Arranging Tips
We all want to know how to arrange our rooms. Should the sofa go against the wall? Are three chairs too many? So we get out the graph paper and draw everything to scale. Well, maybe that is what we think we should do.
But it might not tell you the whole visual story. An easy way to see what works in your room is to cut out life size shapes of your furniture. Measure the widest part of your tables and upholstered furniture – width and length. Cut these rectangular sizes out of newspaper that you have taped together or use craft paper from the hobby store. This gives you a really good visual look at your room. Is there enough leg space between the sofa and coffee table? Can you easily get around that large piece of furniture? The “furniture” is easy to move into different configurations without any effort from your spouse.
Of course this works better if the furniture you now have is moved out of the room. This may be hard but it is better to organize a room’s content without being influenced by what is already there. Move it out of the room and when you have moved your paper furniture around and have decided on the arrangement, move it back in to the desired location. And if you need to get rid of something, this is the time. What could be easier?
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