Arranging furniture requires attention to both form and function. You don’t have to buy new furniture or spend lots of money on the most expensive pieces to create a room layout that makes your home more inviting, cheerful and user-friendly. Try these 10 tips for enhancing your home’s living, working or playing spaces.
1. Take Careful Measurements
It’s easier to arrange furniture on paper than to pick up and move real items. Measure your room and your pieces of furniture before you start moving anything. And then apply these basic measurements, depending upon what room you’re redesigning:
- Leave roughly 30 inches of space between pieces of furniture if you’ll need to walk around it.
- Facing chairs and sofas should not be more than 8 feet apart if you want to enable easy conversations.
- Leave 14 to 18 inches between your sofa and coffee table so people can reach out and set down their drinks easily.
- How many chairs should you place around your dining room table? Plan on chairs that are 20 to 24 inches wide, and leave at least 6 inches of space between them.
- Keep a dining room table at least 36 inches from each wall so guests can comfortably push their chairs out or move them back to get seated.
- Leave 2 feet on each side of your bed for ease of movement.
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