Move Rogue for Effective Furniture Arrangements

Move Rogue for Effective Furniture Arrangements

Sometimes when you move into a new space, the layout is simply odd. There are partitions in weird areas and rooms which are too big or too little, and your furniture just doesn’t work the way it used to.

Apartment dwellers and homeowners everywhere struggle to match their beloved furniture in their new spaces — furniture arrangements in one home rarely interpret exactly to another. That is when you have to become creative. Ditch your preconceived notions of a living room, a dining room or even your own kitchen and make a setup that’s anything but ordinary!

David Howell Design

When you’re blessed (or cursed) with a large, open space, how should you arrange the furniture? The typical L setup or setting sofas to confront each other simply doesn’t utilize the space to its full capacity.

Try setting sofas back for a smart arrangement which makes an excellent use of space and doesn’t block any gorgeous windows.

Putting your sofas back can make two rooms out of one with no distance feeling oversize and weathered.

More ways with two sofas

hatch + ulland owen architects

Can there be a living room with a fireplace right off your kitchen? Is it weird to hang out in this room when someone is cooking? Would you rather have a dining room in that space? Just do it– a fireplace in a dining room is a lovely item, and it doesn’t have to dictate the way you utilize the space.

Elizabeth Dinkel

I told you : Fireplaces are fantastic next to a table.

Lucy McLintic

Is your formal parlor assumed to have a few sofas and a piano? Not always — ditch them for a dining room table. Does your long, rectangular table create the room feel cramped? Be courageous and swap it out for a round edition.

Haus Interior Design

Should you prefer to just invite a few friends over instead of large collections, arrange your living room to fit your entertaining style. Splurge on four luxurious, upholstered seats instead of sofas on your living room — what a superb space for sharing stories with friends.

Aidan Design

Use a very long, narrow window seat to make the little breakfast nook you have always wanted. Bring in a full size dining table and additional chairs to create this your dining room. Who says the breakfast nook can’t be your table?

Palmerston Design Consultants

OK, tiny-house dwellers, this is for you. You know that room — the room right inside the front door that’s cut into from the stairs. This room serves as the walkway to the kitchen and dining room and living room too. Yeah, that room. The one where you’re supposed to set a sofa on the long wall, but that usually means the sofa faces people entering front door and it just always seems kind of weird. Be courageous and scootch that loveseat over to the stairway wall. You might be shocked at how well it functions.

Crisp Architects

Beds are often to be lined up like soldiers against the longest bedroom . However, what happens when twin beds will not fitlengthwise in the space? Consider setting them futon to headboard for a cozy, perfectly functional arrangement.

Munger Interiors

Got triplets? Who says you can’t put twin beds right with each other? This arrangement looks like pure bliss for three little woman cousins or sisters.

J. Hirsch Interior Design, LLC

Whether you’re reworking the typical positioning of furniture, repurposing the function of a room or deflecting traffic patterns with your layouts, be bold and courageous with your furniture placement.

You do not need to do things the way they have always been done; you just need to do what works.

More:
New Uses for the Dining Room
Could Your Living Room Be Better Without a Sofa?
How to Organize Your Living Room for Entertaining

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