Please help me with a furniture layout in this room

[Hoggirl]

We are moving in four (!) weeks. I have hired a designer to help with our downstairs, but dh and I are going to handle this upstairs space on our own.

I’ll attach pics (taken awhile back in the construction process) at the end. We were told that the lowest point of the sloped ceiling would be 7’. Well, that didn’t work out. Apparently some piddly issue about the roof being supported. Pfttttt. Slope shown in pics below - the drawing indicating the slope is inaccurate. The room itself is 14’10” by 17’ (on the longest wall). The hallway leading into it is about 9’ x 11’. You’ll notice it’s offset by about a foot so one side is longer than the other. The window on the 14’10” wall is exactly 9’ wide.

Wants:

1. Modular sectional (since this space is upstairs anything up there needs to be modular)

2. Small 4-person table & chairs for game-playing

3. Big TV (ours is 57” wide and 32” tall) - issue is where to place it

4. At least a mini-fridge for beverages. We don’t want to do any elaborate bar/built-ins at this time, though that’s an option for the future. There will never be an option for a, “wet” bar.

[momofboiler1]

We have the same problem in our TV/third floor room with sloping ceilings and such.

Personally I’d put the game table in that hallway area to set up zones and then keep the big room for TV viewing.

I’d put the TV on the left side of the 17’ wall (where the ceiling is higher) and do an L shaped modular couch across from the TV and under the window. They have sofas that are lower to the ground and I think that would work well in that space. You could also have an extra chair/poof/upholstered ottoman to the far right of that TV wall for extra seating if you think you’ll be entertaining larger groups up there.

AI would be helpful in furniture placement too.

[Hoggirl]

@momofboiler1

AI would be helpful in furniture placement too.

I’m not exactly sure how to do this. I don’t have any paid versions of AI.

I’d thought about putting the table in the hallway, but it seemed kind of awkward to me since that’s the main walkway into the room. But if it were only 40” wide, there would definitely be room to walk around it when the chairs were pushed in. But, if people were sitting there, folks would have to get up to let others get to the bathroom.

Hmmm

[thumper1]

Your couch does not need to be against the wall. If moved out a bit, it would allow for the height of the couch. Would that help?

[lb5]

I suggest a not too small sized game table and a square one in case anyone wants to play Mah Jongg and/ or games that have a largish game board. 38-42 inches. If it doesn’t fit well there are some nice looking wood folding ones these days. Also there are some with drink holders at the corners (not necessarily suggesting the drink holders; there are also tiny portable drink holder tables and you could bring those out for two corners if needed)

(No special expertise in furniture placement)

[momofboiler1]

Here’s what AI said:

I’d put the TV on the wall shown in your second photo, not on the window wall.

Why the TV belongs there

The wall in photo #2 is almost purpose-built for a TV:

• No glare from the large window.
• Easy wiring.
• Viewing distance of roughly 9–11 feet from a sectional.
• The slopes naturally frame the TV wall.

The 57" width you marked is interesting because your current TV is also 57" wide.

If that’s the exact width of the flat wall section, your existing TV would fit almost perfectly centered there.

However…

I would actually size up

At a 9–11 ft viewing distance, I’d eventually consider:

• 75" TV
• even 85" TV

The room is much larger than people initially think because of the vaulted ceiling.

A 65" will look small in this space.

Sectional placement

I’d float the sectional in the center of the room.

Something like:

TV WALL
┌───────────────────────┐
│          TV           │
└───────────────────────┘

      8'-10'

┌───────────────────────┐
│                       │
│       Sectional       │
│                       │
└───────────────────────┘

Avoid pushing the sectional against the window wall.

The room is deep enough that floating it creates:

• a proper theater zone
• a circulation path behind it
• room for the game table

Game table location

I’d place the 4-person table near the window.

Benefits:

natural daylight

good for puzzles/cards/board games

doesn’t interfere with TV viewing

becomes a future bar area if you ever decide to add one

Mini-fridge

Best spot:

• against one of the short walls near the hallway entrance
• not beside the TV

That way someone grabbing a drink doesn’t walk through the viewing area.

My preferred furniture sizes

For this room:

• Modular sectional: roughly 110–130" x 110–130"
• Coffee table: 36–42"
• Game table: 42–48" round or square
• Mini-fridge: standard under-counter size
• TV: current 57"-wide TV works now, but room is sized for a future 75–85"

Overall, I’d treat this as 70% media room / 30% game lounge with the TV wall on the solid gable end, sectional floating in the middle, and the game table anchored under the big window. The architecture of the room naturally supports that arrangement better than any layout that puts seating against the walls.

[momofboiler1]

The free versions of Gemini and Chat both let you upload photos and inspiration photos. I think there is a max of 6 generated images/day.

If you put in your photos and inspiration furniture pics, AI will generate a whole photo for you of those things arranged in your room.

I did this for my H’s office and it was great! Told us to get a rug to anchor the desk, where to optimize the furniture placement for flow, etc… We haven’t done it all yet because of wiring issues but it’s coming.

[Hoggirl]

These are the types of responses I get when I try to use AI for this kind of thing. No photos generated as someone else said they were able to get.

And, much of it is nonsensical (at least to me). There would not be room to put a table and chairs near the window. If allowing enough room to pull out the chairs, there wouldn’t be room for the size of sectional that’s being proposed.

I do appreciate your dropping all the info in for me! I just find AI hard to use in furniture placement. But, thank you for trying!!

[thumper1]

Because of the room size, and ceiling angles, maybe the sectional size needs to be reevaluated?

[momofboiler1]

This is what AI gave me when I told it to give me a photo using classical furniture design. It doesn’t have all the angles right of the ceiling but it does give an idea.

[Hoggirl]

Thanks!

Okay, I realized one issue I have. I don’t have an actual Chat GPT account. I have only used it by just going to the website and not created an account

[thumper1]

I don’t have a chat or Gemini account either, but I can still use their AI functions…as @momofboiler1 did above.

[abasket]

I love room decor threads.

@Hoggirl from what has been posted above what DO you like? Start with the things that work and maybe we can suggest things for the lesser liked things.

Is the likely TV wall as large as it appears in the photo 3 posts above? I agree that a larger tv would look good here. It often seems like it’s going to be too big….then isn’t!!

[Hoggirl]

I love the rendering of @momofboiler1

No, it doesn’t perfectly match the slope of the ceiling, and it put some non-existent cut-outs in (that 17’ wall is flat), and it has the hallway appearing wider when it’s actually narrower than the room. However, it would have NEVER occurred to me to put the table by the window and the back of the sectional at the entry point into the space. So, providing me with that idea is very helpful! I wouldn’t do a three-sided sectional - I don’t think there is room for that. However, with just an L-shaped, I think that configuration might work with the table and chairs at the window.

As far as TV size goes, I agree we could go bigger. However, there is no place else in the house to put our existing (nice-ish) TV, so we are sticking with what we have. If you think of that 56”-wide short wall as separate, that really leaves just 12’ of wall. I think some low bookcases could work there. Or a low cabinet. Either could provide board game storage.

[abasket]

I agree that an L-shaped sectional won’t be as “room filling” in a good way.

My D2 recently moved in a new apt. Her BF bought an huge tv - 70 inches? They had planned to put it atop a credenza that she already had. It was going to be a little tall for the space with a tv on top - so they just took the legs off the credenza - it looks absolutely perfect and like it was meant to be that way! The credenza is something like this pic - but they took the legs off.

[Knowsstuff]

So I used to have an audio /Video company. As much as I love @momofboiler1 drawings with AI you don’t want the TV /stereo /music on the short wall in this description. It will sound muddy. You want the TV etc opposite the windows on that wall with speakers /music and such. Get black out blinds for the windows. Place the seating in the middle/to back and leave some room behind the couch to windows. On the side walls you want things like book cases or whatever. You can have the same type of seating just turn it around half way towards that wall. You measure TVs on the diagonal BTW. There are actually seating calculators for distance of seating to the TV in this case. But I would go as big as the wall will allow you. You can adjust the seating accordingly.

My dedicated home theater is 15.5 x24 long. You don’t want to know how big the screen is. Lol.

BTW - this is my suggestions lol

[Knowsstuff]

@Hoggirl

Apparently some piddly issue about the roof being supported. Pfttttt.

I laughed out loud when I read this.

[Hoggirl]

I appreciate your sharing your ideas. Unfortunately, there is no wall opposite of that large 9’ window. The only, “wall,” (marked in red) is waist high where the stairs are.

[Knowsstuff]

Bummer.

[HImom]

I really like the game table i. front if the window where it can get natural light (if there is any).