I am working with a young family in Marietta who uses the space in their house in a very functional way. The house doesn’t have a basement, so rather than have a little-used Living Room and Dining Room area; the rooms are used as a TV room and a playroom for their growing 4 year old son. The Family Room that is attached to the kitchen, serves as the “Grown Up” side when they entertain with other parents and children.
They have asked me to redesign these two rooms – the TV room and the Family room using basically the same furniture, but making the rooms feel more welcoming and functional. The large scale furniture is a challenge to reconfigure, but I’m having fun with it. I have great design software that allows me to “draw” the floorplan. It includes a Library of furniture that I can resize as needed and put in place. With the click of a mouse, I can rearrange furniture and try different configurations. THEN, I can take a look at the room in 3-D. It is so cool!
One thing that struck me was the placement of the Dad’s recliner – it was not in front of the big screen TV! It wasn’t even in the same room! That won’t do! So, reconfiguring the furniture to place the recliner in prime TV viewing position became a top priority for me.
The homeowner did a great job of clearing the rooms of accessories and wall art, so that we could start right away with moving furniture. I recruited my handsome young son, Kevin, to be the heavy lifter, so we were able to accomplish a lot.
After I left, the Mom was so excited she called her husband and had him take the afternoon off, so he could come see the changes. He walked right in and sat down in his chair – now properly in front of the big screen – and put his feet up. 
This is a work in progress. We’ve met once more to plan the arrangement of photos and artwork. The homeowner is purchasing new frames for some of the family photos, and her engineer husband will hang some of the items in specific places. I sketched out a “map” for each wall. I’m assisting her with seasonal decorating with the coming of autumn, so “After” pictures by the end of September…
