How would you lay out this room?

[Tuna]

So... new house, new family room/lounge/living room/day room - depending on how posh you are. How would you lay it out? We've got two young kids, so it's got to be family friendly. We need at least a three seater sofa - something you can really relax in, nothing formal. We'll probably get a flat screen for the room, and hide all the video equipment in another room with a radio remote to keep things neat. The house is fairly cottagey in style on the outside, but will be contemporary and uncluttered inside.

The room is 5.8m long, by 3.9m wide (drawing is slightly out of date, showing 4.2m wide). That's 20ft by 12'9" in old money. The inglenook will have a fairly contemporary tall wood burner in it. 'Up' in the picture is north, the garden is through the french doors to the West.



So - what would you do with it?

[Steve H]

Pool Table, beer fridge.

HTH

[Ganglandboss]

Well, this is PistonHeads!

[RabD]

Steve H said:

Pool Table, beer fridge.

HTH

What he said but with a plasma screen TV, shelves round the room for tools and half of it tiled or concreted over so you can keep the car(s) in there.

[ipwn]

Turn it into a home cinema tbh. Everyone can enjoy it

[NiceCupOfTea]

at this thread so far!

Seriously, not sure about the telly - be nice to have the fire as the focal point of the room, big telly is going to disturb that. Would be tempted to have a sofa at the bottom on the left facing the stove and have the tv on the wall above? chair over on rh side?

[Pferdestarke]

Ganglandboss said:

Well, this is PistonHeads!

Yes that would appear just about spot on. I like what you've done there with the TV. Nice and discreet!

[J-Skid]

Pferdestarke said:

Ganglandboss said:

Well, this is PistonHeads!

Yes that would appear just about spot on. I like what you've done there with the TV. Nice and discreet!

Especially the way you've blocked off the patio doors........

[Ganglandboss]

J-Skid said:

Pferdestarke said:

Ganglandboss said:

Well, this is PistonHeads!

Yes that would appear just about spot on. I like what you've done there with the TV. Nice and discreet!

Especially the way you've blocked off the patio doors........

Well, it's not like you'd need to go outside anymore!

[stainless_steve]

HTH

[captainzep]

I'm not sure if its a case of interior design and furnishing, more a case of 'recruitment'.

[dundarach]

Well if it were me:

TV in the corner - breaks all the rules however

Sofa angled opposite TV so the best you can get

Speakers around the corners of the TV / Sofa square...

Failing that - yes TV in front of the window - or electric projection screen....

Edited by dundarach on Sunday 14th December 19:50

[rhinochopig]

What is clearly missing is a sex swing.

[whirligig]

dundarach said:

Well if it were me:

TV in the corner - breaks all the rules however

Sofa angled opposite TV so the best you can get

Speakers around the corners of the TV / Sofa square...

Failing that - yes TV in front of the window - or electric projection screen....

Edited by dundarach on Sunday 14th December 19:50

Yep like it - although instead of an angled sofa how about a modular corner one and big footstool?

[fathomfive]

Ganglandboss said:

J-Skid said:

Pferdestarke said:

Ganglandboss said:

Well, this is PistonHeads!

Yes that would appear just about spot on. I like what you've done there with the TV. Nice and discreet!

Especially the way you've blocked off the patio doors........

Well, it's not like you'd need to go outside anymore!

Where is the fridge for the beer?

[dundarach]

whirligig said:

dundarach said:

Well if it were me:

TV in the corner - breaks all the rules however

Sofa angled opposite TV so the best you can get

Speakers around the corners of the TV / Sofa square...

Failing that - yes TV in front of the window - or electric projection screen....

Edited by dundarach on Sunday 14th December 19:50

Yep like it - although instead of an angled sofa how about a modular corner one and big footstool?

oh yes even better - footstool with storage to hold all the cr ap and sofa big enough for two - or one drunk!

[s3fella]

Worst "oooh I've got a big new house!" thread ever...

By the way, how big is it all as you dont have measurements on there!!

[brickwall]

dundarach said:

whirligig said:

dundarach said:

Well if it were me:

TV in the corner - breaks all the rules however

Sofa angled opposite TV so the best you can get

Speakers around the corners of the TV / Sofa square...

Failing that - yes TV in front of the window - or electric projection screen....

Edited by dundarach on Sunday 14th December 19:50

Yep like it - although instead of an angled sofa how about a modular corner one and big footstool?

oh yes even better - footstool with storage to hold all the cr ap and sofa big enough for two - or one drunk!

Big L-shaped sofa - about 5 seats. Very informal, and works very well with a family.

Edited by brickwall on Sunday 14th December 20:09

[Tuna]

ipwn said:

Turn it into a home cinema tbh. Everyone can enjoy it

Home cinema goes somewhere else.

anonymous said:

[redacted]

Yes, separate place to eat, and somewhere for the kids to play (if they don't mind the home cinema!).

captainzep said:

I'm not sure if its a case of interior design and furnishing, more a case of 'recruitment'.

I don't remember you at any of our parties? Were you the guy in the gimp mask?

s3fella said:

Worst "oooh I've got a big new house!" thread ever...

By the way, how big is it all as you dont have measurements on there!!

No, I don't have a big new house - I'm living in a caravan which leaks when it rains and is cold when it's.. um.. cold. What you see there is the plans for the building that will eventually replace the caravan. As this Christmas is going to be cold and wet (again) I'm distracting myself by imagining what it'll be like to live somewhere warm for a change.



Anyway, I did mention in the text - 20ft by 12ft 9 ish.

Edited by Tuna on Sunday 14th December 21:38

[Tuna]

Ganglandboss said:

Well, this is PistonHeads!

Actually, thinking about it, where can I get a ten foot wide flat screen? Hmm....