Help me with a new lounge layout please!

[HaplessBoyLard]

We’re almost done with decorating the house we moved into last year and carpets throughout are on the agenda soon. We’re thinking about new furniture at the same time. What we have now we brought from the old house.

We can’t get our head around the layout of the lounge. I can’t come up with a better layout than we have now.

It’s just the two of us (plus a small spaniel). No plans for kids. Occasional entertaining for maybe 4-6 others. Bigger gatherings would be summer BBQs, so everyone outside. Every now and then 10ish family members come over, but we tend to just squeeze in wherever we can, being family and all. Plus we have a large kitchen diner, so some tend to hang out in there.

This is what we have now:





Room dimensions empty:



It’s a real open fireplace that does get used. There’s a good chance we’ll put a log burner in there at some point.

The windows don’t open inwards. I just couldn’t work out how to flip them on the free software I used.

I’ve got one eye on resale, as we probably intend on being here for about another 3-4 years and then move on.

I feel like we could make better use if the space, but my lack of imagination is holding me back.

Any ideas on how to lay the room out better?

Edited by HaplessBoyLard on Tuesday 19th January 22:45

[HaplessBoyLard]

I keep coming to more or less the same conclusion. I want a layout that means

1. We’re not facing away from the fire
2. Doesn’t make the patio door a pain to use, or impossible to use.
3. Doesn’t mean someone is sitting 18ft away from the TV or miles from everyone else in the room.
4. Doesn’t waste loads of space. At the moment, the space behind the sofa and where the square coffee table just wasted

Square lounge in my next house I think.

Edited by HaplessBoyLard on Tuesday 19th January 23:25

[HaplessBoyLard]

Sherman, Vigtora...thanks. Food for thought for the meantime.

We are looking to update the furniture though. Primarily the sofas, but we’d be happy to find some other bits to go with them if need be, so what I’m asking is what would you do starting from scratch?

[HaplessBoyLard]

Murph7355 said:

What's the other side of the right hand wall?

[HaplessBoyLard]

Wombat3 said:

Nice to see a room not dominated by a huge TV.

Whatever you do do NOT stick it on the wall over the fireplace!

It’s 48”. I still consider that pretty big

I’ve no intention of it going above the fireplace. I can’t be arsed cutting holes to feed cables. No idea if it would get too hot up there, but it’s not happening regardless.

[HaplessBoyLard]

What about this?

Get rid of the book shelf and big coffee table. They’re probably a bit imposing anyway.

Get some shelves knocked up for the spaces on the wall either end to accommodate the tat that’s currently on the bookshelf. Get a small side table for a 2 seater near the fire. Keep the smaller table we currently have, because I made it and she’s not throwing it out

I’m not a fan of coffee tables in the middle of the room when there’s limited width. I’d kick it all the time, and I lay on the floor a lot as I’ve got a chronic stiff back and like to stretch while she’s watching Eastenders.

Maybe a smaller footstool that could be shifted between either sofa as we see fit.

Might not need the armchair either.






Edit:

Or this...

Sofa, armchair and one of those oversize “snuggle” chairs.

Edited by HaplessBoyLard on Wednesday 20th January 01:23