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Sara Hesikova

Narrow living room ideas – 12 ways to make your long and awkward lounge appear wider and more balanced

A narrow living room with two sofas facing each other, bookcases built into alcoves and a wood burning stove in between.

Narrow living rooms can be challenging to work with, to decorate and to buy furniture for due to their awkward, disproportionate shape – I know this first hand, I’ve been there. My last living room was very long and narrow which has taught me a thing or two about good (and bad) narrow living room ideas.

But I’m not just relying on my personal experience – I’ve also asked interior designers and experts to share their top tips on how to make a narrow lounge appear wider, more balanced and generally cosy and stylish. Some of their recommended tricks and advice are similar to good and proven small living room ideas as there is a certain level of overlap. Meanwhile others are quite narrow living room-specific.

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