Arrangement of furniture in the living room

The drawing room is a universal room in the house: here is your resting place, here you bring guests, here you work, as in an office. And in order to determine what the arrangement of furniture in the living room will be, it is necessary to determine what functionality this room should have, what you want to get as a result. This is especially true for owners of small apartments, in which you have to spend almost all the time in one room.

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Where to begin?

It is necessary to begin with the definition of what this room will serve for. What is it for? Determining why your room will serve you, you will understand what kind of furniture you need to buy into it, and in the future do not have to worry about where to put a table that no longer fits, because it was not included in the plan in advance.

The same goes for lighting. Agree for different types of rooms you need different lighting. Therefore, when deciding how to arrange furniture in the room, remember, the main thing is thoughtfulness! What can combine a living room? Let's consider in more detail.

Living room as a resting place

Since the hall is already intended to be a zone for families, this option for using this room is its “basic functionality”. This type of interior has such furniture options:

1. Sofa - it can be either a small sofa-sofa, or a fully-sized sofa for a large company. It depends on which room is the size.
2. Armchairs. At a minimum, there should be two for symmetry.
3. Wall cabinet. Everything is clear with this piece of furniture. It can fit a TV, collections or souvenirs, books and many other, no less pleasant, little things.
4. And here is the TV itself, and with it the audio system. Listening to music with the whole family or watching TV - what is not a great pastime?
5. A small coffee table. To drink tea or have a snack with sandwiches, play a board game and many more options how to use this piece of furniture, makes you think about its importance in every living room.

This option is very common and is generally accepted for a living room.

Living room

In order for the above-described interior to have a working area separated from the resting place, it will be necessary to purchase a work desk, a desk lamp, a bookcase and a shelf. This should be enough to create a working area.

Library room

If your family loves to read, and your living room is your library, then you will need more book racks and several floor lamps with good lighting.

Living room-bedroom

For owners of one-room apartments, the issue of combining the hall and the bedroom is especially relevant. In this case, it is very difficult to arrange furniture in the living room. Of particular difficulty is the dimensional bed, which will look out of place if you receive guests.

The solution is:

• A folding sofa, which will be folded for a day, or it will be a transformer wardrobe that can accommodate a bed. The latter solution is very popular in our time.
• It is also worth buying a wardrobe for storage and a bedside table.
• In addition, a lamp must be placed above the bed.

Living-dining room-kitchen

In the case of combining the hall with the kitchen, a look at the interior takes on a different meaning.In such a room, there must be a large dining table and the brightest lamp hangs above it. In addition, there should be a set of upholstered furniture.

As an interior item, you can use shelves with dishes and even a bar counter.

Important! The latter will look very good in the form of a separator between the cooking zone and the dining room.

General functionality

In addition to some distinguished functions of the room, there are common elements. So, regardless of all the nuances, this is still a relaxation room. And when deciding how to arrange furniture in the room, think about how to arrange seating. Remember: all interlocutors must hear and see each other.

Important! In addition, no matter how functional this room is, do not clutter up the space with unnecessary furniture and decor. Simplicity in this case will only be advantageous.

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Layout

When deciding how to arrange furniture in the living room, it is important to plan the interior to the smallest detail so that later you do not have to drag heavy furniture from corner to corner a hundred times. Such a layout is made quite simply. To do this, you must adhere to certain rules and a sequence of actions, which we will talk about now:

• The first step to be taken is to measure all the walls with a tape measure. The full size of the room will help it to easily zonate and select further furniture in size. This item will allow you to create the most comfortable version of the living room.

Important! The most comfortable form of the room is the square version. Therefore, if your living room is long, with the help of shelving or other design tricks you can visually make it square.

• An important point is the proportionality of the room and furniture. If the room is small, has little space, then the bulky sofa will look inappropriate and ridiculous at best. At worst, it will take up all the free space. The same rule works in the opposite direction - small furniture in a large room is inappropriate.
• In order to properly arrange the furniture in the hall, it is necessary to draw up a plan of the room with all its details, including floor lamps and more. The plan must have doors and windows. Sketching the eye will not work. The plan must be professional with scale and size.
• On the finished plan, it is desirable to place paper models of furniture. This will help, moving them, to choose the most optimal option for placing all design elements.
• Another rule says that you need to start the placement with the main element of the interior. For the office - this is a desk, for the kitchen - a dining table. A lounge is built around the TV and its placement.

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Furniture Arrangements

In addition to all the general rules, for different room shapes, there are different ways to properly arrange furniture in the living room. Let's talk in more detail about each such method:

1. The first method is well suited for rooms of strictly rectangular shape. The arrangement option is called symmetrical and consists in the fact that the furniture relative to the center is placed in pairs on both sides.
2. For passage rooms it is better to use this option of arrangement. Furniture is placed at various distances from each other, while there is an important “trick” in this way: small objects are placed next to large ones. For example, a sofa and a floor lamp.
3. If the room has a lot of space and is very spacious, then the best option would be to arrange the furniture in the living room in a circle. This allows not only to create coziness and atmosphere conducive to communication, but also to divide the room into functional areas without much effort.

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Where to put the sofa?

The most important item for the living room is, of course, the sofa. How to arrange a sofa in the living room is an eternal problem of many people planning their interior. There are several ways to do this:

1. Near the wall.
2. In the center of the room.
3. Corner sofa.

Let's talk about in which situation which method is best suited and what to do if there are two sofas.

We place in the old fashioned way or a sofa near the wall

Until recently, this was the only sure way to arrange such an item of furniture correctly. What is so special about him? Everything is quite simple.

In the old Soviet-built apartments, the halls were small, and this installation option was optimal in order to save space. Often in a pair there were two more chairs of the same collection and a table in the middle.

Important! This arrangement of furniture in the living room is still popular if you furnish a small rectangular room.

Sofa in the center

If your living room in size allows you to focus on the sofa, do it. In addition to the interesting looking interior, you will receive a wonderful separator for zoning the room. By placing the sofa, for example, in the middle of the room facing the TV, and placing a table and chairs next to it, you completely separate the space that remains behind this corner.

Important! A good option for using the sofa as a separator is to separate the kitchen from the dining area.

Corner sofa

The most versatile piece of furniture. You can place a corner sofa in the living room anywhere. At the same time, you always win, because for small rooms this is the most universal option: being located in a corner near the window, for example, it will replace one of the chairs, while taking up less space.

Important! Perfect for large rooms both near the wall and in the middle of the room.

Two sofas

Two sofas are a good solution for large halls. Then, placing them opposite each other and sharing a table, you will perfectly beat all the space that is available to you.

Important! For small rooms, this option is better not to use - there is not enough space.

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Let's talk about lighting

Lighting plays a huge role in creating coziness. You can make lighting in two options:

1. One large chandelier in the middle of the room. It is very good to use this option for rooms with basic elements in the center.
2. Spot lights around the perimeter of the ceiling. Suitable for large and zoned rooms. Especially in which racks can obscure the light.

Important! Also, different lamps and sconces will look very good in the interior of the living room. They are located in the appropriate areas of the room. This will further help to divide the space into pieces and feel in the right area according to its purpose.

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Now that you have read all these tips, arranging your living room furniture will not be a big problem for you. And adding a little imagination and creativity to the plan that you create for yourself, you will get the best, and most importantly - the unique and functional design of the living room.