"My sofa was too big for the space, and almost every configuration I came up with would cut off the flow of traffic through the room to either the stairwell, the next room, or the entryway. Despite its long footprint, the space felt cramped towards the fireplace - it felt like I wasn't making the best use of the rest of the room."
"So I turned to Isfira Jensen, CEO and principal designer at Jensen & Co. Interiors in New York City, for guidance on how she'd handle the space. She proposed rearranging the room to shift the sofa away from the fireplace and instead creating a cozy seating nook there. The secretary desk would shift towards the entryway, which made me a little nervous when it came to spacing, but I was willing to give it a try."
"For the redesign of this room, my first task was figuring out the seating in front of the fireplace. If I was going to make the bold move of relocating the sofa, I wanted to be sure I still had a cozy place to sit with a fire roaring. The 1970s chinoiserie chairs I previously had in the room are fabulous, but they're not exactly the chairs you want when you're curling up with a cozy book and a mug of hot tea."
A narrow rowhouse living room contained an oversized sofa that impeded traffic flow to the stairwell, adjacent room and entryway. The space felt cramped near the fireplace despite a long footprint. The plan relocated the sofa away from the fireplace and created a cozy seating nook with skirted swivel chairs and a ceramic garden stool between them for drinks. A secretary desk moved toward the entryway to open sightlines. The redesign aimed to balance conversation, TV viewing and relaxation while preserving circulation. Rearrangement began quickly and livability was assessed two months later.
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