Lounge layout advice

CreAtiv3

CreAtiv3

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Afternoon all

Me and the other half have just purchased our first home together and like most of us here my main concern is how to layout the lounge :D
I'm looking for your opinions on best placement of tv, 5.1 speakers and seating. Not purchased a suite yet but looking for enough seating for 5.

Window looks out to the north so wont be getting direct sunlight.
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Looking forward to your ideas!
 
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If it's your first home, then my first piece of warning would be this: It's really, really easy to pick furniture that you've meansured up, and you know fits - but is, in reality too big for the room. Yes it fits, but it makes everything a bit cramped. Try not to fall into this trap!

For the placement of stuff, are you thinking of TV in the middle of a wall, or in a corner?

Oh, and are the walls to the right and left both external? Or do they have another room of yours next to them, or a neighbour?
 
Not our first house, we've both sold ours to move into this one. There are some suites out there that would dwarf a room this size so I can see it being a challenge to find the right one.

Walls are external so dont need to worry about any noise carrying to neighbours.
Ideally want the TV in the middle of a wall and speakers in each corner.
Something like this maybe as long as the back of the sofa does not encroach on the window?

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That would probably be my last resort/least preferred layout if I'm honest.

I'm no expert by all means but a few negs I see with that layout;

  1. Getting a sofa that doesn't block the window.
  2. TV being opposite the window (okay its north facing but it will still let light in on to that TV).
  3. Seating and speaker positioning is not ideal and leaves a lot to be desired.

Personally I feel that would feel a little bit too crammed in with wasted space around the door area.

If it was me I'd look at putting the TV on the side wall adjoining the door with the sofa on the opposite side wall. This will make the room feel longer as I assume the window wall is the longest? This will enable you to have a corner sofa with both corners as long as you can find without obstructing the window.
Speakers can be better positioned and the seating will be slightly better whilst keeping the TV central on a wall and the room.

If you do decide on the way you have drawn it then I would suggest maybe making the TV central to the room rather than the wall, eg move it closer to the door. Without seeing the room though this might look completely off but I'm just thinking for when the door is closed etc.
 
Where is your aerial point? My sitting room is moderately similar (door in middle of wall) and I have my TV in the bottom right corner and 2:1 speakers.

That picture shows the problem of an overly deep sofa dominating the room.
 
I agree with mattyy, that would be the best placement in your room and with a 5.1 setup which your looking to have, I think it will work pretty well. Also, a corner sofa either side as suggested would be pretty slick.
 
Thanks for your feedback so far.
Taking mattyy's thoughts into account, what do you think of the following?

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Think im already over doing it on the large sofa, the one im contemplating is along the lines of: http://www.leathersofaoutlet.co.uk/corner-leather-sofas/prado-right-hand-153.html

But I know it will just dominate the room lol

EDIT:
The tool im using to generate these is floorplanner.com
Pretty sure its what google sketchup used to be or just a variation of it?
 
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If you're stuck with a corner sofa I think layout 2 is the only option here.

Edit - is the diagram at all to scale?
 
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Before buying any furniture make a news paper outline and put it in the room has saved us from several terrible furniture disasters! The biggest struggle we have furnishing our house was finding small enough furniture (our house isn't tiny) it seems all modern furniture is designed for houses that don't exist a lot of it is massive!

Personally I hate corner sofas I've rarely been anywhere they work and I also disklike rooms setup so heavily round a TV unless they are dedicated cinema rooms they just feel anti socail when you have people round etc.
 
a1ex2001 said:
Personally I hate corner sofas I've rarely been anywhere they work and I also disklike rooms setup so heavily round a TV unless they are dedicated cinema rooms they just feel anti socail when you have people round etc.
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Surely this depends on whether you've got the space to arrange furniture?
However, if you don't have the space then I think its stupid to arrange the lounge not around the TV as this will be the main use of the room?

As for being anti social - if you are socially dependant on the room layout then it is you that has the problem. Simply turn the TV off and talk.
 
mattyy said:
Surely this depends on whether you've got the space to arrange furniture?
However, if you don't have the space then I think its stupid to arrange the lounge not around the TV as this will be the main use of the room?

As for being anti social - if you are socially dependant on the room layout then it is you that has the problem. Simply turn the TV off and talk.
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I think he means the position of the Sofas, like having family/friends seated sitting directly opposite your 50" tv/projector lol!

Anyway, like you said, each to their own really.
 
DiNZi said:
I think he means the position of the Sofas, like having family/friends seated sitting directly opposite your 50" tv/projector lol!

Anyway, like you said, each to their own really.
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I know, but clearly there isnt space in the room to have a sofa any other way that doesnt focus on the TV. Sure you could have two sofas to the side so that they face each other but then you can forget the 5.1 and live forever with sore necks. If the purpose of the room is for mainly watching TV then that should be the main priority - not every one is lucky enough to have rooms big enough to accommodate various seating arrangments for TV watching and social interaction. You have to make do with what you got and the point I'm making is that a room focusing on a TV does not make someone anti-social. Just move yourself a little, turn the TV off, use a futon/beanbag and talk.

I don't know any one that has a full circle of seats in thier lounge, so the seating always points towards something... Does a fireplace or a window make the room more anti social? A corner sofa is no different than two sofa put, well, in an L shape.
 
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mattyy said:
Surely this depends on whether you've got the space to arrange furniture?
However, if you don't have the space then I think its stupid to arrange the lounge not around the TV as this will be the main use of the room?

As for being anti social - if you are socially dependant on the room layout then it is you that has the problem. Simply turn the TV off and talk.
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Each to their own I was just expressing an opinion on a discussion board!

I really don't know what it is about corner sofas but I've been to loads of houses/flats with them, both big and small places and they never ever seem to work to me and allways seem to look and feel oversized.
 
CreAtiv3 said:
Thanks for the feedback guys, much appreciated.
Will probably end up along the lines of this
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Much nicer, sofas seem a more sensible size and if your not watching TV you can toe in the sofas slightly and have two sets of people looking much more at each other with a nice seperation.
 
I'd move that sofa on the left wall across more central, and position a table on the other side of the sofa too, for the missus to put her cuppa on.

Or, consider moving the TV/speakers slightly to the right, so that they are still central to the sofa, and won't be covered by the door if it is open. You could make it look less "odd" when the door is closed by having a shallow book case or DVD shelf on that section of wall that is sometimes covered by the door.
 
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