Living room woes.

Our living room is huge. Okay, not huge, but it's really big considering the rest of the house is... not so big. The room has a fireplace, which isn't really a fireplace because it has been boxed off. The room also has 2 big windows {which I love!}. We also didn't have a choice on what corner to put the TV in, because of the cords, hookups, blah blah blah.

All this to say ... we had issues finding the right furniture arrangement. Because of all the things listed above, there was stuff we had to take into consideration and try and find a place for 2 couches, a recliner, and a side table. And I really wanted to keep it open, so Jaxon can run around like a mad child and play in a big space.

While my parents were here, we tried a few different arrangements. Thought we found the best option, so we left it that way. The more I sat in the room, the more I hated how it was arranged, so my husband kept moving 'this' to 'there', and 'that' to 'over there'. Poor guy had to do it alone... all the while probably saying not-nice things about me to himself. ;)

In order to save our marriage {just kidding -- but seriously...}, I decided to draw and furniture to scale, and we could rearrange the room on paper. In order to do that, I used: 1 foot = 1/4 inch.

Here's the room, with no furniture... {again, everything to scale}

This is how we had it arranged when my parents left ...

I didn't hate it this way, but the corner in the upper left where the couch ended was so awkward... that wall space between the couch and window is empty and the entire corner just felt so weird and abandoned.

So we tried...

... this, along with about 20 other combinations that I'll spare you the pictures of. You're welcome.

Thought the living room was hopeless, until my brilliant husband suggested...

Winner winner chicken dinner.

So, above is how we currently have it and I finally love it. The room feels really open and I thought putting the couches diagonal would take away a lot of space, but it doesn't.

I would post a picture with the real furniture and how it looks and all ... but, right now I have mis-match curtains and I don't feel like picking up all the toys all over the floor.

So use your imagination and tell me how cute it looks. :)