Designers prioritize flow in living room layout
Interior designers craft living rooms to be designed to optimize flow, accented with balanced furniture for connection.
“Flow isn’t just walking space;it’s how you naturally move throughout the room,” said Ashley Grech, the principal designer and founder of Thirteen Oak.
Pushing all the furniture to the walls, for example, changes how the living room functions and feels on a human level. Living rooms are designed for conversation, yet when furniture is arranged far apart, conversation becomes awkward. This is a design trend to be left in the past.
Another issue that can disrupt flow is a living room that becomes a pathway to the rest of the home.
“There are two ways to address this path of travel issue,” Charbonneau says. “One, if it makes sense for both budget and functionality, adjust the entry so it doesn’t cut the space in half but rather creates a path behind furniture so people don’t need to walk through what might be a conversation.”
