Many thanks for the suggestions Andrew.
The furnishings are the current owner's - we don't move in until next
month. They've lived there 30 years.
(Hopefully you'd like our furniture more! As mentioned in the .txt file we
have a 3-seater, 2-seater and armchair - in green leather.)
We have a separate dining room (see floor plan) so we think we can have
summer and winter seating at the same time. If you guys can come up with a
good plan!
(I guess you've worked out where are the windows/doors, and that we plan to
reopen the door from kitchen to lounge. Otherwise it's a long walk from the
kitchen with a cold beer to the 'summer' seating area!)
In fact it was a farmhouse and some sort of attached farm building built in
1911 (yes vaulted brick ceiling) and converted in 1968. It's original
redbrick ceiling in the hall but has been painted in the lounge :-(
thanks again for the ideas,
jez
On Sat, May 10, 2008 at 12:25 AM, Andrew Fildes <afildes@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
wrote:
>
> Right - you have two linked spaces and it seems obvious that you have
> a winter 'living; area in front of the fireplace, a summer living
> area in front of the French windows (move the furniture as required)
> and a dining area in the 'toe' (blue sofa area)which was a separate
> room at some stage by the look of that beam. The only problem is that
> the entrance to the room is in a terrible position opposite the
> fireplace. And the plan shows a doorway directly from the kitchen to
> the lounge which doesn't seem to be there in the photos.
> Two sofas facing each other at right angles to the fireplace (one
> each side). Or as an L with one forming a barrier to the french
> window section in winter and the other to the entry door. Never back
> them up to walls - bad 'feel'. Move them around on a whim for the
> seasons. The sofas are a terrible match for the chairs - something
> has to go. Get some traditional style sofas/couches. Perhaps match a
> single seater, two seater and three seater and move them. Tapestry,
> high back. Those table lamps should vanish with the sofas. And that
> ceiling light fitting in the toe section (overlooking the pool). Out
> of character the lot of them.
> Remember - parquet and rugs means that things can be moved around as
> you feel like it. Use alcoves rather than parking 'nice pieces' in them.
> Dining area in the toe - put that door through into the kitchen if
> it's been blocked off - what IS that ceiling? - wow! If it's brick
> vault, I'd strip it. Darker but you've got lots of light.
> Andrew Fildes
> afildes@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
>
>
>
> On 10/05/2008, at 1:24 AM, Jez Cunningham wrote:
>
> >
> > Charlie,
> > Here you go - should be self-explanatory - sorry it's in metric! :-)
> > http://users.pandora.be/cunninghams/photogallery/L-shaped%20room/
> > I really appreciate new ideas (i.e. different from how the current
> > owners
> > have it (we don't move in for a few weeks yet) and how to
> > accomodate the TV
> > that they have positioned upstairs in a spare room)
> > best regds
> > jez
> > On Fri, May 9, 2008 at 3:11 PM, Geilfuss Charles <
> > Charles.Geilfuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> >
> >>
> >> Jez,
> >> My son has a knack for design and furniture layout. He is
> >> also a
> >> teenager who needs lots of direction for constructive things to do
> >> with
> >> his weekend time. Send me the room dimensions and a list of the major
> >> furniture pieces and I'll put him to work this weekend.
> >>
> >> Charlie
> >
> >
>
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