Please, please help me with these rooms! PIPs

Sidelines007

This is our new townhouse we will be moving into very soon.  We choose to have the study taken out (which is the room on the left in the first picture).  The room on the right is the living room.  We are thinking about putting a sectional couch against the two windows and the bannister (the room to the right), and maybe a coordinating chair, but not sure where.  Also, thinking about putting some sort of desk in the room where the study would have been.  What would you do with these two rooms?  Help!!

Sweet Sadie Mae

Wow what a beautiful slate to work with. Why does the wainscoting end in the middle of the wall? What rooms are they? It looks like a dining room and family room?

Edit: nevermind I need to learn to READ first lol

TarHeels&Rebels

So these photos don't represent your house and are of a different home?  From your description, I have to say I'm really confused about "removing the study."

Since it's a new build, can you find a pic of the floorplan somewhere?  It's really hard to tell from these photos what's going on and a floorplan would make it much easier.

Sidelines007

Thank you!  I love it too.  The wainscotting ends like that because that is where the study was supposed to be.  I didn't realize when we asked to take the study out that it was going to stop like that...

Sidelines007

Yes, these photos are of our house.  If you look at the first picture, the room with one window in it is where the study was supposed to be, but we didnt want that room closed off, so we chose to have it removed, to have one open floorplan.

Sidelines007

Here is the floorplan, you can see where the study was supposed to be.  The wall comes out a little bit to separate the two rooms (study has one window, living room has 2)

 

TCsbride

I'm a little confused on the layout too. So it really was supposed to be 3 rooms (dining room where the wainscotting is, a study, and then a living room to the left?)

And I know you mentioned a sectional in front of the two windows, but doesn't the wall bump out between the two windows? How would you put a sectional against the wall with the bump out?

First of all, I'd say to either get the builder in there or hire a prfoessional carpenter and get the wainscotting fixed. Obviously it'll probably clost more but I think it'll be well worth it....its just odd right now.

After that, I think I'd decide what areas you want. I think it would be odd to stick a desk in there somewhere, unless you somehow closed off the third space (all the way to the right, what you called the living room I think) and did a study, but it seems like you didn't want that since you left it out of the original floor plan. So in that case, I think I'd decide if you want a big dining room (which I think would make the most sense since there is that bump out) or if you want a bigger living room (and work around the bump out which suggests its a seperate room).

emoflamingo

Sidelines007:

Thank you!  I love it too.  The wainscotting ends like that because that is where the study was supposed to be.  I didn't realize when we asked to take the study out that it was going to stop like that...

Yeah, I don't think I'd let that fly, ESPECIALLY since it's a new home. Weirdness!

Sidelines007

Sorry, I didnt mean for it to be so confusing.  Yes, it is a dining room, living room and study (or what used to be the study).  The first picture was taken from standing in the dining room looking into the other areas.  To the left, where the guy is standing, is where the study would have been.  To the right is the living room.  The bumpout is between the two rooms.  I was going to put a sectional in the room to the right (in front of the two windows and then around to where the bannister is).

xmaryrickx

I would not do a sectional. It will block too much light and close things off. I would do a love seat with interesting lines floating in the room with its back to the study or even on an angle to the dining room. I would do two slippers chairs across from it to make a conversation area. Nice cocktail table in the middle, perhaps a side table between the two chairs with a nice lamp. I see putting a large desk in the "study" but it needs to have substantial storage so it doesn't get cluttered. I might add a few low bookcases/ filing cabinets as well along the wall that is lacking wainscoting and float te desk in front of them facing the living room. You don't want it to look a cluttered mess if you have guests over and are having dinner ten feet away. I actually don't mind the wainscoting ending. I think it visually separates the space. I would go a step further and wallpaper above the wainscoting. It's a great space and I think you should avoid outlining the rooms in furniture and bring it in a bit more to keep the rooms visually separate.

Sunshine+Wine

xmaryrickx:

I would not do a sectional. It will block too much light and close things off. I would do a love seat with interesting lines floating in the room with its back to the study or even on an angle to the dining room. I would do two slippers chairs across from it to make a conversation area. Nice cocktail table in the middle, perhaps a side table between the two chairs with a nice lamp. I see .

I think this is the best idea for the space. You have a gorgeous blank slate to work with! I'm sure once you get some furniture in there, you'll be able to have a better idea of what layout works etc. I'm so jealous of those dark, pretty hardwood floors:)