Shuffling furniture....again!

About a week ago I was feeling content 

with my living room.  Mostly because I 

had updated surfaces on my mantel,  

game, coffee and end tables.  One gnawing 

problem I have with my room is 

combining design and function.  

As I've explained before this living room is 

multi-purpose with my desk, computer, 

tv and stereo all sharing the same room.  

About a year ago we painted the kitchen

See the chest of drawers on the left.

That was a piece I picked up at

a store going out of business  and

they were even taking offers on the

furniture so I made a deal with them

on this piece and a lamp.

 Very shortly after that we moved

the cabinet over by the kitchen

dinette area.  It did make for a very tight

fit in the area but I liked it and wanted

to give it a try.  I have my table linens

in the chest so it suited me to have it there.

After living with it for a year I finally

admitted I was fed up with the tightness

and the fact that I couldn't keep a chair on 

the side near the cabinet.  This weekend

I made my mind up to move it out.

 I moved it to the living room and

this is where it landed.

 I slept on it but... 

 The sofa was positioned over

by the grandfather clock and

while I like the sofa over there

it just wouldn't do with the clock

there.

 I moved the sofa

and the two wing back recliners,

but now the wall near the clock

looked barren.

 So I moved the chest over to

that wall by the clock

(I also removed the game table and a chair from this room)

and now I like it there.

My view at my desk...

I should also comment that I use a room

planner from Lazy Boy to play around

with my ideas before I make the moves.  

This is an example of my room layout

on paper. Many companies offer these

I just happened to run across this on

Lazy Boy's web site.  I adjust the sizes

of the furniture pieces to be the same 

as mine (I don't actually own any of their

furniture but I use their generic furniture

pieces to design with- I find something as close

as I can to my furniture to use) You just click

and drag into the room.

 So that's a new wrap on the living room!

Now off to the basement family room!

Thanks for stopping by!

Liz