Usually in the living room or hall of each house is not complete without a sofa, TV and coffee table. It happens that the living room is also a bedroom at night, or it is also a library and very often there are various kinds of cabinets there. Sometimes there is a working area. We will try to collect all these functions, which the living room often performs, and consider the most successful layout options.
Decide on a placement plan
Rearranging furniture is much easier when you arrange it on paper, so make a plan first. Then:
- draw the room from the top point, using a scale of 1:20;
- mark the location of window openings, balcony and front doors, as well as their depth and in which direction they open;
- include in the plan the location of radiators, sockets, outlets for lamps, protrusions of load-bearing walls, beams on the ceiling.
The semantic load of the living room
Arrangement in a room according to the recommendations of designers, architects and feng shui specialists should begin with the placement of the main representative of the furniture that you most need here. It follows from this that first you need to decide which item is the most important in the living room, that is, around what your daily life is built in your family.
When in the hall most often there is a gathering of friends or members of a large family, then a large sofa should become the center piece. If it still performs the function of a bed, then it must be folding and comfortable for everyone. Some owners like to eat in the living room, then they will also need a dining group in the hall. Someone has to store a lot of things in the living room due to the fact that there is no more room for them in the apartment.
The workplace in the hall is also very important for some. However, today the function of the living room is to relax family members on a large sofa, next to which there should be a table where all kinds of accessories, flowers in a vase or food will stand. In this case, the room is not overloaded with furniture, so it is quite comfortable as a bedroom.
How to arrange furniture in a small living room?
The correct arrangement of furniture in a small living room is very important in order to be comfortable in it. Stick to two key rules:
- windows should not block tall objects (furniture, floor lamp or indoor plants);
- the area at the entrance to the room should be free.
In a small living room there should be thin and oversized furniture (representatives of the classics or retro of the 50s). It is good when upholstered furniture has wooden armrests, as well as sofas and chairs with legs. It is better to choose furniture with glass and acrylic transparent cases. All this will save space.
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