About a week ago I was feeling content
with my living room. Mostly because I
had updated surfaces on my mantel,
game, coffee and end tables. One gnawing
problem I have with my room is
combining design and function.
As I've explained before this living room is
multi-purpose with my desk, computer,
tv and stereo all sharing the same room.
About a year ago we painted the kitchen
See the chest of drawers on the left.
That was a piece I picked up at
a store going out of business and
they were even taking offers on the
furniture so I made a deal with them
on this piece and a lamp.
Very shortly after that we moved
the cabinet over by the kitchen
dinette area. It did make for a very tight
fit in the area but I liked it and wanted
to give it a try. I have my table linens
in the chest so it suited me to have it there.
After living with it for a year I finally
admitted I was fed up with the tightness
and the fact that I couldn't keep a chair on
the side near the cabinet. This weekend
I made my mind up to move it out.
I moved it to the living room and
this is where it landed.
I slept on it but...
The sofa was positioned over
by the grandfather clock and
while I like the sofa over there
it just wouldn't do with the clock
there.
I moved the sofa
and the two wing back recliners,
but now the wall near the clock
looked barren.
So I moved the chest over to
that wall by the clock
(I also removed the game table and a chair from this room)
and now I like it there.
My view at my desk...
I should also comment that I use a room
planner from Lazy Boy to play around
with my ideas before I make the moves.
This is an example of my room layout
on paper. Many companies offer these
I just happened to run across this on
Lazy Boy's web site. I adjust the sizes
of the furniture pieces to be the same
as mine (I don't actually own any of their
furniture but I use their generic furniture
pieces to design with- I find something as close
as I can to my furniture to use) You just click
and drag into the room.
So that's a new wrap on the living room!
Now off to the basement family room!
Thanks for stopping by!
Liz
