Living Room Layout Ideas

I love rearranging our furniture to change things up on a tight budget and also because I love the items we have already. In this post, I’m showing you 4 living room layout ideas with mostly the same pieces of furniture arranged differently. I got the idea for this post after my recent home tour  (click HERE if you missed it).

Another reason for this post is that I get questions about our living room furniture layout all the time. With this post, I hope it makes it a little clearer how our main living area is configured. For those of you who are new around here, we live in a small twin home and have a relatively small living room layout. You can read more about where we live and our frustrations by clicking HERE.

Living Room Layout Ideas: Our Living Room 4 Different ways

The biggest struggle has always been connecting the living room sofa and TV area with the fireplace sitting area since the sliding glass door is not in the middle of the room. I think I’m doing a pretty good job in all four furniture layouts.

3 seat sofa under window with 2 small chairs

This is the way I just arranged it for my summer tour (HERE). I found two affordable accent chairs that are perfect for this arrangement.

Although the living room functions very well, it has gotten harder to photograph this way.

Without the chairs:

And with the new chairs. Click HERE to see more of the room.

{SOURCES: very similar sofa HERE (currently only $599) | rug HERE | calligraphy brushes HERE and HERE | throw HERE | similar pillows HERE | blue pillow HERE | similar brass pot HERE (mine is vintage from Goodwill) | disco ball HERE | fur HERE | similar mirror HERE | similar burst HERE | curtains HERE | similar coffee table HERE | how I still my coffee table HERE | blue tassel tutorial HERE | indigo mudcloth HERE | similar lights HERE | black lampshade HERE| leopard pillows HERE | very similar macrame piece HERE | pouf was from Target but not available anymore, similar one HERE | Chinese calligraphy brushes HERE

Loveseat under window with 2 armchairs

This is the way I had it arranged last spring but it definitely cuts off the fireplace area more than the other furniture configurations. (click HERE to see)

I mentioned in my last post that I had to disguise the size of the window with the curtains because the small couch had to be off-centered. If you look closely then you can see what I’m talking about. This is a great trick to give some more symmetry to the placement of the couch and window.

I also tried this layout recently with two swivel chairs which you can see HERE.

grey swivel chairs HERE

Loveseat under window with chaise

I really like this layout and the comfort a chaise brings for lounging. I had just picked a chaise that was slightly too small. (click HERE)

(blue chaise HERE)

Loveseat under window with one big armchair and ottoman

This is the way I had our living room for the longest time. I recently had to throw out that grey wingback chair because it was ruined. What I didn’t like about this layout is that the armchair’s back was way too high and cut the view for the person sitting by the fireplace. It definitely didn’t connect the two spaces.  You can see more photos of the space laid out this way by clicking HERE, HERE and HERE.

Over the different seasons I just changed out accessories and it felt different every time without having to spend a lot of money. It just proves that a good base layer of furniture goes a long way.

Same configuration as above but with my Moroccan BeniO.

my leather tassel DIY HERE | stacked ombre tassel HERE | wool and fabric tassel HERE | huge boho tassel HERE

This was a really fun post for me to put together so I can see it laid out differently on one page as well.

I know it all looks and functions differently in person and getting it photographed isn’t easy.

Do tell, which is your favorite version?

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