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17.08.2024 - 11:54 / thespruce.com / Sarah Lyon
A well-designed living room layout will help enhance the space by making it more functional for everyday use. To find out what types of elements constitute a top-notch living room layout, we polled three interior designers and asked them to weigh in.
Below, they share five features that all of the best living room layouts have in common.
Tiffany Cassidy, principal designer at Lagnappe Custom Interiors, believes that living room layouts should promote conversation. Cassidy emphasizes the importance of seating placements and how they should feel intimate for communicating and not be placed far away, so people are shouting across the room.
She recommends creating different zones within the space. Within these areas, you will want to incorporate lightweight pull-up pieces like additional ottomans or petite chairs that can double as overflow seating when you're hosting guests, Cassidy says. They'll be easily portable and small enough to pop back into a corner or under a console table.
Linda Hayslett, the founder of LH.Designs, agrees that a variety of seating options are a must in the living room.
«This doesn't necessarily mean a sofa and a bunch of chairs, but there is definitely a sofa with either ottomans or chairs or possibly a combination of both,» she says. «There are always options to sit in a good living room layout because who knows if you want it to be for entertaining friends and family or just casual to hang out with the kids.»
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