Small Apartment Layout Help!

6 years ago

Hey guys, my partner and I are currently in need of help with the layout of our apartment. Specifically the wall area opposite the kitchen where we currently have our console table. The whole area feels bare and wasted space, how do we make the entrance/kitchen area feel homely but still modern? We tried putting the dining table there, but my partner thought it was too crowded. I'd love any suggestions to help make use of the space. (Keeping the console and adding an occasional chair and styling it properly etc, or replacing it all together.)

Also extending that question, we are open to changing around the living room area as well due to the fact I'm not happy with that either. It's an awkward space given the sliding doors to the courtyard and also the nook with the tv. The dining table feels weird down there anyway. We are also open to getting rid of the couches and thinking about a 3 seater or chase lounge.

Thanks, guys!

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Amie Esmaeili

6 years ago

A foldable wall mounted dining table can be a solution for the wall space opposite the kitchen. Removing your dining table from living area allows you to place other furniture more flexibly.

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Kate
6 years ago
First I’d move the rug so that it sits under the front legs of the couch opposite the tv. It is a great size, just needs moving. Second I would put a big picture or chalkboard on wall adjacent to front door.
We need dimensions of floor plan and furniture to help further, do you still have the second couch? I like the dining table location.
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We have a 900x900 shower and it's plenty big enough. Neither of your proposed layouts looks that great, to be perfectly honest, sorry! In the first layout, you could improve it quite a lot by swapping the toilet and vanity (centre the toilet under the window on the bottom right of the picture if possible), and having the shower door on the other wall (beside the door). Then, you could have a towel rail on the wall beside the door (i.e. behind the door when it's open), which would be accessible from the shower but hidden when the door was open. An 800x1200 shower might be a good size for your space. You'd have to choose a toilet that doesn't protrude too far, plus a narrow vanity. With that layout, you could have a long but narrow wall-hung vanity, with a big mirror covering the wall between the windows, which would make the room feel bigger and would give a good amount of storage. Also, you may find this helpful: http://www.houseplanshelper.com/small-bathroom-floor-plans.html?utm_content=buffer4aa20&utm_medium=social&utm_source=facebook.com&utm_campaign=buffer
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papercourtyard
6 years ago
Is it your apartment or a rental?
Rhys Vaughan
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6 years ago
last modified: 6 years ago

Don't have the floor plan dimensions unfortunately but hopefully this suffices!

Dining table is 78x123

Console is 41x122

Couches are 90x165, and yes, we do have both couches still,

and an occasional chair which is 85x90

It's a rental.
C P
6 years ago
I think you need to get the furniture as suggested by the accompanying floor plan ;)
User
6 years ago
First thing -- colour !

Literally , the only colour is quite an ( IMO ) insipid faded-mustard throw ! Change the rug to red , or orange . The chairs around the existing table -- the same ( red or orange ) . Cushions -- ditto . A big ( 1.2 x 1.5 metre ) abstract picture with 10 colours , with red , orange , yellow , apricot , mustard , pink , light blue , spearmint green , etc -- predominantly a red / orange spectrum though . A mid one two , and a couple maybe 30 x 40 ( one vertical , one horizontal ? ) .

I'd even get rid of one couch , and add a classy modern red ( or orange ) square chair . Or sell them as a pair , and get a red leather couch and single ( or two , as that is generally how they are sold as part of a suite ) chair .
C P
6 years ago
Gee Pottsy, is there any advice from you which doesn't involve lots of bright colour? I suspect people who are into bright red leather couches are already going to own them!
User
6 years ago
I should buy them all up , and resell them to people who need some colour in their lives haha . Life should be exciting and colourful IMO -- I'm happy to remind people that , and leave the 1268 shades of grey to the expensive experts .
Kate
6 years ago
I was thinking the console in the kitchen needs to be bigger or more dramatic. Bigger could try a drop leaf round table that can sit against wall, more dramatic a big vase with big colour duo flowers to help fill out the space. A pot plant on floor could help with this drama effect and a bit more permanently than flowers, Artwork should be big and bold,

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