Comments on: Furniture Placement Dilemmas

By: Ballard Designs

Ballard Designs — Tue, 23 Feb 2010 13:44:48 +0000

Dear Betty: Try thinking outside the box. Sometimes when there are multiple openings in a room, placement of furniture becomes a chore. Have you tried placing the furniture away from the walls? Sometimes you can seperate the areas in a room - reading area - tv area. Why not try making paper templates of your larger furniture and move it around until you are happy with the arrangement. You are certainly welcome to send us a floorplan with the dimensions of your furniture and we will be happy to work with you on the placement.
Sincerely,
The Style Studio

By: Betty Hinely

Betty Hinely — Thu, 18 Feb 2010 17:32:22 +0000

I have a long room with a fireplace on one wall along with two window seats.
The width is about 12 feet,length about 15 feet.There is one wall that opens onto a hall, with the other (one facing fireplace) is broken up with a bar that opens on both sides (in this room and the formal dinning room) with short 3/4wall. This all opens on to a kitchen. So the problem where to place setting? The depth is to short to put a sofa in front of fireplace because that is a flow/walk way to hall and the bedrooms.
Too many openings to know where to place furnitures.
This probably doesn’t give a good picture but could you help?
Thank you
Betty Hinely

By: Ballard Designs

Ballard Designs — Wed, 17 Feb 2010 19:38:50 +0000

Dear Linda: Safety always comes first. We agree using extension cords across the floor can be dangerous. You can however, have a plug installed into the floor - away from the walls. With so many opened-concept spaces, a lot of furniture is now sitting in the middle of a room - so the floor plugs have become more common place. We hope that this answers your question. Please let us know if we can be of any further assistance.
Sincerely,
The Style Studio Team

By: Linda Dayot

Linda Dayot — Sat, 13 Feb 2010 21:12:12 +0000

I would love to know how you are placing the table lamps away from walls. Are these battery operated lamps? I would love to do this look but the lamps have wire and that would be dangerous.

By: Ballard Designs

Ballard Designs — Wed, 27 Jan 2010 15:07:30 +0000

Joy: Sounds like everything is lined up against the walls. Try dividing the room into two areas and don’t be afraid to pull the sofa into the room with a sofa table behind it. Maybe you can create a tv area and then have an area for reading and music. Try thinking outside the box.
The Style Studio Team

By: Joy Tanner

Joy Tanner — Mon, 18 Jan 2010 02:54:30 +0000

I am looking for advice on how to place furniture in an oblong TV room. My husband has an oversized recliner near one end of the room and a 56″ TV at the other end of the room. I have a large drop-leaf table beside his chair. A 3 cushioned sofa lines the outside glass wall, with end tables on either end, and a spinet piano on the inside wall across from the sofa. I have a large curio cabinet on one side of the piano, and french doors on the other side of the piano (an entry to the main part of the house). The room is approximately 12′wide by 24′long. It used to be a screened back porch and we had it glassed in and use it as a sun room - but really is a TV room/den.
Any suggestions would be greatly appreciated. Thanks!