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How would you lay out this living room?

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ClimbingMountKilimounjaro · 05/07/2025 17:31

Attaching a map which I’ve drawn myself so it’s not perfect but roughly to scale. Numbers marked are centimetres.
We have a lovely big room but it needs to fit a lot and I’m looking for inspiration as to how to lay things out. We are two people living here but regularly have two more in.

We need an L-shape sofa big enough to fit four for socialising (ie, to chat, not all sitting in a row), or a sofa for two plus two more separate chairs.
Dining table to seat four, which will double-up as a desk for me WFH.
Plenty of book shelves/shelves for ornaments/photo frames.
TV.
Cupboard storage for sewing machine and various other related stuff, which I will also use dining table for (side hustle).
Three fairly large standing plant pots which stand on the floor (too tall to be up on a shelf).

The sliding door into the kitchen slides on the kitchen side and is usually kept open. The door into the room from the hall, and the door which leads outside both open into the living room and can’t be changed so I’ve marked on the space they take up.

How would you lay out this living room?
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ClimbingMountKilimounjaro · 05/07/2025 17:34

To add - reason I’m struggling with inspiration is because of keeping clear of the space the doors need to open and also not blocking in the radiators.

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parietal · 05/07/2025 19:22

Something like this

b is bench against the wall. Then the dining table T and a couple of small chairs that tuck underneath well.

S at the side is a full wall of shelves for books, display items etc.

around the TV there is a big sofa and a comfy chair. Could be 2 small sofas if you prefer.

in the bottom corner there is a cupboard C for the sewing things. And there could be another small console table or cupboard behind the sofa too.

How would you lay out this living room?
randomusernam · 05/07/2025 19:42

The circles are for the plants

How would you lay out this living room?
Offcom · 05/07/2025 23:19

It’s quite tricky! This is less logical and you’d have to run the tv aerial around the room but if you’d prefer to sit nearer the window during the day maybe something like this?

How would you lay out this living room?
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