Awkward room layout

notanewuser

penguingirl wrote: »

Have you thought about getting a nest of tables? We find them really handy to be able to move them around if we're sat on the second sofa (and my guess is you will have a 'main' sofa that you use).

I know you said you can't move your TV, but ultimately I think you are restricted unless you do as at the moment you have it an awkward corner. I even think it would be better on the opposite corner (the same side as the door) so that your sofa could go against the wall next to the fireplace and the other could come a few feet further towards the window

If the smaller sofa comes any further forward it will block the door and catch fire when the fire is on. Your suggestion will make a very small 'room' at the front near the window, with admittedly a very warm sofa, and a massive empty space behind it. Plus we'd lose suitable walls for storage etc. :undecided:

Dark_Star

I've seen similar rooms & they end up with unused space by the door....


Could you...swap the sofas over, so that the 3 seater divides the room in half. Reduce the number of side tables (keep the large one if that's full of stuff that can't be decluttered).

You'll be cutting the room in half BUT....use the other half as a proper playroom. Perhaps put in shelving (like the Ikea expedit) to store toys & look tidy. Give the small one a dinky table/chair set & perhaps add a comfy armchair for the big people. Squeeze in a bookcase or two if any free wallspace & you'd have a nice reading/play area + big people's space which is free of little people clutter...

choccyface2006

Would it be possible to put second doorway in and partition the room up to make a small separate dining room?

pinkteapot

We have our TV in a corner, next to a bay window, just like you. In the bay we have an armchair with a small table next to it. There's storage space under the table and someone sitting there can put a drink on it. Can't see the TV from it but the chair is used either for reading light (natural light behind) or when people come round so we can face them and chat.

Re drinks, we have a small coffee table. It was actually sold as a chunk lamp table, but it's the perfect size for a few drinks, remotes, iPads etc. We have a reclining three seater sofa. It sits in front of the middle seat and perfectly fits in between when both ends are reclined with the footrests out. It's small enough that the lounge still has plenty of floor space for kids to play, but big enough that we can put drinks on it.

notanewuser

choccyface2006 wrote: »

Would it be possible to put second doorway in and partition the room up to make a small separate dining room?

Im not sure why we'd do that though. We already have a dining room, and the door wouldn't open fully with the bigger sofa in the middle of the room. The only place another door could go would be from the dining room into the back half of the room, making the hallway somewhat redundant.

I know I'm being a pain!

notanewuser

Dark_Star wrote: »

I've seen similar rooms & they end up with unused space by the door....


Could you...swap the sofas over, so that the 3 seater divides the room in half. Reduce the number of side tables (keep the large one if that's full of stuff that can't be decluttered).

You'll be cutting the room in half BUT....use the other half as a proper playroom. Perhaps put in shelving (like the Ikea expedit) to store toys & look tidy. Give the small one a dinky table/chair set & perhaps add a comfy armchair for the big people. Squeeze in a bookcase or two if any free wallspace & you'd have a nice reading/play area + big people's space which is free of little people clutter...

She has a wooden kitchen etc that her toys live in, plus her Toybox and a couple of baskets. She has a little table and chairs in her outdoor playhouse. The sideboard houses our small business things - printer etc plus.

sooz

notanewuser wrote: »

The room is about 12ft wide and 22ft long with a very wide door (3ft).

There would be huge gaps between the furniture and it would make TV watching quite difficult if the other sofa weren't facing it.


Table in the middle would be inconvenient a) for the door and b) for putting hot drinks on as you wouldn't easily reach and we have a toddler.

12 foot wide room & 3 foot door. Is 9 foot really not enough for the coffee table? It's not for coffee. It's for coffee table books/flowers/sometimes Lego...
If you can't see the tv it's too small.
You watch tv from the sofa closest & the armchair you haven't yet bought. Most wall mounted brackets swivel.

Or you could put both sofas one behind the other in a diagonal infront of the tv. No need for coffee table as your stewardess brings drinks while you watch the movie