How to decorate a long living room, with ideas and tips for arranging furniture in a rectangular or narrow room layout, living room dining room combos, 2025 interior design trends, home decor inspiration, and more!

I love these living room layout designs. Whether you are decorating a living room with large windows, with a TV or with a fireplace (or all 3!), you will get lots of tips on how to arrange furniture so that it works with the focal point in your space.

Seating Layout

Sometimes moving a chair, shifting a sofa, or re-orienting a bed is enough to give your home a whole new lease on life.

Figuring out how to arrange furniture can be daunting, but learning how to create a simple space plan will solve all your problems!

Create a functional and practical space with pre-prepared L-shaped living room layout samples. Learn how to divide your room and many more.

I love these living room layout designs. Whether you are decorating a living room with large windows, with a TV or with a fireplace (or all 3!), you will get lots of tips on how to arrange furniture so that it works with the focal point in your space.

How to arrange a room with a TV and a fireplace

Small living rooms can be a P.I.T.A. Especially long narrow ones. It often feels like you’re playing Tetris; trying to maneuver a beefy couch next to a an even beefier chair. You lug and push until you’re too exhausted to care and you just leave your furniture any old way to avoid more stress. After a couple of weeks of “living with it,” you look at it and you know there’s a better way to arrange it so, on you go again, lugging and pushing, micro-positioning and tweaking angles…