Furniture Layout Ideas to Transform Your Living Room
Are you looking to redesign or redecorate your living room? Is it time to change up the furniture layout?
It’s much more challenging than you might think. Especially when you consider how much time you spend in the living room every day. Here you rest, watch television, enjoy entertainment, and spend time with other people in your household.
It’s a large area you want to spend a lot of time considering when you’re redecorating it.
This article will offer some ideas to redecorate your living room. Keep reading to learn more!
Maximizing Floor Space With Smaller Scale Furniture
Cozy chairs, sofas, or loveseats are often preferred when considering a new furniture layout. For larger families or to maximize seating, sectional sofas in L-shapes work well, as they can be moved to various positions and angles.
Choosing multi-functional pieces ensures you maximize every inch of a small living room. Smaller-scale and modest-sized additions can transform any living room while optimizing floor space. Use pieces such as side chairs instead of upholstered armchairs, benches, or poufs instead of traditional sofas.
Utilizing Vertical Space
Wall shelving or a bookcase is a great idea to transform your living room and maximize floor space. Floating shelves, ladder shelves, or a built-in wall unit can add storage and display space that isn’t taking away from the floor plan. Taller furniture pieces, such as cabinets with glass doors, provide a perfect place to store items.
When decorating with vertical space, avoid clutter to create a visually pleasing look. Carefully arranged wall art or photographs with varying heights and sizes can add visual interest. Installing sconces in place of a lamp on either side of a sofa is an effective and efficient way to use vertical space without the use of an end table.
Creating a Focal Point
Creating a focal point can serve as the room’s natural centerpiece, giving the feeling of purpose and accenting other furniture pieces. For a living room layout, the focal point is typically the sofa or loveseat, so arrange them in an area that feels balanced and free of distractions. This doesn’t need to be in the center of the room as long as it is placed thoughtfully and captures attention.
Add side and accent chairs to pull the design together, while area rugs and coffee tables will ground the focal point. To unify the room and offer complementary elements to the focal point, use accessories such as art, plants, and lamps to create an eye-catching display.
Flowing Movement and Symmetry
Start by placing the sofa along the longest wall of the room. Buy coffee tables here, and make sure the design blends well with the sofa and the wall. Balance the seating area with a couple of armchairs situated on opposite sides of the space.
If the room is large enough, adding a chaise lounge placed at a diagonal from the sofa is a great furnishing option to create a natural flow in the room.
Transform Your Living Room With These Furniture Layout Ideas
The living room furniture layout sets the tone for any occasion. Incorporating the right layout can help set the stage for relaxing family conversations or memorable movie nights. Get inspired by the latest trends, and be sure to have fun experimenting with types of pieces and designs.
Time to create the perfect living room space!
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