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Why are other people’s houses of the same size so much more comfortable to live in?

If you compare carefully, you will find thatThe more you break conventional thinking, the better your home will be.

As we have repeatedly emphasized before - buy soft furnishings first and then decorate, don't over-decorate, and don't stick to a specific style. (See → for details)

None of them is a conventional decoration idea, but practice can help you avoid many detours.

Today, let’s share a simple trick for a good living based on our real family cases:Sofa not against the wall。

One more wall

More storage space

You can see sofas placed against the wall in 90% of people's homes.

If the living room is small, then this is a helpless move. But if the living room has space, you don’t have to follow fixed ideas. Move forward and the space limitations of the living room will be opened up.

The first benefit of not having the sofa against the wall is that the storage space is doubled.

Nowadays, many families use the TV wall as a whole wall for storage. In fact, the wall behind the sofa can also be used in the same way. Even if it is only a thin cabinet, it is a great idea for a house with insufficient storage space.

Mr. Z, who lives in a real house, used this trick. When his sofa was moved away from the wall, the living room was still spacious, but much more flexible than before.

It is an ideal living room for contemporary young people because it is suitable for furry kids, playing games and providing unlimited storage space.

The sofa without a fixed backrest connects the front and back spaces, allowing for unrestricted opening and closing of cabinet doors and walking in the aisles.

This modular sofa is most suitable for the "sofa not against the wall" layout. Incorporate the balcony, throw the TV cabinet and coffee table out, and the trolley is basically enough to store small items, and it can also push yourself not to put everything in the living room.

After all the operations, not only did I save thousands of dollars, but I also got a large living room, which I was able to plan out three functional areas: a housekeeping area, a storage room, and a cat house.

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Oliver's home in Shanghai also has the same idea of ​​not leaning against the wall, but his home leavesHallway Cabinetspace.

Oliver exchanged his old house for this one near his company last year. This house is located in an old neighborhood and is not very large, but the thing that satisfies him most is that all the walls can be demolished!

So we hit it off with the Zhufan designer and decided to open up all the space and not use any extra walls. In the end, we created this extra-large living, dining and kitchen complex that takes up 70% of the house's floor area.

After the sofa is not against the wall, the space of the entrance cabinet is greatly increased. In addition to storing shoes, half of it can be used as a clean wardrobe.All kinds of miscellaneous items that you usually don’t know how to stuff, such as suitcases, now have a place to stay.

Not only that, Oliver also made the middle vertical column into an open grid to display his collection of sneakers.

Shoe cabinet + second clean wardrobe + sundries cabinet + display cabinet, the space behind the sofa is really utilized by his family.

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Relaxation at home

Coffee corner arranged

I don't know how to put it.Hobby Corner, and can also be easily achieved behind the sofa.

Another young couple from Beijing who found Zhufaner used this space to create a coffee corner.

Their living room is multi-functional, serving as a leisure and entertainment area, storage area, and coffee corner, all based entirely on their own needs and preferences.

The hostess really doesn't like the sofa to be placed against the wall. Plus, both of them have the habit of drinking coffee in the morning, so she turned the wall behind the sofa into a coffee corner.

After the sofa is not against the wall, the floor-to-ceiling cabinet and coffee corner in the entrance are integrated into one, forming an L-shaped semi-circular storage area, which is visually harmonious and coherent.

The center position of the living room is a two-seater sofa. The wall opposite the sofa is left blank and equipped with a projection screen. The two owners will drink coffee, tea and watch movies here on weekends, which is very comfortable.

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Sofa as a divider

Separate dining room

If you want to divide the living room into different functional areas but don’t want to sacrifice the sense of transparency, you might as well try using the sofa as a divider.

Mr. Zeng's home is a real family. The living room is 56 square meters. It is a typical large horizontal hall with a width of 6.5 meters, which is almost equivalent to two bedrooms in other people's homes.

The sofa in his house is not against the wall, but lies across the waistline of the living room, dividing the entire space into three parts: the reception area, the dining area, and the viewing balcony.

Since the living room is large enough, it would appear empty without a coffee table, so Mr. Zeng bought a stone coffee table so that he can put things on it while watching TV.

Behind the sofa, a set of half-height cabinets was added with sockets installed on both sides of the cabinets. On the one hand, it meets the power needs of the reception area, and on the other hand, it serves as additional storage for the sideboard, and avoids the problem of difficult-to-clean floor sockets in the horizontal hall.

With the sofa as a partition, the dining area is both independent and connected to the four functional areas.Whether it is the flow of kitchen and housework, or wanting to watch TV while eating, it is smoother and more reasonable.

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Another real homeowner, Yingzi, made a major change to her house layout. The living room was changed from a vertical hall to a horizontal hall, but the sofa was still used as a functional area separator.

Yingzi said that the living room is the center of a home and must be large, so when renovating the house, she boldly removed a second bedroom to make room for the living room.

After the renovation, the living room and the dining room are connected by a dark green double sofa, which doubles the transparency.The sofa, carpet and ceiling-high TV background wall form a relatively independent "living room space".

Before vs After

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The sofa is not against the wall and the TV can be moved 270 degreesIt is the most anti-traditional design in this space.

In order to make the functional distinction more obvious, the homeowner chose to use a dark green double sofa to distinguish the dining room on one side.

The sofa is not against the wall to allow for a larger overall area of ​​activity spaceChildren are active and playful. In the future, they can crawl around and play here. We just need to add to it. If friends come to play, they can also take off their shoes and sit around to make the play more lively!

For a couple with two people living in the house who plan to have a baby within two years, an extra bedroom is unnecessary. Instead, they hope to create a "large family entertainment and communication place" while having independent work spaces.

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It’s even better if the TV can be moved and rotated! Nowadays, you can sit anywhere in the living room, and the rotatable TV can be viewed in any direction, which is very convenient.

No study room

Then "change" one

In addition to separating the dining room, if the sofa is not against the wall, it can also be used to create a study room out of thin air.

Many people have the need to work and study at home, but due to the limited layout of the house, they do not have a study room, so they have to confine themselves to the corner of the bedroom.

The designer came up with an idea for the homeowner, Mr. Guo, and used the sofa to divide the original large horizontal hall into three areas: living room, dining room and work area.

The sofa is used as a dividing line to naturally separate the work area from the living room, which not only ensures the independence of the area, but also leaves a certain amount of interactive space.

The work area is equipped with an electric lift table and an ergonomic chair, creating a comfortable working environment.

There is also a massage chair in the living room, placed in the work area behind the sofa. The owner bought it for his parents. Although his parents are away from home all year round, the owner still hopes that the living room can become a place for the family to chat comfortably when they come back.

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For another real homeowner, a study is an essential necessity.

In the words of the hostess, the husband is a "workaholic" who needs to work from home even after get off work, so the decoration must arrange an exclusive work area for him.

Their home is 62.5 square meters, and the original layout was three bedrooms and two living rooms, so the activity space in each area was not very spacious. After the renovation, the second bedroom near the kitchen became a dining and kitchen, and the living room was separated by a sofa to separate the leisure area and office area.

This layout not only solves the problem of load-bearing walls blocking light, but also allows the work area to be right next to the window.

When you are tired from work, you can turn sideways to see the scenery outside the window to relieve fatigue, and you can also look up to see the hostess sitting on the sofa, and the couple can communicate at any time.

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Hard decoration renovation can certainly bring a house back to life, but a change in the thinking behind soft decoration layout can also be a significant help.

We have all heard a saying: high-end ingredients often only require the simplest cooking methods.

The same is true for decoration. Simply placing a sofa away from the wall can bring more possibilities to your home: an extra wall for storage, a hobby corner, or a separate dining room and study room.

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