In our layout guides series you ll find layout solutions for rooms of all shapes and sizes this week we set out to find two design solutions for a long narrow living room layout with the added challenge of a fireplace.
Best furniture layout for long narrow living room.
Pull furniture away from the walls.
The layout creates a lounge y vibe inside the narrow living room and encourages conversation as well as tv watching.
An extra long sofa or a sectional can make a narrow room feel more inviting all the functions in the room are organized around the sitting area first of all decide what the focal point of the room will be.
It helps even if your furniture is only a few inches away from the walls.
In the contemporary era narrow living rooms allow greater space to other rooms of the house.
Next place accent chairs around the sofa and or sofa table.
This is a very compact furniture arrangement that would work in all types of small spaces.
A long and narrow sofa in pastel shades along with a long rug complements a narrow living room.
The design features lots of versatile pieces and can easily be rearranged for different uses.
Small stools cubes or chow tables are perfect as options for coffee tables in narrow spaces.
This works particularly well in a symmetrical room when the furniture can be centered around a window or fireplace.
It should be on the longest wall of the room.
The laid back lounge layout layout idea 1 puts emphasis on a comfortable main living area with lots of small space seating.
Just because a room is long doesn t mean you need to fill it all with furniture.
If there s no room try small stools instead.
Furniture pushed up against a wall in a narrow living room emphasizes the length of the space.
The space above centers the furniture arrangement in the middle leaving the sides as open but not dead space.
Place a narrow console table on the opposite wall of the sofa if it s available.
A long narrow living room with a fireplace the style.
Creating a functional uncrowded layout in a long narrow living room.
If your room is particularly long and narrow and you don t want it to have the bowling alley effect try putting some of your furniture on an angle so that it breaks up the space.
Rustic southwestern the challenge.
Use some circular furniture a circular coffee table or large ottoman can do wonders for breaking up the straight lines of long rooms.
Notice that they also used a loveseat and chaise facing each other and perpendicular to the length of the room similar to photo no.
Even circular side tables can help.