Need Living Room Furniture & Layout help please

Hi Duane,
Thank you so much for this very helpful forum. We want to replace our old couches, please recommend which HM Sofa or Sectional would work in our space. Our living room is 17x21 (see photos). We pretty much live in this room. It’s the only room we have that is not the bedrooms or the kitchen. We have two boys (10 &14). A small dog. We home school our kids in this room, work, hang out, watch movies, eat here sometimes and friends gather here as well. We like to stretch out on our sofa to read, watch a movie or take a nap. My husband is 6’4”. I know that we would like at least a Gr 2 unprotected leather. Please give us some ideas of what you think will look great & functional in this room. Thank you so much for your help.


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I don't know why the pictures are upside down :confused:

If you like the current style of your couches, check out the September sofa as it looks similar. Also, all of your photos are upside down, if you want to fix them.

Hi Danw99, How do I fix the pictures?

You have to edit your photos before you post them, most camera phone have rotation / cropping built into the phone.

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In looking at your photos, I would go with a sectional rather than having a sofa/loveseat with the arms bumping up to one another. A track-arm style will take less overall room vs a roll arm while maximizing interior room. I can't tell what is opposite the window - however from the photos sent it appears your upholstery is biased too much towards the door and computer desk - and would possibly look better about two more feet into the room.

Duane, Thank you so much for your quick reply and fixing the photos. I was standing in the kitchen when taken these photos. The kitchen is opposite from the window. We moved the furniture away from the fire place because we use wood burning in the fire place during the winter and they sparks sometime. I Love the look of a sectional but worry about blocking or creating too much walk around from the front door entry, entries to the hall way and the kitchen. How would you position a sectional in this room? I really love the look of this Lacross sectional (see photo) but don't know if we can afford it or would that fit in our room? (photo borrow from forum member a1i50n). Also attached is the layout of our living room. Thank you.
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Duane, do you think a Journey sectional 3/3 would work in our living room? or would 2 sofas be better? Between Journal and Lacross which one is more comfortable? How much difference in price of the Revival Toffee or Tobacco Gr 2 leather vs Tuscany Saddle or Mesquite Saddle gr 3? Would Tuscany Saddle cost double the price of Revival Toffee? I like the color/tone of these leathers.

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A Journey 3 / 3 is a HUGE piece of furniture and you'll be into the $ 10K range +/- depending on leather. You would have to tape it out on your floor but I think its too large for your space. Perhaps a 3/2 combo. Here's a general layout - not to scale.

GR 3 is appx 15% more in price over a GR 2 leather.

I shy away from comfort comparisons because they are subjective, however the Journey has a higher back on it, which many people like as a headrest.

Sofas and Loveseats can be had in JIT and T&C Promotions - there are very few sectionals in those promotions.

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Let me echo Duane's statement. I had two Journey recliners that took up an entire living room. They were HUGE. However, a 6-foot 1-inch burly guy loved it.

You both are correct about a Journey being too large! A 3/2 sectional requires 125/103 wall space (is this correct?) that’s doesn’t leave much room. So now my questions are would two Journey sofas work in my space or would that be too much furniture? I know I can always do Sofa and Love seat but I read on this forum that a Love seat costs about the same as a sofa & I want more for the money :)

Can I get a Journey sofa in the JIT or TC promotion with unprotected leather? I really want unfinished leather.
Duane, if you were 6'4" which would you choose to take a nap on A Journey sofa or a Rugby Club sofa? Why?

You can "make" things fit in a room, but its not always the best look. To my eye, your original photos have the furniture too close together occupying too much space. If that's not important from a design / layout perspective to you, than its not a critical element of the layout. Yes, those are correct dimensions on the Journey sectional, its also high and deep so a real space-eater.

In the programs (Just in Time / Town and Country) you can only get the leathers in the inset photos - on a Journey series its only Document Tobacco. I would much rather lounge on a Journey over a Rugby Club. The "Journey" is so named because (I think) its a pun on your're taking a journey to a nap on it. Rugby is more about style.

The Memorial Day sale period ends today at 5 p.m. 10% off on non program leathers/frames and 5% off on Program ones. These are the deepest discounts I will have for all of 2018.

I missed the dateline for your deepest discount sales because I was too busy studying this forum. Therefore I’m hoping that you will give me a discount for being a good student. :cool:
I have a few more questions:
1. When I’m ready to order two Journey sofas (or sofa & love seat), do I want them in the same leather? Or can I have two different leather & what will look great together. I like warm mid tone. (I do not like the look of Document)
2. All Unprotected leathers are in GR 2, Correct? What are the most affordable options in HM unprotected leathers?
I’ll email you for pricing on a Journey in unprotected leather that is similar in color to Weston Cane burnished, Tuscany or Kipling Whiskey. I would like to stay in GR 2 price range. Thank you!!

I'm sorry, the Memorial Day Sale period has expired with no plans for other sale periods at this time.

I personally would have matching units on a pair of sofas, I can't ever recall doing same sofa - same room - two different leathers.

Price grades are just that - what the supplier has to pay for the leather. It has nothing to do with the type of leather (aniline vs finished). Most all GR 1 are either finished or semi-aniline. GR 2 has a mix with the start of the pure anilines beginning (look at Atticus series as a starting point for a nice GR2 aniline).

All burnished and Italian pull-ups such as Weston Cane and Tuscany are GR 3.

Kipling Whiskey was dropped years ago.

On average, there is appx a 15% increase in price from GR 1 to 2, 2 to 3, etc.

Hope that helps

We finally did it! Our new Rugby Club Sofa in Cameo Brown Burnished (My dream leather) and Austin High Back Sofa in Atticus Sable arrived two days ago! It’s like a dream come true for us. We are so happy with this purchase from Duane! The sofas are fantastic! Absolutely beautiful & super comfortable. I pushed the sofas together in front of the window hoping to get good pictures in natural light, but the colors still won’t come out right. The pictures don't do them justice at all.

Thank you to Duane for promptly answering our questions, helping with suggestions on covers, wood, nail finishes and for making this online purchase a wonderful experience. Sun delivery did an absolutely fabulous job with the delivery. The delivery guys were polite, professional, and very friendly. One of the delivery guy almost has a heart attack when he unwrapped the second sofa and saw that it’s not the same color as the first one. For a moment he thought they delivered the wrong sofa. I was nice and told him right away that I ordered them that way :). We are loving it! It's so beautiful that sometimes I just sit and look at my sofas LOL.
We would definitely order from Duane again and we highly recommend purchasing through Duane and the keeping room!
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I bet that did give the Sun Delivery guys a moment.....lol. You can bet they were laughing about that after they left....

Sofas look great! Glad we were able to speed your order up by using Cameo Brown Burnished instead of the Weston Cane Burnished that they were out of stock on, that got it to you about a month quicker. I have that same leather on my Steele Barstools at home, have to say its one of my favorites. Thanks W !!