ᐅ Floor-to-ceiling windows – how to arrange the sofa?

Hello everyone,

My wife and I are almost finished planning the layout for our floor plan (Mediterranean city villa). We want the living area to be very open, meaning living room + dining area + kitchen arranged in a spacious L-shape. I have uploaded the proposed floor plan.

On the south side, we have planned three floor-to-ceiling double windows to bring in plenty of light and create a harmonious look from the outside. The distance from the window wall to the living room and fireplace wall is 4.80 meters (15.7 feet).

My concerns are the following. I cannot place a sofa directly in front of the floor-to-ceiling window if I want to decorate the windows with curtains, so the sofa will have to be set back quite a bit from the window. This means there won’t be as much space left between the sofa and the living room wall. We want everything to feel open and not too cramped, so there will be about 4 meters (13.1 feet) left from the back of the sofa to the living room wall.

How would you arrange the sofas or sectional sofas? Maybe in a completely different way?

Hello,
at first glance, I would place the sofa so that you can look outside. Basically, put it against the wall where the fireplace is now. Then, as an L-shape, extend it along the 4.8m (16 feet) long windowless wall.

The fireplace would then either need to be moved to an exterior wall or omitted.

Best regards,

Andreas

I share a similar view as andimann. The view from the room should be outward, as seen from the sofa. The TV could possibly be mounted on the wall between two windows; this would also eliminate the reflections you would get if the TV were placed on the fireplace wall.

Otherwise, our sofa is only about 30-40cm (12-16 inches) away from the window, so my partner can arrange her preferred seating priority as desired.

PS: The chimney projecting into the hallway would bother me (if it is as shown). Coming up the stairs, you immediately have a 40cm (16 inches) “obstacle” on the wall about one meter (3 feet) away. I assume the wall on the upper floor above the fireplace wall in the living room is in the same position.

In our case, the sofa is placed in a similar situation in front of a floor-to-ceiling window, with about 10cm (4 inches) of space between it and the wall for the curtains. Instead of looking at the TV, we look into the fireplace.

I think our priority while lounging on the sofa is to have a clear view of the fireplace.

Is a distance of 30cm to 40cm (12 to 16 inches) between the window and the edge of the sofa sufficient?

Yes for us. For you or others, no idea.