| Furniture Placement |
From "Bare Walls"
episode BRW-109 |
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The sunroom was taking shape colorwise, but it was still a long tunnel-like room. So Nancy Golden made a sketch to help her analyze traffic patterns and arrive at furniture placement (figure A). She discovered that the placement of two doors in the room created a perfect little nook at one end (figure B), and she chose to turn the area into a breakfast nook. Because they area would be used at times when there was low light, she installed a flea-market chandelier -- complete with real candles -- above the table for a mixture of whimsy and function (figure C ). When it came to placing the rest of the furniture, Golden couldn't escape the inevitable: she had to situate the sofa along the room's long wall. To do otherwise would have meant transecting the room, and since the purpose of a sunroom is to provide a place for family members to sit and enjoy one another's company, she had to create an inviting conversation area. Because the sunroom faces east, the morning sun can be overwhelming. So Golden placed a paper-and-bamboo screen on one window to cut and diffuse the light -- and to hide a very ugly window (figure D). The Bare Facts: The word chandelier is French in origin and comes from the word for candle. Chandeliers were originally used with candles to bring light into a room, and they were hung from the ceiling to reduce the risk of fire.
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