Furniture Arrangement

1. Furniture Arrangement

2. Conversation • Recreation • Dining • Entertaining • Hobbies • Relaxing Activities that commonly take place in a living area

3. The main area in a room where people are seated. • This area should be 8-12 feet What is a primary conversation area?

4. Seating for 2-3 people outside the primary grouping • A piano • A desk and chair • A reading chair with a lamp What is a secondary furniture grouping?

5. 80 square feet What is the minimum dining area for four people?

6. 180 square feet What is the minimum dining area for 6-8 people?

7. Games • Hobbies • TV viewing • Dancing • Active Play Activities that take place in a family room

8. Durable • Dark • Easily maintained What type of furniture is ideal for a family room?

9. Sleeping • Bathing • Dressing The purposes of the sleeping area

10. Types of Space provided in a bedroom • Sleeping • Storage • Dressing

11. 22 inches Amount on each side of the bed should be….

12. A twin bed can be pushed against a wall and look balanced while still giving a person enough room to make the bed. What is the exception to the rule when talking about space on each side of the bed?

13. 40 inches give a person enough room to pull out the drawers Space in front of a chest of drawers

14. 36 inches The recommended space in front of a closet

15. The area that a person need to dress and get ready • 42 inches Dressing Circle

16. The use an environment will have and the activities that will take place there. It dictates the selection and the arrangement of furniture. • Combining functions is usually necessary in small houses/apartments. What is function?

17. Function of a room determines the furniture needed. • Furniture scale should be appropriate for the space available. • Furniture can serve a number of functions depending on where it is placed. • Make furniture as useful and multi-functional as possible. • Group furniture according to activity. • If a focal point is used in the room, group furniture in such a way that it accentuates the emphasis. Furniture Arrangement Guidelines

18. Living and dining rooms may need to be combined • A bedroom is also an office • A bed has drawers underneath Combine Furniture with Function

19. Check the room for vents—don’t place furniture over vents. • Remember all entry and exit ways • Outlets, phone jacks, cable outlets • Fireplaces • Stairs Things to consider when designing a room

20. How to control flow of traffic: • Place furniture at key locations to direct traffic flow, restrict or redirect traffic. • Traffic flow 3-4 feet Traffic Flow

21. Opposite walls should lend visual weight • Furniture, doors, windows, and fireplaces should be balanced • Visual mass is more important than dimensions • Groupings should be balanced • Do not overcrowd the room with furniture Creating Balance

22. Group furniture around a focal point • If the room lacks a focal point, use a piece of furniture as a focal point Use furniture to create a focal point

23. Rhythm through alternation, alternating hard and soft, upholstered and wood, create contrast, rectangles and curves, high and low Rhythm

24. Line in furniture should be in harmony with other existing lines. Line

25. Negative space needs to be interesting. Large pieces of furniture pushed tightly into corners are not as pleasing as when you have negative space Form & Space

26. U Shaped Grouping

27. L Shaped Grouping

28. Parallel Grouping

33. The Stagers Fishbowl in the Sky