| The living room is one of the most important in your | | | | the other hand, it could be a large sofa with a |
| home when it comes to style. Here is a quick guide | | | | beautiful painting over it, bookcases, built in shelves |
| on how to configure living room furniture. | | | | with wonderful accessories, or anything that you |
| After you finish furnishing your living room, you might | | | | want to emphasize. Arrange all the furniture to subtly |
| look around and realize that it looks dull, boring, or | | | | orient towards the focal point. Step four is to make |
| lacks any kind of pizzazz. Instead of rushing out to | | | | sure all furniture and accessories are the same |
| buy different furniture or more accessories, take a | | | | variance in height. If you have a high chair next to a |
| break and think about how to arrange living room | | | | low table then add a large vase and flowers to the |
| furniture in light of the space you have. | | | | table so they are almost the same height. Do this |
| It is a simple mistake that many people make when | | | | with all groupings to make the eye flow naturally. |
| arranging their living room. They often don't know | | | | Step five is to set up cozy conversation areas |
| how to do it correctly. The first thing you should do | | | | among the groupings by angling two chairs towards |
| is find the dimensions of the living room and then | | | | each other, or something that would give a natural |
| draw it out on graph paper. The rule of thumb is that | | | | flow to conversation. Step six is to pull furniture |
| a ¼ inch is equivalent to one foot of the room. | | | | away from the wall to create the conversation |
| Make sure you draw it to scale to get the most | | | | centers. Following along those lines, step seven is to |
| accurate measurements. | | | | position the sofa so it is at a non-perpendicular angle |
| Step two is to mark anything that would effect your | | | | to any walls to create drama. The final step is to |
| arrangements such as wall outlets, telephone and | | | | allow a minimum of 24 inches for traffic lanes through |
| cable wires, light switches, windows, and doors. Now | | | | the room. Lanes will probably meander because of |
| it is time to whip out your child's construction paper | | | | the conversation areas so it is okay to have a few |
| and make scale paper cutouts of all your furniture. | | | | different spots to walk. |
| Again, remembering that ¼ inch is equal to one | | | | Voila, you now have a beautifully set up naturally |
| foot on graph paper. Arrange the furniture to the | | | | flowing living room without having to spend a dime |
| dimensions until a furniture arrangement that you love | | | | on an interior decorator. With this quick guide on how |
| emerges. | | | | to arrange living room furniture, you should be able to |
| Step three is to figure out the focal point of a room. | | | | get the feel you want with the minimum of fuss. |
| If you have a fireplace, that will most likely be it. On | | | | |