How to get your furniture arrangement right - tips for decorating house

Almost every new homeowner - when presented with a bare room - is overwhelmed with possibilities and insecurities of furniture arrangement. Empty room can be either an opportunity or a challenge. With so many ways to fill it, how do you know what to do?  Here are some basic rules of furniture layout that will help you to figure out where to put your furniture and where not to put it.

First of all - lets talk about function. It’s very important to take into account the type of room it is, how the room will be used and by how many people. This is the first step to determining the type of furniture you require.

Next, you should identify focal point of the room. Every room should have a focal point when you enter it. A focal point may be a centralized piece of artwork, a television or something else. It is important to orientate the furniture accordingly. If the purpose of the room is to watch tv, the optimal distance between the tv and the lounge is three times the size of the TV screen.

MAXIUMUS M32 TV CABINET - example of a  vocal point of living room 

Symmetry. Rooms that have more of a formal function, such as a dining room, benefit from symmetrical arrangements. In more casual rooms like a family room, asymmetry makes the room feel more causal.

Also try to vary the size of furniture pieces throughout a room. This enables your eyes to move up and down as you scan a space. Avoid placing tall items next to each other.

Another important thing is to remember about the traffic flow through a room. This refers to the path between doorways. Try to avoid having large furniture that blocks a path. Allow at least 70cm of space for major traffic flow areas.

TANGO T17 TABLE

Remember about priorities. It’s important to place the largest piece of furniture in the room first, such as the dining table in a dining room, or the sofa in a family room. Don’t forget to face it towards the focal point.

CORNER SOFA PATRIZIA - largest furniture in the room

Last advise. Add some spontaneity into a room by combining straight and curved lines for contrast. If it’s a modern look you are trying to achieve, usually you will have lots of straight lines, so why not throw in a round coffee table to contrast. That way your room will look more interesting.

Cozy living room - few tips. Modern or classic furniture are best for your home?

Many of you probably think that decorating huge living room will be a piece of cake. But it's not true - big rooms present some of their own challenges. Whether you live in a loft, have a living room with extremely high ceilings or simply have a lot of space to fill, here are some ideas that make your room feel balanced and comfortable.

First of all strategically place tall potted plants. Fill vertical height in rooms with tall ceilings or fill bare, lonely corners with potted trees.

Leather sofa and chair in living room

Next, remember to paint walls in two colors. While tall potted plants are great for drawing the eye up and accentuating high ceilings, sometimes we crave the opposite effect. Painting color on your walls only part of the way up creates a cozier feeling, tricking the eye into thinking the ceilings are lower than they are.

Wall in living room painted in two tones

You can use a bed as a room divider. In a really large living room, you may wish to create two full seating areas. Mark the separation while keeping the flow between the two zones with furniture you can easily see over.

It will be helpfull to define zones with a console table. Another option for sectioning off parts of a large living room is floating your sofa in the middle of the room and placing a console table behind it.

Tango T18 Table

You can comfortably fill a large space with an L-shaped sectional. Large, modern spaces are especially suited to accommodate a great big L-shaped sofa.

Comfy sofa in modern style

Also use an L-shaped sectional as a room divider. Another great place for your L-shaped sofa is between two seating areas or dividing the living and dining spaces in an open-plan space.

Last but not least, use occasional chairs. Another great use of surplus wall space is for housing a few extra chairs. A console table between a pair of chairs with a large mirror or artwork above always looks smart.

Source: furnitex.co.uk