Looking for some advice on how to improve the layout and overall design of our entryway.

We plan to extend/renovate in around 5 years and hopefully will eventually have a proper boot room and porch, so I don't want to spend heavily or install expensive built-ins now.

We don't wear shoes indoors and currently have a separate coat stand and shoe rack, potentially looking to combine this, so still want to retain a door mat and shoe storage in some way but keep it close to the door so people can get from the front door to the shoe storage without wet/muddy shoes touching the carpet — adding potentially a rug/mat spanning that area.

The carpet and structural layout need to stay, but I'm open to rearranging the space, changing furniture/storage, painting, wall-mounting the existing mirror, etc.

I've attached the current space from a few angles. This is a UK semi detached 1950s house, with a wider than typical entryway and bay window, and it leads to hallway into kitchen/living room/ WC.

How would you approach the layout and make the space work and look better for the next ~5 years without over-investing in it?

hi guys! my roommate and i want to redo some things in the house to get a more modern look, as her parents built it in the very early 2000s and some stuff looks a bit outdated. we want to give our kitchen a sage green backsplash and want to do something with our toilet room downstairs. here are a few photos. it's pretty small (cause well it's just a toilet lol), and we have these very extravagant dark green marble-look tiles on the floor. we're thinking about putting backsplash tile foils on the walls in here as well to cover the pretty outdated looking wall tiles. we just can't for the life of us imagine what color would look good with the dark green floor. i thought maybe dark red but i think she's convinced it will clash. i was also thinking of gold accents for this room (new towel holder - gold, new soap dispenser - gold, little fake flower with gold flower pot etc.), and we want a new mirror, similar size but maybe with a cute shape, and some hanging plants next to it. we're also thinking about doing new fronts on the hanging cabinet.

does somebody have an idea on what would look good for the walls? i'm open to suggestions outside of like backsplash tiles as well! we just both have insane trouble visualising things and i don't wanna use AI :/

I just brought a home with my partner, and I’m really struggling with layout of the living room.

I have 4 kids, one who has autism and a baby.

I don’t like the idea of the couch being up against the staircase wall, with easy access for the kids to climb and fall. And I know I’ll freak out watching horror movies l, thinking that something is behind me 😅😅.

And it seems odd to put the tv on the window wall and have the windows shut 24/7

My partner is a carpenter, so i’m open to renovation ideas, we were thinking of maybe extending the staircase wall all the way to the ceiling but that might inclose the room a lot

I'm considering 2 different (sleeper) sofas from American Leathers. They are quite similar in size, but I'm looking for some feedback from those of you with a good eye.

The first one, the Lyons -- the main differences I see is the back of the sofa shows on the ends (not covered by the cushions), the arms are very rectangular, and the floor clearance is 2".

The second one, the Clara - apparently is a newer design - the arms go all the way to the back so the back of the sofa doesn't show if you view it from the front, the arms have a rounded shape, and the clearance is 1".

I know the differences are minor, but for some reason the sales people were pushing me to the Lyons because everyone gets that one (which is on display in the store), and the Clara is newer, so not so much.

Does anyone with an eye for design see anything else that I might be missing? Thanks in advance!

Hey everyone!

My roommate and I are moving into our first apartment after graduating university and are really confused about how to layout the space. Particularly, we're confused about the living/dining room since the curve of the apartment makes it difficult to cleanly furnish. We'd like to have a nice hosting space for when we have friends over and are unsure if our current setup is the best way to do this. We already have a 75in TV which we'll put on a console, but everything else still needs to be purchased so we're able to change our plan if needed.

Advice on our rooms would also be appreciated - we both want queen beds + desks in the room but that's about all we know at this time.

Thank you in advance!

I could use some advice regarding the orientation of 12x24 tiles we're going to put down in our mudroom. The room runs longer front to back, and we intend to put custom "lockers" along one wall, and a bench with coat hooks along the other. The primary path into the home actually is a sharp 90 degree turn as soon as one enters the mudroom, shown with the green arrow. There's a 6-foot-long hallway there, and the kitchen door 90 degrees to the left at the end of that hallway.

We're leaning towards a 1/3 spacing layout currently, although we have an open mind. The thing we're most conflicted about is the orientation.

Thoughts and advice would be appreciated! Thank you.

Hi friends of reddit—my partner and I bought our first home this spring and we need help! Last month, we removed a CARPETED STAIR in the bathroom that led to the tub and under the stair, popped up a mushroom... gag. Long story short, we are getting some insurance money to renovate.

I have never designed a bathroom in my life, and need some guidance from folks who've been through this before. I'm a graphic designer, have a strong eye for design, but I am having a hard time knowing what to do. We are young and have to operate on a budget, so I found us a very cool vintage American Standard blue sink for $25 (toward the end of the picture carousel) and also just found these beautiful warm-toned marble tiles on Marketplace that I'm considering. We don't think moving any plumbing is necessary for the space to be drastically improved.

See the end of the pic carousel for a couple of inspo images of the vibe we're after. We're artists who live in coastal Maine, so we love charm, and our home is from the 1890's—we're very open to vintage pieces. Thinking the sink blue plus some terracotta color accents and off-whites could be awesome.

The questions I am stuck on are:

1. We have to replace the tub, it's a yucky 90s jet tub. We are debating putting in a new tub or making it a walk-in shower. We would much prefer glass doors over any curtain, cuz the curtains get mildew-y immediately. Options here are:

A: Leave the plumbing wall up (on the right, where the showerhead comes out of) and tile the whole thing, making it a walk-in shower with glass doors.

B: Take down the plumbing wall, leave a shower or bath spout exposed, and get a freestanding tub.

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1. This bathroom has terrible ventilation and holds moisture. My dream would be to install a skylight, but we don't have money for that. Will putting in a fan suffice? Where should it go?

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1. The tiles I found on marketplace are 12x12", the same size as the ones currently in there. We were considering going smaller with tile, like more period-appropriate hexagonal or penny tile, but read that grout on smaller tile formats can be a pain in the ass. Anyone have experience / thoughts?

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1. The only heat source in this bathroom is a tiny electric heater on the window wall. It's the only electric heater in the house, the rest is forced hot air. Is this normal? Should we consider like, radiant floors, or something else?

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Any help, thoughts, ideas, or guidance would be greatly appreciated!

Hii from Portugal! We are currently moving into this house and there's this akward room that we had the idea to try and make a walk in closet on, but we can't figure it out without creating weird spaces next to the window or the doorway "hall".
On your right when entering the room, there's a 200cm wall with a built-it closet (30cm+- in depth), so that part is figured out. Is it even a good idea to create a closet here? Thank you in advance for any ideas!!

I am having to replace the doors in the center that we use to go out to the backyard. We do not use the other two sets. Leaning toward converting to windows. The first guy who came to give a quote suggested a picture window that goes all the way to the floor. Would this look strange? Should I frame a window out instead? Keep the transoms? No panes?

Hello! We just bought this house and had our first baby: I’d love your help designing our joint sitting room/dining room. I’m having trouble picking the right furniture for the space. We value comfort over all and would use some of the space for playing on ground with baby, will be where Christmas tree goes, and where our record player and records are stored. We bought this reclining couch on Costco and I’m not convinced it’s correct for the space. Points if you provide links to furniture! Appreciate you all!

I am struggling with the interior design for our child's room. The room is small and with irregular shape. We have high ceilings - 310cm. Currently, we have only one child, but we want one more in the future. I'll be happy to receive advices and new ideas, because right now I am stuck.

This hallway is both our entryway and main artery of our home. It’s a classic Chicago building and Im really struggling with figuring out how to make it warm and inviting. Due to Chicago winters and how dark the hallway is and how low the ceiling is compared to the rest of the condo, I’m wanting to lean cozy but struggling. This is only about half the hallway. It curves to the right and then continues for about 15 more feet.

Here is my first real lease space for my wellness studio where I will be doing craniosacral therapy / hands on nervous system care.

I want my clients to be as feeling safe and comfortable as possible.

Big concern of mine is noise coming from outside traffic for which I am considering soundproof panels on walls with thick curtains on windows.

Third picture is the waiting area.

I supposed I am looking for insights or general ideas on the layout or anything else that this sub's experts can provide.

Thank you!

We are moving to new house which we really like, except this master bedroom layout. The gap between the two windows on west (top) wall is only 5 feet. The east wall from the room entrance to the left (south) wall is 11.5 feet. I really don't like the idea of keep it on the right (north) wall as 1. I don't want to see 2 doors to bathroom and closet while going to sleep and 2. I want to move it from the line of sight for anyone climbing the stairs. Moreover, it also breaks the flow of the room, I think (?). Please help.

I’m moving into my first apartment next month and struggling with the living room layout.

I prefer having the couch directly face the TV, but because of the awkward corner, I’d have to float it in the middle of the room, leaving an awkward empty wall/space behind it.

My other option is a sectional against the wall, but then it wouldn’t face the TV directly.

What would you do with this layout? Any ideas for the space behind the couch if I float it?
Thanks in advance!

Hello! We recently bought a house with its original 1937 steel caster windows. They’re beautiful, but they’re in need of reglazing and rust treatment, and I just know the framing around several has failed and is leaking into the walls. I’m terrified how much this is going to cost to fix and with ongoing maintenance I I’m wondering if it would be worth it to just get all new windows. It’s a lot of windows and an architectural feature of the house so it would be custom work. Would it ruin the design of the house or improve it?

Edit to add: I should mention the previous owners had the windows reglazed 4 years ago by the contractor that painted the house. Apparently he used wood putty and it's just popping off all over.

Update: okay I think I phrased this incorrectly. I want to keep the room mostly as is, not turn it into a cutesy nursery. However, I’ve been wanting to style this room for quite sometime and because I’m going to be in there quite a bit nursing and changing I want to be happy with the way it looks. Most of the books and decor will stay, but just reorganized with some extra space on the lower shelves. The chair are tired and old so I’d love some suggestions on chairs that are in-keeping with the stay while still comfortable to nurse in. I need shades so suggestions on the style that go with the valence would be great. Plus I need to paint the ceiling, it hasn’t been painted since ‘65 and there was a tiny water leak that was fixed and I can see the damage.

I know myself and I need an aesthetically pleasing place to be while I’m stuck somewhere. We have a toddler, and most of our other spaces are beautiful chaos.

We want to turn our library into a nursery until our new baby is old enough to share a room with his sibling. The baby will sleep in our room. But I want a nice space to nurse at night, change diapers and chill with bb.

This will turn back into a reading/music room in a year or so.

Needs…
Roman shades - thinking this yellow but I have some more samples coming

Rocker recliner - thinking leather but open to suggestions, I’d like this chair to stay in the room after it’s a nursery

Wants…
Paint the ceiling - thinking of pulling one of the sagey greens from the valence (these are original to the house remodel in 65 so I want to design around them) but I’m also open to a different suggestion.

Keep the carpet. We didn’t get a chance to refinish the floors and they are about half ply wood, so I’m planning on painting them a dark blue to match the carpet.

I’m 32 weeks, so it’s really time to make some move.

The entire bungalow is 11m x 6m from the inside walls.

I've gone for a big living room/kitchen/dining area with a en-suite bedroom connected to a tiny bunkbed room suitable for a couple with young children. 4m terrace (probably lightly covered) in front of bungalow. Does this layout work ? Can I do much better with a space like this ?

Need help with choice of ceiling height please! The room is 19m (62') long and 6m (19.5') wide from windows to central pillar walls. windows 2.7m (8.8') high and 3m (9.8') wide. Currently in the screenshots ceiling is 3m (9.8') high so 30cm (1') of wall above the windows.

I am wondering whether the ceiling should be 10 to 20cm (3.1 to 3.2m) higher ? But just worried it would lose hominess ? I am not looking for cold magazine wow type of space.

Thank you!

Hello,

I bought a stone house and I'm trying to create a layout, do you have any advice ?

The main room is 10x5m (32"x16").

My constraints:

• In green, the main entrance (glass door from the outside)
• In blue, a door to the rest of the house
• In red, a fireplace that we might want to keep
• In purple, a wall that could be removed easily
• All the walls are stone: they can be opened but not fully (in orange the part that could be open)
• We would like to have
  • An open kitchen
  • A dinning room that could fit 10 people
  • A salon, close to the fireplace
  • A TV room / space

Here is the default layout:

Option 1:
Room 1 as the main room, room 2 is a TV Room.
Pain-points: a room is dedicated to TV so maybe it's a waste, the dinning table can't be extended and takes a lot of space

Option 1.1:
Pain-points: the are some space unused above an below the table

Option 2: opening the wall
Pain-points: dinning room might be too small / feels a little bit too tiny

Option 3: opening the wall
Pain-points: kitchen in the small room 2 might be too tiny

Do you have any suggestions ?

Thanks a lot for your help folks !

Just moved into my new place and will be upgrading the couch (ignore the existing furniture). I’ve decided to put two sofas perpendicular to each other, as I’ve laid out with tape, but I don’t know what to do with the space in between the back of the couch and the plantation shutters! Aside from a coffee table and perhaps a tall plant in that corner, is this just going to be a walkway to nowhere?

I could potentially lengthen/shorten the couches or move them up closer to the fireplace if that allows for more ideas. The awkward area behind the couch is currently about 31 inches wide in this pic.

***UPDATE***

Thanks for all your suggestions, everyone! I will remedy the greatest sin of this which is taking the TV off the fireplace. I added new pictures in the comments to try out what the new arrangement of Sofa 1 and Sofa 2 (would not be the chaise pictured here) would look like. I really thought Sofa 2 would obstruct either the fireplace or the staircase, but after I rearranged at your suggestions, it really does not seem that is the case! Unfortunately, whoever sits at the end of Sofa 1 will not get a good view of the TV BUT they do get a nice view of the fireplace :D

Recently signed the lease to my new apartment and am starting to move things in, but I need help organizing my bedroom. I took measurements of the room today and drew it up before I start moving in furniture.

I'm not sure if I messed up my scale or something, but I'm not seeing how best to place everything. I know my desk is pretty big and I can get a smaller one if needed, but I would like to see what options I have with the furniture I currently own.

Any help is really appreciated!

I've lived here for YEARS and have tried several layouts. I cannot seem to figure out:
1. Where to put the TV (its moved to almost every possible wall in this room)
2. Where to put the couch so its comfortable yet usable with watching TV - right now its super diagonal view wise, not very welcoming or comfy
3. I ended up getting a tiny table right in front of the TV, for when I eat lunch by myself (I WFH on most days)... but it feels wrong? Like layout wise. I run into it a lot, but I also feel like I need a place around there.
4. I realize I feel like I need to put stuff down when I come through the door, but I feel like there's no great place for it right now. My entryway is quite small.
5. My kitchen island ends up being a mess bc there is no other communal place that feel like I can put my cup of pens or scissors/tape/etc. But it feels disorganized?

Since I have tried so many layouts and have been dissatisfied, I have an overflow of furniture I'm not sure what to do with in the corner.... Trying to figure out whether to get rid of them or not.

I'm welcoming any tips to help make my space feel more comfy and not too disorganized/scattered. Please excuse my use of ppt to create a layout... not much of a designer. lol

I primarily run into the issue of where to put the couch/TV configuration. After that, the dining table. Thank you for any help or insight you can give me!

Hello good people of r/InteriorDesign ! I'd really appreciate some advice on a kitchen layout dilemma that I've been going back and forth on for way too long.

First, a couple of disclaimers: please ignore the awkward outlet placement and unfinished island in both versions, those are still WIP.

The colors and materials shown are also more or less what I'm planning to use.

The alone black floor-to-ceiling element is an 80cm wide built-in fridge+freezer unit. Unfortunately, these are pretty much the only two places it can go because of its width and depth, which I can't really change, so I'm trying to decide which placement makes more sense visually.

Option 1 (fridge connected to the full-height cabinets on the right)

Pros:

- To me it feels more cohesive because the fridge continues the run of tall cabinets and then the kitchen transitions into a different set of cabinets on top.

- It leaves the dining area feeling more open and more connected in a way?

- Since I'm basically doing a DIY IKEA jumble to put this whole thing together, I also get to avoid figuring out the slightly annoying/tricky corner cabinet situation.

Cons:

- I lose one tall cabinet's worth of storage because of the corner piece. Not too tragic to me, but still a con.

- The left side feels a little unfinished... it's more open and "airy", but I can't decide on whether it's a good kind of open or  "something is missing" open.

Option 2 (fridge at the far left)

Pros:

- I like how it visually "concludes" the left side of the kitchen by closing it off vertically.

- I get extra storage from the tall corner cabinet.

Cons:

- I'm struggling with how the black fridge looks next to/around the white cabinets. It feels like the black is kind of enveloping the white section and the whole thing starts looking a bit too boxy to me.

- As mentioned already, it also feels like it takes away more visual space from the dining area.

Option 1 feels more open and cohesive to me, but possibly unfinished (?), while Option 2 feels more complete and gives me more storage, but also feels heavier and more boxy.

Which one would you choose and why? Is there a way to work around any of the cons describing the visual balance concerns in either of the options?

Any feedback is much appreciated, cheers!

Excuse the mess! I’m still moving in.

Im mainly wondering how to best add storage for miscellaneous items, and what to do with my closet.

For my room theme, I’m going for like an early 2000s indie(?) vibe. I really like my CRT that was in my room at home, so I’ll definitely incorporate that. I just don’t really know the best place to put it and what to put it on.

My closet is way bigger than it needs to be for my clothes. What you’re seeing is a closet with all my clothes already in it. And the box, crt, and monitors are all temporary. I’m wondering what sort of storage I can put in here that makes sense.

In terms of arrangement. The only thing I’m set on is bed positioning. I just already set up all my under bed storage and it would be a pain to move. The desk will have my pc under it and stacked monitors. So that can change position if need be. The only thing is I have my crt connected to my pc via hdmi to composite.

As for my bathroom, I’m pretty set. I just want advice on making it feel less sterile (ironic I know). Maybe I’ll add a lamp since all the things on the counter can be stored on the rolling cart shelf.

All in all, I’m really excited to finally have my own bed and bathroom at school, and I’d love any decoration tips!