Place a sofa perpendicular in the room and put a console table or short cabinet against its back.
Long narrow living room furniture layout.
It should be on the longest wall of the room.
The number one thing to avoid is sending your foot traffic between a seating piece and the coffee table in front of it.
Consider creating two zones in a long narrow living room by using one piece of furniture.
Each room is different but in general.
Place the sofa on the largest wall.
I put this layout together with my parent s living room in mind.
This condo s main living areas are one long rectangle with tall ceilings that made it feel even more narrow.
Place a narrow console table on the opposite wall of the sofa if it s available.
How do you decorate a long and thin living room.
One of the main difficulties in arranging furniture for a long narrow room is where to have people walk through.
Just because a room is long doesn t mean you need to fill it all with furniture.
Before i get into the floorplans i want to take a second and answer two frequently asked questions about arranging furniture in a long and skinny living room.
The space above centers the furniture arrangement in the middle leaving the sides as open but not dead space.
Next place accent chairs around the sofa and or sofa table.
So many people are quick to place their furniture against a wall or in the corner of a room but that s not always the best arrangement.
An extra long sofa or a sectional can make a narrow room feel more inviting all the functions in the room are organized around the sitting area first of all decide what the focal point of the room will be.
In a room like this floating a sofa in the middle of the room with two chairs and a round coffee table actually made the room feel larger.