Hello.
After we finally agreed on an open kitchen, the living room layout has been causing quite a headache for my wife and me for some time.
Our ground floor layout:
The kitchen area is on the right (east), the dining table is centered in the bay window, and the living room is planned on the left (west). The plan shows the approximate kitchen layout as well as a fireplace with a wood-burning stove.
In our sketches below, I marked the sofa in green and the TV in blue.
My initial idea was to place the sofa facing southeast, with the TV and cabinets along the north wall of the living room:
I like how this keeps the room open and gives our two young children space to play. I would have placed cabinets on either side of the TV.
Unfortunately, my wife doesn’t like this arrangement at all. She prefers to look out the window to the south, and her suggestion looks like this:
She wants to build a half-height drywall partition behind the TV. For me, this is a bit unfortunate because it divides the room and, in my opinion, makes it harder to access. Also, I wonder about the cable management for the TV (I’m doubtful about drilling a hole in the floor if the drywall partition is removed later). Cabinets would still be along the north wall here.
Another idea is similar to the second but with the TV along the west wall. This would at least simplify cable management, though I still find the room less open and inviting:
It would be great if you had any suggestions on how to improve this. Currently, this is one of the biggest uncertainties in our project.
After we finally agreed on an open kitchen, the living room layout has been causing quite a headache for my wife and me for some time.
Our ground floor layout:
The kitchen area is on the right (east), the dining table is centered in the bay window, and the living room is planned on the left (west). The plan shows the approximate kitchen layout as well as a fireplace with a wood-burning stove.
In our sketches below, I marked the sofa in green and the TV in blue.
My initial idea was to place the sofa facing southeast, with the TV and cabinets along the north wall of the living room:
I like how this keeps the room open and gives our two young children space to play. I would have placed cabinets on either side of the TV.
Unfortunately, my wife doesn’t like this arrangement at all. She prefers to look out the window to the south, and her suggestion looks like this:
She wants to build a half-height drywall partition behind the TV. For me, this is a bit unfortunate because it divides the room and, in my opinion, makes it harder to access. Also, I wonder about the cable management for the TV (I’m doubtful about drilling a hole in the floor if the drywall partition is removed later). Cabinets would still be along the north wall here.
Another idea is similar to the second but with the TV along the west wall. This would at least simplify cable management, though I still find the room less open and inviting:
It would be great if you had any suggestions on how to improve this. Currently, this is one of the biggest uncertainties in our project.
Of course, it depends on the furniture arrangement.
With the sofa positioned as in the original poster’s setup, with both sections against the walls, I personally don’t see any issue with the spacing.
The walkway between the table and the TV is wide enough to reach the end of the sofa, and if you need more space while watching TV, you can easily slide the table closer to the TV, which then also creates sufficient distance between the sofa and the table.
To me, it looks like a very cozy TV corner.
You would even have room for an additional armchair if you wanted to.
With the sofa positioned as in the original poster’s setup, with both sections against the walls, I personally don’t see any issue with the spacing.
The walkway between the table and the TV is wide enough to reach the end of the sofa, and if you need more space while watching TV, you can easily slide the table closer to the TV, which then also creates sufficient distance between the sofa and the table.
To me, it looks like a very cozy TV corner.
You would even have room for an additional armchair if you wanted to.
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Peanuts7417 Aug 2016 14:29As I said, everyone has their own preference. But I really don’t like all the back-and-forth moving around when you can have a proper amount of space with an extra 50cm (20 inches). Especially since this can probably be achieved by simply adjusting the wall.
bluminger schrieb:
Hello.
Thank you for your contributions; they helped us, and we have now found a solution.
We don’t want to give up the windows on the south side, and my wife insists on having them floor-to-ceiling—so the sofa, as suggested in some proposals, has now been moved to the northwest corner. Moving the fireplace into the hallway is not that easy, since there is another floor above...
Here is our current solution:
The living room will be about 1sqm (10.8 sq ft) smaller, and visually the stove will only be visible from the dining area and kitchen. On the west side, there will be a window starting from the ridge line with a sill height of about 1.5m (5 feet).May I ask how you have decided? I also like the solution you suggested. However, it is a pity the stove isn’t visible from the sofa. Additionally, the heat distribution could be less ideal—meaning it might be very warm in the dining area but, for example, about 2°C (4°F) cooler in the living room, which can feel uncomfortable. It’s similar at my parents’ home, which is why I would never place the stove in a corner of a wall.
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