You have a lovely room and a lovely bit of furniture to put in it, but how do you decide what best goes where? Do you always have to stick with tradition only, placing your furniture in the exact same place as virtually anyone else would put the same items or are there other considerations that you can use when placing the furnishings in your living room? Tip One: Tradition is Not Necessarily Bad In the world of arranging furniture, some sense of order and class is not only okay, sometimes it is the perfect answer to the chaos that might be going on in every other room of the home.
Think of the living room as your oasis from the clutter and the cacophony of children, pets and everything that goes along with both.
Sticking with a traditional furniture layout gives you the security and the serenity that you might be craving.
Tip Two: Consider the Angles of the Room and the Furniture Sometimes, you want to stick with tradition but the furniture that you own or the design of the room itself will not comply.
In some rooms, oddly shaped angles and weird little recesses might keep you from placing a longer divan where you would like it to be without blocking a door way or having part of it jutting off into another room.
Tip Three: Consider the Flow of Traffic in the Room If you have placed your furniture in a pattern that you thought you liked only to find that everyone is falling over the end table or knocking the lamp to the ground whenever they walk through there, you might need to rethink the arrangement.
Some experts suggest that instead of immediately placing your furniture in the room that you spend a few days watching how everyone travels through.
Tip Four: Consider Safety and Comfort Furniture that is too close to fireplaces or other heat sources increases the risk of fire or heat damage.
Furniture that is placed too near a window can fade far too quickly because of excessive exposure to the sun.
Also, furniture that is near the window may be prone to drafts and chills, even if the home is well insulated and sealed off.
Tip Five: Consider What Your Eyes Find Beautiful Tradition dictates furniture be placed a certain way, but that may not be the most pleasing to you, yourself.
In the end, it is you that lives with these items; you that should love the look of the room.
Set your items to please yourself and your family, not the standards of anyone else.