How To Layout A Long Narrow Room
A 12 x 24 narrow living room that gets lots of light and is the main spot for relaxing and entertaining.
How to layout a long narrow room. In this room we have two distinct zones and the architecture dictates where to divide them since the room squeezes in about half way down between the two windows. If there is an Ikea near you I love their Billy bookcases particularly when the added height piece is used to create an elegant tall bookcase. Vintage rug Pacific Rug Gallery.
The number one thing to avoid is sending your foot traffic between a seating piece and the coffee table in front of it. You can see from the photos above that the room is VERY long and narrow with quite a few doorways and openings which meant we had to carefully consider the furniture placement in the room. So when we work in a long narrow living room we want to divide the space into two or more zones.
Create specific areas in a long and narrow room rather than trying to design one conversational space. They previously had a sectional pushed into a corner which resulted in a ton of unused space. This condos main living areas are one long rectangle with tall ceilings.
There also needs to be a dining area for entertaining but the two spaces should feel distinct from each other. The room above uses one and several of the other tips above to create a usable layout. Layout Idea 1 makes smart use of the space to create a dual-purpose living room.
Dual Purpose Living Room. Notice how the furniture arrangement at the other end of the room two chairs a side table and a console mimic but flip the shape of the sofa too. Place a sofa perpendicular in the room and put a console table or short cabinet against its back.
Cameron Roll Armed couch with slipcovers in Premium Performance Basketweave. This will also help soften the room and give that area down there some distinction. In short it wont just look good it will feel good too.