I love it when a (floor) plan comes together

Before



After


We've lived here for 18 months and never really set up the living room. Well, there was furniture, and it was sort of arranged, but we never actually took the time to see if it was a good use of the space. Actually, we knew it was a terrible use of space. A quarter of the room was "dead space", and became filled with junk we wanted to get rid of. And the main sitting area didn't have any natural light, and was crammed in the middle of the thoroughfare. Which meant that walking from A to B (anywhere) required you slalom between the coffee table and ottoman. (Resulting in many a bruised shin.)

So last week, Sean took it upon himself to rearrange the room. Viola! More space. The new layout has the added benefit of allowing us to peer up at the sky while lounging on the couch.



Yes, it's very very messy. We still have a lot of boxes and furniture to get rid of, but at least they're offensively standing in the middle of the room instead of hiding behind the sofa being forgotten about.

Floor plans by the incomparable Google Sketchup