Often a living room is the second heart of the home after the kitchen.
This means that this common space often covers many uses and can often be a challenging place to implement a functional layout.
Good design is dependent on good space planning. You can have the most beautiful furniture in the world but if it isn’t laid out functionally that doesn’t matter! I want to show you a few tips that you can implement in your space right away that will help you get that functional flow in your space.
With these few ideas you can transform the usability in an existing space or start out on the right foot in a new environment before you start the creative process.
Often in existing spaces, there is hidden functionality that my clients haven’t considered before since they are used to having their living space being laid out in one way for a long time. It’s often hard to look past what is already ahead of you.
And I know looking at an empty room, or a room that doesn’t work or feels quite right can be completely overwhelming. This process is about getting out of a rut and perhaps experimenting with what you have, or actually planning ahead so that you aren’t stuck with furniture that doesn’t work for how you would like to live in your space!
I cannot tell you how many clients Ive helped to rework the space-plan of their home. In fact I just helped a client with two different sized sofas that just didn’t seem to make sense in her new space. She brought them from her old home and she wanted to make them work to save herself some money (which is always a priority). But in the new living room they really ended up feeling really dwarfed in the space. She wanted the focal point to be the TV/ fireplace, but because the long sofa would only fit on the perpendicular wall the entire flow was off! We floated the long sofa and we opted for two chairs as conversational seating facing towards the sofa and everything now works in her new space!
August 14, 2024
How to layout your living room — Catherine Rose Design
maximios Design
Often a living room is the second heart of the home after the kitchen.
This means that this common space often covers many uses and can often be a challenging place to implement a functional layout.
Good design is dependent on good space planning. You can have the most beautiful furniture in the world but if it isn’t laid out functionally that doesn’t matter! I want to show you a few tips that you can implement in your space right away that will help you get that functional flow in your space.
With these few ideas you can transform the usability in an existing space or start out on the right foot in a new environment before you start the creative process.
Often in existing spaces, there is hidden functionality that my clients haven’t considered before since they are used to having their living space being laid out in one way for a long time. It’s often hard to look past what is already ahead of you.
And I know looking at an empty room, or a room that doesn’t work or feels quite right can be completely overwhelming. This process is about getting out of a rut and perhaps experimenting with what you have, or actually planning ahead so that you aren’t stuck with furniture that doesn’t work for how you would like to live in your space!
I cannot tell you how many clients Ive helped to rework the space-plan of their home. In fact I just helped a client with two different sized sofas that just didn’t seem to make sense in her new space. She brought them from her old home and she wanted to make them work to save herself some money (which is always a priority). But in the new living room they really ended up feeling really dwarfed in the space. She wanted the focal point to be the TV/ fireplace, but because the long sofa would only fit on the perpendicular wall the entire flow was off! We floated the long sofa and we opted for two chairs as conversational seating facing towards the sofa and everything now works in her new space!