A long narrow sitting room, with minimal natural light, 2 focal points – the television & fireplace.  Even though there is minimal natural light, there are a lot of doors & windows – so not a lot of wall space.  The room also needs to be able to seat 4+ people comfortably.  If ever there was a need to do a spatial layout and design – this was it!   The result is one oversized sofa, which seats 3+ adults comfortably and another 2 seater sofa – with space for an occasional chair.   A pair of custom made ottomans which serve as both coffee tables as well as footstools make the scheme comfortable for slouching infront of a long film!

The television is large – so can be seen at a bit of a distance (i.e. from the 2-seater sofa) and both sofas ‘view’ the log burner giving that ‘ahhh’ factor to the scheme.

I was absolutely thrilled to be commissioned by Zena from Zena Jane Interiors to produce these visuals for one of her clients.   Zena was carrying out a full redecoration of various Reception Rooms.    This Family Room which doubles as a cinema room was having a complete overhaul and the primary reason for building a model was to detail the specifications for the extremely large sofa and various bespoke occasional furniture.    Adjacent rooms were included, although not visualised.  The result gave the client a clear preview of the final result.

Zena really did work her magic on this room and you can see how it looks in reality at here.

This really is a true Sitting Room – as opposed to a Living Room, where you tend to find a television.  Arguably a ‘traditional’ Sitting Room is fairly easy to design spatially, re furniture positioning, sizing etc.  This room is no exception with one focal point – the fireplace without a competing television.  On the surface it does not appear that there is any need for a visual.  However, this client – who tends to chose large & colourful patterns in curtains was looking for something a bit different.   They were looking to put a big bold pattern into the sofas (a rather big ticket item) and contrast them against a more muted curtain – before the sofas & curtains were commissioned they were able to see how it would look.

The sofas are covered in the Zoffany Cochin Print and the curtains are the in James Hare Corolla Fabric.