Redesign for a Better Traffic Pattern

Interior redesign, or the art of using the clients’ own furnishings to create the inviting look and feel of a beautiful well organized home, is a fast-growing alternative to conventional interior design. It's a trained set of eyes to reevaluate and reclaim your current furnishings to create purpose and unity in your Home; to rearrange, regroup and reorganize determining the best use of your space. It also feels good to reduce, reuse, recycle for the most affordable and clear solutions making this the best value for your Home needs.  

The before...

Here is a home that has a lot of nice elements, but the couch is closing off the family room from the family.  The two red couches are large and take up a lot of visual space.  Also the room traffic pattern makes it too close to the nook table area and the bar stool chairs so you have to squeeze by the furniture.  The bookshelves are cluttered and visually there is a lot going on in the space.

Next here I am by the side door looking towards the kitchen.  The small table on left was used to store magazines but not used. The rug feels like it is going the wrong way for the room and there is not enough room between the couch and piano.  Also the rug stained and dirty and the coffee table is too busy with the shell collection under the glass.

The rug had a lot of small beverage spots so I suggested the homeowner use Chem Dry's Carpet stain extinguisher to clean the rug.  I have used this product for many years and find it the best at taking out small stains and the overall cleaning of any carpet or area rug.  The rug dried in a few hours as we dusted off all the books and bookshelf accent items.

And the after project......

Once I centered the coffee table between the couches I added some matching pillows.  I only used the pillows with a lighter background to lighten up the room for summer.  On the coffee table I added a bird cage from another room and stuffed some plant material inside.  I found a small tea set and two small china dolls to complete the grouping.  I also placed two almost matching flat rectangular baskets under the coffee table with magazines in one and photo albums in the other.  A nice location for guests to look at while visiting.

Here you can see I have added a sofa table behind the couch that can be used as a writing desk.  I added a large colorful rooster lamp and switched out the shade to a neutral cream one.  I added one of the extra nook chairs to the desk and a basket for books below with a plant to help hide the cord to the lamp.  This is a bright and sunny location to read or write and enjoy the family at the same time.

I like the couches facing each other as it really add a sense of space to the room.  I also like the two chairs as part of the conversation area now.  There is a lot more room around the arrangement for traffic flow.  The book shelves have been organized and I found a few pictures and baskets to add to the the shelves for interest.

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