A TV or large painting is hung on the wall opposite the sofa. An upholstered bench (UB) or two are used in the room for supplementary seating that can easily be moved around as needed. Two chairs flank the fireplace, aiming toward the sofa. Illustration 1B shows a three cushion sofa on the long wall. A flat screen TV is mounted on an arm for easy viewing in the room, or a large art work would look nice in that space. The screen mimics and cuts off the corner of the room at the same angle as the fireplace does. ( A chest placed on an angle like the screen could also be used). A folding screen has been placed behind the two upholstered chairs at the top left. A sofa table was placed behind the couch to fill in the space (an artificial potted tree, etc could also be used). Notice how the center of the three cushion sofa, which is floating out into the room on an angle, is parallel to the hearth. In this illustration, and all the other illustrations, notice how the arrows go into the spaces. Now look at the first illustrations 1A-C. If you can, try to introduce furniture (corner cabinets, chests, sofa tables, round drop-leaf tables, etc) or decorative elements (folding screens, artificial potted trees, large urns on pedestals, etc) into the corner(s) of the room to cut off the room’s corners as the corner fireplace does. You want to place furniture so sofas talk to chairs, which promotes easy conversation while seated in the room. You want to place your furniture so its angles match / mirror the angle of the fireplace and how it extends out into the room. All or part of your furniture placement should be directed toward the hearth. When it comes to decorating a room with a corner fireplace, I think one, or all three of the following things should be taken into consideration… I know that once you look at the illustrations you will be inspired, and it will be a snap to arrange your furniture and create a space that is a warm and inviting place to be in. I hope that through this post your uncertainties are erased. Having to arrange furniture around it might be a daunting experience for the amateur decorator. One of those different kinds of features is a fireplace in the corner of a room. Nine different way of arranging furniture around a FOCAL POINT in the corner of a roomĮvery so often a person comes across a house with characteristics that are not common-everyday.