Notice how an upholstered bench (UB) is placed between the chairs by the fireplace and the chairs by the sofa. A sofa is placed in front of the window with a chair by it. Illustration 2C shows two upholstered chairs flanking the fireplace. They can be used for extra easily movable seating when needed, and to fill in the space. Two dining room side chairs (SC) flank a chest by the window. It cuts off the room’s corner like the fireplace does. Notice how a tall wing chair is put on an angle in the upper right corner. A sofa table is placed behind the couch for extra visual interest and a place to possibly have a lamp or two, and some knickknacks. Illustration 2B has a sofa floating in the center of the room facing the fireplace. The furniture arrangement in this room leads your eye from the front entrance to the room on the bottom right, to the hearth at the top left. In the upper right corner a corner cabinet which holds a TV is sited. A round drop leaf table is place behind the couch to hold a lamp and some decorative accessories it also fills in the space. In Illustration 2A the sofa is placed on the diagonal in the bottom left corner. In illustrations 2A-C the fireplace has been moved to the upper left corner of the space. One upholstered chair also floats out into the room away from the front windows. Two upholstered chairs float out in the room across from it, and counter balance the couch. Illustration 1C shows how two Chinese screens cut off the corners of the room alongside the three cushion sofa. A TV or large painting is hung on the wall opposite the sofa. An upholstered bench (UB) or two are used in the room for supplementary seating that can easily be moved around as needed. Two chairs flank the fireplace, aiming toward the sofa. Illustration 1B shows a three cushion sofa on the long wall. A flat screen TV is mounted on an arm for easy viewing in the room, or a large art work would look nice in that space. The screen mimics and cuts off the corner of the room at the same angle as the fireplace does. ( A chest placed on an angle like the screen could also be used). A folding screen has been placed behind the two upholstered chairs at the top left. A sofa table was placed behind the couch to fill in the space (an artificial potted tree, etc could also be used). Notice how the center of the three cushion sofa, which is floating out into the room on an angle, is parallel to the hearth. In this illustration, and all the other illustrations, notice how the arrows go into the spaces. Now look at the first illustrations 1A-C. If you can, try to introduce furniture (corner cabinets, chests, sofa tables, round drop-leaf tables, etc) or decorative elements (folding screens, artificial potted trees, large urns on pedestals, etc) into the corner(s) of the room to cut off the room’s corners as the corner fireplace does. You want to place furniture so sofas talk to chairs, which promotes easy conversation while seated in the room. You want to place your furniture so its angles match / mirror the angle of the fireplace and how it extends out into the room. All or part of your furniture placement should be directed toward the hearth. When it comes to decorating a room with a corner fireplace, I think one, or all three of the following things should be taken into consideration… I know that once you look at the illustrations you will be inspired, and it will be a snap to arrange your furniture and create a space that is a warm and inviting place to be in. I hope that through this post your uncertainties are erased. Having to arrange furniture around it might be a daunting experience for the amateur decorator. One of those different kinds of features is a fireplace in the corner of a room. Nine different way of arranging furniture around a FOCAL POINT in the corner of a roomĮvery so often a person comes across a house with characteristics that are not common-everyday.
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