West Elm Living room with light blue walls and white trims

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  1. Hi
    I have ONE room which I just feel like I cannot get right. I’m happy with everything else, just this one, space across from the dining table. Its like a sitting lounge area. I would like to update the Leather lounges and furnishings OR look at the placement of them both if I keep them. I have gorgeous view of my garden through open windows with no furnishings ( taking in the greenery). Its driving me nuts because It just doesn’t feel 100%. I have a good eye for styling but this one just gets me ๐Ÿ™

  2. Hi Chris.

    How do you determine the right size, combination and configuration a sofa for a living area?

    1. Hi Nadia, I take into account the shape of the room, the seating needed, the flow of the room…lots of things to consider!

  3. Hi, I have a lounge which isnโ€™t rectangle. It has one wall at an angle. Need to some suggestions .

  4. Hi Chris,
    I am finally updating my old 3 seater lounge ( 2.5 seater + 2 single lounge chairs) with a new fabric sofa in my “formal” loungeroom in an almond colour. I can fit a 2.5 seater sofa but am thinking of also adding a single armchair in tan leather to add a touch of colour and contrast in texture. I have a lot of stained timber furniture so I am after warm tones. I am also thinking of adding an ottoman as I will have the room. Would this be the right look and also what shape coffee table should I add in the room? It is a rectangular shape. Thank you,
    Jan

  5. Hi Chris! I have a long narrow open plan living area that leads out to balcony doors. The entry goes straight into the kitchen, then I have a dining area, then a living area. The view out the balcony door/ windows is a great focal point but presents some constraints with the layout as I can’t block the pathway through the door. I went for a nice sectional with chaise on the right hand side away from the window, so you can sit facing out the windows and this also nicely differentiates the living area from the kitchen/dining area but still allows for conversation all the same. But I’m having trouble completing the look. I think maybe an accent chair in the corner (against the window, diagonally opposite the corner of the chair) will complete a sort of conversational pit, but it is also such a narrow room that it may look crowded. Is a sectional sofa with chaise enough on its own in this situation?

    1. Hi Jo, I think you’ve made a smart choice with the layout. The only downside is you see the back of the sofa from the living and dining areas, but in a narrow space you sometimes have to make that choice. Ideally, you just have a single sofa running the same length as the room, but this might not have offered you enough seating, so I understand why you went with a sectional.

      Given the sectional has a chaise, the armchair miiiight be overkill. I do love a conversation pit and try to put an armchair in every room, but only if the space allows. You could instead put a tall plant in that corner so it feels like the whole space has been considered.

  6. I have a rectangular Edwardian/Victorian (?) living room (12’x17′) in San Francisco. I believe the room used to be a formal dining room because there are built-in shelves and drawers on either side of a fireplace. On the other end of the reoom three large bay windows face a view. One wall is completely wainscoting for all 17′. The other wall has two entrance doors, which are not evenly spaced along the 17′. In fact, the two doors are closest to the fireplace, with one right one opening on one of the built-in shelves and the other almost in the middle of the room. I put in a sliding door for the door in the middle of the room and closed the entry closest to the fireplace bc it just makes no sense. My issue is what to do with furniture. I like to watch TV and I like to enjoy the fireplace, but the room may be a tad too large for TV over the fireplace. Right now the TV is on the wall between the bay window and the entry door in the middle of the room. I simply don’t know what to do. I want to see my view, enjoy the fire and watch TV in comfy chairs and chaises and sofas! Any advise?!

    1. Hi Brian, thanks for the comment. It’s too difficult to give detailed advice like this, I’d recommend you hire a local designer to help you out.

  7. I have a long somewhat narrow living room 170 inches by 115 inches with double doors in the shorter wall to my master on one end and a fireplace on the other end of long wall. I would like to have a sectional and have found one with a 67 inch chaise on one end and a cuddler on the other. It is 136 inches long. Would this be too big? My husband is worried about visually impeding the double doors with the cuddler.

    1. Hi Jennifer, try mapping it out on a piece of paper. Draw everything to scale from a top-down view and see what you think.

  8. My lounge room is an odd shape (long and fairly skinny), that needs to be walked through to get from the front door to kitchen etc. What shaped couch should I be trying to put in there? I am trying to avoid walking in the front door basically straight into the back of a couch. But it still needs to be practical for two adults and two boisterous boy children. Help!

    1. Hey Claire. So hard to give advice without seeing the space. You should come and join my Facebook group. Members post pics of their rooms and we all give our design and decor advice. It’s super helpful and very friendly: https://www.facebook.com/groups/tlcdecoratingjunkies/

  9. Hi there,
    I live in an apartment and have Bremworth silver grey carpet and a King Furniture silver grey lounge. I was wondering about using a rug to ground the space – is it an OK look to put rugs on carpet? The walls are white, curtains sheer white Linen.

    1. Hey Barbara, rugs on carpet are totally fine. Make sure they don’t blend into the colour/pattern of the carpet.

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