the room, add comfort, style, and a focal point. One way to achieve this is by pulling furniture away from the walls to add interest.

You can define seperate seating areas or one large seating area in a space by the placement of your furniture.

Living rooms in particular can have a lot of doorways, windows, and fireplaces that makes arranging furniture a challange.

Our living room is no exception, we have archways, doors, windows and a fireplace that take up most of the wall space.

We have a large archways leading to the dinning room, and another archway leading to the kitchen and stairway to the second floor.

The foyer for the front entrance is smack in the middle. A French door seperates the foyer from the living room and we also have two large windows on each side of the front entrance.

The fireplace is at one end, and an entrance to the sun porch is at the other end.

Since our walls have a lot of stuff going on. Pulling the furniture out from the walls makes the whole room function better.

We wanted to be able to view the fireplace and the TV from where ever we were seated in the living room. Since the front entrance divides the living room, we arranged our furniture with two seating areas. Both seating areas are facing the armoire, for TV viewing, and also for fireplace viewing.

By arranging the furniture this way, even though we have separate seating areas, the whole living room can be enjoyed as one space.

Our living room seems larger, and more interesting by pulling the furniture away from the walls, using console tables, floor lamps and coffee tables.

Small spaces can also look larger if all the furniture isn't backed against the wall. Utilize space by placing console tables behind sofas.

The console table can be backed against the wall with the couch in front of it. It's great for lighting and adds a lot of style to your living room.

I like using console tables and floor lamps instead of end tables to avoid "the furniture store look".

Larger pieces of furniture such as armoires can also be angled instead of placed flat against a wall.

Place something of interest behind the armoire such as a large basket with dried bamboo, a small table, or a piece of art sitting on the floor leaning against the wall.

Here's a little hint on how to save your back, time and frustration. First, measure your room and furniture. Second, go to Better Homes and Garden's arrange-a-room.

This is a tool that will help you place your furniture so you can see if you have enough space and to give you a general idea of how your room will look.

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