Small Living Rooms Without Fireplaces
Small Living Rooms Without Fireplaces. Incorporating a small fireplace into a shelving unit is a great way to add warmth to a modern family or living room. In this room designed by John Lum Architecture, it divides the two sides of the built-in cabinets, creating a sense of balance and symmetry.
The fact is a fireplace takes up valuable wall space in a living room, although it does serve as a place above which to mount a flat screen TV. Without the right furniture arrangement, a long living room can feel like a hallway. From here, how you position your living room furniture around a fireplace and TV will depend upon the shape of your room.
Do you place furniture facing the television, the fireplace, or a big bank of windows?
In this room designed by John Lum Architecture, it divides the two sides of the built-in cabinets, creating a sense of balance and symmetry.
On the flip side of that design, if you have a small living room, unifying the flooring with surrounding areas can lead to the feel of a much larger space. If you've got a small living room, you may have trouble figuring out which focal point to orient your room toward. The slope of the wall and clean and smooth fireplace is not only functional, but the fireplace acts as a work of art on the wall.