Long Living Room With Fireplace
The space above centers the furniture arrangement in the middle leaving the sides as open but not dead space.
Long living room with fireplace. It s a conversational setup with enough seating for large gatherings. The key to decorating a long narrow living room is to make it functional while also unifying the space even if the room is divided into separate sections. Place furniture away from the short walls wherever possible.
Just because a room is long doesn t mean you need to fill it all with furniture. As this room courtesy of witt construction demonstrates you don t need to go all out with a stone mantel and hearth in order to get the full effect. Although the fireplace is centered in the room it is not quite centered on the back wall.
This works particularly well in a symmetrical room when the furniture can be centered around a window or fireplace. So that they will be drawn more into the center of the room. The key design elements.
Give a living room a little farmhouse flair with a stone fireplace surround. Then the long part can be near the small window wall with enough space for drapes to fall and perhaps the lamp and the chairs can float in the open space as you enter the room good for conversation and being around the fireplace as that s the focal point. Creating two seating areas works well in a long narrow living room and enables it to be used to it s full potential.
This space features a basic living room layout that incorporates the fireplace into the living space. With the fireplace slightly off center it created a little nook for a credenza but this meant that if you want to have other furniture in there you can t really position the sofa directly opposite the fireplace. Living room fireplace arrangements by shape long living rooms.
Some have a fireplace that takes up one entire wall. The wide spaces of an open floor plan can be a blessing and a curse when it s time to arrange. If you are the one struggling with how to arrange a long narrow living room you may know it better as the bowling alley when we were looking at houses several years ago we kept seeing these long open spaces and inevitably the furniture would be pushed up against the walls making it look well even longer and not very cozy.
A fireplace provides a built in focal. Without the right furniture arrangement a long living room can feel like a hallway. And the fireplace doesn t take over as the main focal point but it s seamlessly incorporated into the space so everyone can still enjoy it.
Some rectangular rooms are long and narrow leaving an awkward shape to arrange furniture.