topic Re: Long Narrow Rooms in Home

Long Narrow Rooms

wilma — Fri, 05 Jun 2020 14:55:17 GMT

Does anyone have a long narrow room in their home?

Before moving into my first apartment, the bedroom I had as a child & teenager was very long and narrow. It was quite a challenge to get 2 twin beds, dressers, and other furniture arranged in a way that worked. I bumped many a hip, shin, and knee just moving around the room. My current home does not have any long narrow rooms.

Here are a few photos of narrow rooms I found on the Internet. Looks like the owners made good use of the space available.

I like this one, but I would change the dark sofa to another color and use different artwork above it.

Another nice room. I would add some more color and window treatments.

A bit too much furniture & too many accessories for me.

This one is quite elegant. The high ceiling is beautiful. I would add some color to it.

Re: Long Narrow Rooms

MoonieBaby — Fri, 05 Jun 2020 14:56:09 GMT

@wilma

SO LIGHT N AIRY; WORDS NOT USUALLY ASSOCIATED WITH LONG NARROW ROOMS. I LOVED SEEING THESE PICS - THANS SO MUCH FOR SHARING

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on the bay — Fri, 05 Jun 2020 15:11:25 GMT

I actually like the third and fourth room! Amazing how they can make a room that is so awkward look really nice!

Thanks for these pictures. REally nice to look at! @wilma

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godi — Fri, 05 Jun 2020 15:18:29 GMT

Never experienced a long narrow room. These rooms are stunning. That last one is gorgeous.

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spiderw — Fri, 05 Jun 2020 15:33:33 GMT

While I am not a fan of long narrow rooms, I love big spacious rooms, the ones pictured are nicely furnished . However, I would probably put less in these rooms and decorate minimally..

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CANDLEQUEEN — Fri, 05 Jun 2020 15:39:39 GMT

I love these rooms shown, but I do not have any long narrow rooms. The rooms shown are pretty spacious too, so you don't get the feeling of them being so narrow!

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stevieb — Fri, 05 Jun 2020 16:46:21 GMT

At least one of the places I've lived tended to have all rectangular rooms. One of the rooms was very narrow and I didn't like it and rarely used it. The smallest room in that place, the dining room, was a square and I found I liked it best simply because it offered a different shape. I don't care for narrow rooms though they, like pretty much any shape room, can be made both comfortable and appealing. It seems that due to the foibles of most more modern construction, many rooms tend to be rectangles and I prefer a variety of shapes and sizes. Had I the wherewithal, I think I'd love an old house with all it's quirks, as long as all the systems had been redone before I moved in, so I didn't have to deal with them. I am not a 'rehab' maven or a DIY-er.

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dulwich — Fri, 05 Jun 2020 18:36:55 GMT

Really liked all of these rooms beautifully done.

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SandySparkles — Fri, 05 Jun 2020 18:49:02 GMT

These rooms are beautiful, but I would feel slightly claustrophobic in all but the LAST one. I think it's because of the high ceiling, position of the furniture, and beautiful VIEW, that I would love relaxing in it. 😊.

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DREAMON — Fri, 05 Jun 2020 19:26:27 GMT

The 3rd room has way too much stuff in it for me. I think it would be fine if half the furniture was removed.

The other rooms look very nice...Narrow rooms are OK but are a bit difficult to furnish. I grew up in a narrow home and it was beautiful but not over furnished.

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Oznell — Fri, 05 Jun 2020 19:51:12 GMT

Those designers have employed some good tricks to tame their long, narrow spaces.

Our living room in our little cottage was originally 2 small parlors, we believe, in which a wall separating them must have been taken down. It's about 12 by 28 feet. The key is to achieve more ideal proportions by breaking up the space in a way that is appealing, I think.

Thus, when you walk in from the vestibule, you encounter the first parlor-area, which is delineated by a large area rug. This has the air of a little study-- it has my antique desk and chair, a curio, and my great grand-dad's Morris chair for comfortable seating.

I've visually separated that area from the next with an old library table for our mail, in the middle of the room. That makes both "open" parlors appear to be squared off, not one long skinny unbroken room. Your last picture, @wilma , did the same thing by using that chaise longue or upholstered bench thing to visually "mark off" the two areas in that long space.

Once you walk past the library table, you're in the "den-like" section, which now is it's own self-contained square. It has our TV, couch and love seat, and small easy chair. No rug, just wood floors.

So each area does feel like a very separate, square room, but you still have the 'visual' openness.

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Mominohio — Fri, 05 Jun 2020 21:43:37 GMT

I don't have any, and they can either be done up to be very cozy or they can be a crowded mess.

It's funny how making a small space cozy actually requires less stuff, when normally making a space cozy means warming it up with stuff.

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jeanlake — Sat, 06 Jun 2020 00:10:58 GMT

Agree with mominohio. I've seen narrow, long rooms that didn't click on decor or perhaps were messy. Your photos are most pleasant. I don't have rooms like this that require furniture. I do have a long, open walkway next to open stairway leading to main part of the house. My decor is long, white wall gallery shelves with all-white frames.

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sceniccoast — Sat, 06 Jun 2020 01:30:45 GMT

@wilma

NOPE, no long narrow rooms in our home.

I love pic #2 with all the natural light & casual atmosphere.

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shoptilyadropagain — Mon, 08 Jun 2020 12:54:21 GMT

I've never had long narrow rooms just small square ones. These rooms are pretty well done but I would rearrange most of them and take a couple of things out (especially the third room).

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Spurt — Mon, 08 Jun 2020 15:54:18 GMT

I never really lived in a home with narrow rooms, but a friend rented a brand new townhouse with a very narrow living room......it was a very awkward set up and unlike these photos she could never quite put it together.....she was very happy when she moved out of that place and into an apartment with rectangular rooms....so much easier to furnish and decorate....

@wilma

I like the rooms with the minor changes and improvements you suggested....