My Combined Living/Dining

Other

Morning light

Hard to know where to place the furniture because the space is so open. Also, lacks shelving and storage for tableware for the dining room. The dining area doesn't have a lot of wall space to put furniture or artwork on because of windows and open floor plan. It's hard to define the areas and utilize them to the fullest. Also, whatever is going on (playing with toys/games), dishes, coats/shoes in entry, laundry is hard to hide. Everything is always viewable from the minute someone walks into the front door. We hope that with more defined spaces with specific uses, we can then have better ways to handle the clutter.

We'd like to keep the C&B Estilo cabinet (18"w x 61"h x 40"d) and the oriental rug (11 ft x 14 ft). We also have a relatively new C&B Lakin dining table (81"l x 38"w x 30"h) which extends to 119"l with optional leaves. It would be nice to use this if it makes sense. We like the rope dining chairs, but can re-use them elsewhere. We also have a relatively new West Elm Axel Sofa (76"w x 35.5"d x 34"h). We can perhaps find another spot for it in the house, but it would be nice to use if it fits in the plan. We want to keep the built-in shelving units underneath the windows (18"d x 32"h), but are open to changing the countertop. We have many pieces of artwork to choose from and would appreciate guidance on which ones to incorporate in the design. We included a snapshot of the many different pieces of artwork that my mother-in-law painted. We can send more specific pictures and ask your help in selecting the pieces to frame and hang.

Yes

Open to both

Maybe

Because the living/dining area is so large and spans the width of the house and the room is oriented east to west, we receive morning light in one area and afternoon light in the other area. There is a corner of the glassed-in east side of the house that receives wonderful morning light in the corner and would be perfect for a sitting area. We are happy to help discuss the light and how it impacts the overall feel and use of the living/dining area. We would love to have multiple spaces established in this combined area so that there are nooks that are welcoming for reading, eating, playing board games, and visiting with friends/family. Because we have a large family (3 children and 3 adults in the house) it's nice to have different uses for the areas to add variety throughout the day.