How To Arrange Furniture In A Very Small Living Room
There is more to living room furniture than full-size sofas and bulky armchairs.
How to arrange furniture in a very small living room. Even a tiny alcove like in this New York apartment can work as the perfect living room. Its possible to arrange your furniture in a living room that has two focal points. Antique shops are great places to look for small-scale furniture since the average room size was typically smaller in the past.
Individual storage furniture designs such as a bookcase a TV unit a cupboard for films or music etc can fill up a small living room making the seating area cramped. Antiques shops are a great place to look for small-scale furniture because the average room size was typically quite small until the last half century or so. Instead swap the whole shebang for one bespoke combination of shelving drawers and cupboards along a wall thats home to all your stuff.
This is designer-speak for keep it simple Overstuffed chairs and shabby chic slipcovers may overpower a small living room. Whenever possible keep the furniture arrangement to one side of the room and leave a walkway on the other side. For instance an overstuffed couch will make any small space feel minuscule.
Anchor your space with a large area rug such as an 8 foot by 10 foot rug. In a small space choose furniture with clean lines so the eye will not get stuck in one place. This moves the largest piece to the corner out of the central area.
They previously had a sectional pushed into a corner which resulted in a ton of unused space. Here is a small living room arrangement with 2 small armchairs. Leave room for people to move around the furniture.
If you have a television find the best place for viewing from all angles and start the design by placing your television there. In this living room emphasis on the vertical comes by way of floor-to-ceiling draperies that hang just below the ceiling. However an apartment-size sofa thats also close to the ground as shown will have the opposite effect.