Re: DECO HELP Please ... Low Window & High Back Co... - Page 2

We rescue cats · ‎01-25-2023

I too would go with the recliners and a table between them. I have that situation in our livingroom (which we seldom use) and I have a loveseat in front of it, I hate it. My curtains and drapes are an issue and since my window is a bow window anything I put there is not easily accessible. Being foolish I have plants in there and need to water them! LOL!!

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Scooby Doo · ‎03-14-2010

The older I get the less I like a couch. I have two in separate rooms and I never sit in either. I want a nice big comfy recliner that I can easily get out of. The new couch looks low to me and eventually will be a problem. I also have an issue with big furniture in front of windows.

If you do go with the couch I would definitely change the window dressing. Maybe take down the valance and put up some semi sheers.

skatting44 · ‎07-26-2019

If it were my home, I would not place the sofa in front of the bow window nor would I have the existing sofa there either.

Becuse of the room looking like a retangle , is that why the sofa is placed against the window ? Is the TV against the opposite wall across from the sofa?

Agree, would rethink , if the sofa would be used or would 2 recliners be more comfortable and easier to get out of for an aging couple.

I'd take down the valance , maybe have a header with fabric on it instead.

River Song · ‎03-15-2010

No to both couches in front of the window. Both couches look far too big and puffy for the size of the room. Two Laz-z-boy high leg recliners placed at angles and a table between them would open up the room and give easier access to the window shades. The valance is dated, replace with sheers.

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LAllyR · ‎03-20-2010

Thank you all for your input! Having different people weigh in really helps.

They want a reclining sofa (old couch has one on each end) or recliners since this is a cozy Family Room for kicking back and relaxing, watching movies, etc. They have a separate more formal Living Room so this room can stay casual and comfy.

The option of the 2 recliners with the table in between would be recliners that match the couch so they would be larger and not swivel (I don't have a photos of these but the photo below is the loveseat they would get for the other wall). This is for their Family Room; their Living Room already has a large window with 2 swivel chairs and table in front of it. So, the 2 recliners would still be tall but not take up the entire window and the small table would allow more of a view out the window.

I'm starting to think that the search may have to continue for a different couch. Most all of the reclining ones they liked had tall backs thus the issue they are having.

LAllyR · ‎03-20-2010

@Lilysmom1 Thank you for the tip. Here are photos of the entire room.

LTT1 · ‎03-09-2010

@LAllyR

What I'm going to suggest probably would not fit their taste at all

But an update might be a sectional...and thIs type is usually lower?

Might not fit their lifestyle, but my question is this...

How many people are they wanting to seat at once?

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50Mickey · ‎05-21-2010

@LAllyR wrote:
Thank you all for your input! Having different people weigh in really helps.

They want a reclining sofa (old couch has one on each end) or recliners since this is a cozy Family Room for kicking back and relaxing, watching movies, etc. They have a separate more formal Living Room so this room can stay casual and comfy.

The option of the 2 recliners with the table in between would be recliners that match the couch so they would be larger and not swivel (I don't have a photos of these but the photo below is the loveseat they would get for the other wall). This is for their Family Room; their Living Room already has a large window with 2 swivel chairs and table in front of it. So, the 2 recliners would still be tall but not take up the entire window and the small table would allow more of a view out the window.

I'm starting to think that the search may have to continue for a different couch. Most all of the reclining ones they liked had tall backs thus the issue they are having.

@LAllyR It's their house and their couch but in my humble opinion those are some ugly couches. But to each their own. If they were my parents I would back off and let them select what they want. That way you can't be blamed if the couches do not fit the room.

haddon9 · ‎03-09-2010

@rockygems123 I have those panels in my living & dining room windows. I got them from Pier one years ago. I love them but plan on replacing them with shutters next year when we paint the room.

haddon9 · ‎03-09-2010

@LAllyR As others have suggested, I would go with a pair of nice chairs with a table in the front window. Are you also adding a love seat on an adjoining wall? The chairs would break up the line high above the window but it's really not terrible to have a couch back above a window like the one shown. I have that in my family room.

As for the couch picked out, I think the older one is much more attractive! The new one looks like a row of seats on a plane in coach.