Space Planning: How We're Getting It Right The First Time

I am currently working on a project where my clients are going to be moving into a new house in the summer.  The new house is gorgeous and has been fully renovated.  So why did my clients hire me?  As the house sits, the design is very industrial and has quite a cold feeling to it.  My clients want the house to be their home.  For the main floor, I am assisting them with space planning of all of their furniture.  That includes the kitchen/eating area, the family room (off the kitchen), the den and the master bedroom.  So what do I have planned for this house?

Space Planning: Let's Get This Right

When looking at furnishing an entire room, it is important to get the scale correct.  There is no point in ordering custom furniture when you have no idea what size to order!  My clients were open to suggestions so I provided two options to start off to get the ball rolling with ideas.

Space Planning: Sectional Option

With this design, I used a sectional to create a real, 'kick-off-your-shoes' space plan.  The sectional was positioned facing the fireplace as the TV is mounted above it.  This room is also the room where my clients will spend a lot of time.  I placed the two accent chairs in front of the window.  The window in this space is a great size and almost goes to the floor.  By placing the accent chairs in front of this window, a lot of natural light was going to be able to flow through this room.  Here is one option:

Space Planning: Traditional Option

For this option, I designed the space using the 'traditional' sofa and love seat combination.  In this plan, I continued to place the accent chairs in front of the window to allow as much natural light to come through this room.  Here is this plan:

Space Planning: The Final Plan

When I presented these two plans to my clients, there was one thing that was important to Mr. Client.  In their current home, Mr. Client has a reclining chair.  As this is important to him, and his current chair would not be coming into this space, I sourced out some really great recliners (see image below).  Here is the floor plan for this space (with furniture still to be moved in the correct space):I have added in some 'standard' measurements.  For example, the recommended distance between a piece of furniture and a coffee table is 18"  Oh, and if you're still thinking about the recliners, here is what the recliner looks like.  Pretty sexy for a recliner!  I'll be choosing an equally sexy leather to go on these bad-boys!

Space Planning

Now that the 'big' furniture has been decided on (for size and function), we are now onto the pretty part.  The area rug was my driving force in this room as I worked everything around this space for colours.  In addition, as I mentioned above, the house currently is very industrial and has quite a cold feeling.  I'll be adding drapery to this room, with the addition of the area rug and of course, toss cushions!I'm looking forward to continuing putting together this home for my clients.

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