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How would you furnish this huge coast living room?

Eye Candy Art Creations

3 years ago

last modified: 3 years ago

I am having the hardest time deciding what furniture I should put in our large coast Living room. I was thinking 2 sectional couches?

Here are the blue prints of the living room. We have a big family and want big comfy couches. The built in tv stand stays along with the window bench. It was just rebuilt from being destroyed in Hurricane Harvey.

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Maureen

3 years ago

last modified: 3 years ago

A floor plan should be your first step, with exact measurements, etc. Find a good on line room planner and experiment with different configurations, based on how you want room to function. You won’t know what room can handle until this is done and until you have determined your needs, ie: couches, sectionals, and chair combinations.

Two identical sized seating areas grounded by two rugs.

Or each side different

Or a really large area with a smaller intimate space

Would you like seating by window, a place to nap, does a tv need to be considered, etc

Once you have layout figured out, there will be all the other decisions. Size of furniture, best fabrics for your lifestyle, accessories, etc. It may be worth hiring someone and with the discounts they benefit from, it may be worth it if you are buying for the whole room from scratch

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Village West Design
3 years ago
I always start from a place of functionality. What activities do you wish to accommodate? Two sectionals sound great if you plan to do a lot of entertaining or you have a large family or if you want to stretch out with lots of space. You might consider an oversize coffee table for playing games/puzzles, which many clients are taking advantage of during these times...
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Sammie J
3 years ago
Can you post the dimensions, indicating all windows and door openings? Impossible to tell with the information you have provided so far. Also - must those two white pieces stay???
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I also vote on removing the white cabinet things. What about a u shape sectional instead of two. Two sounds like a lot. A huge rug and some tables vases frames books.... it’ll look awesome. Great space
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Original Author
3 years ago
Thank you kindly.
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As a rule, regular sofas and armchairs provide more flexible seating for more people than sectionals do.

Also, is this your primary residence or a secondary residence?

Did you live here before the hurricane? If so, how did you have the room furnished then, and how did it work for you?
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Original Author
3 years ago
Hello. Thank you all for your advice. This is my vacation home for my husband and 4 grown children and grandchildren. Yes, we had it decorated before Harvey with one second couch. I never liked it.
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If you know you want two sectionals, take your room layout with measurements, find a sectional you like and find comfortable and get all the measurements, and use some paper, pencil, and scissors to play around with furniture; you should also figure out the sizes of the rest of the furniture in the room. You're going to have some very large pieces you need to accommodate, along with pathways in and out of the room. I don't know if that's the kitchen between the elevator and the dining room.

You might want to start with one sectional and see how well it works/fits in the room.
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