We chose the living room furniture mainly by price, style, and comfort

Our living room is on the small size for a living room but about average for the duplex style on our block. It has a strange layout that limits how you place the furniture.

One wall has sliding glass doors. Another is long enough to put almost anything against it. The third wall is fairly short due to the doorway leading into the hall to the bedrooms. And the forth “wall” won’t even fit a loveseat.

What I would suggest to anyone with these issues is to find a way to maximize the space you have in the room by using the furniture to define where the room starts and ends. We only rent and brought our furniture in with us, which consists of a love seat and a chair with an ottoman. Read more »