Scandi Forest Home: Space Planning
Scandi Forest Home floor plan
Before choosing furniture or decoration, it’s essential in a project to consider space planning. For my Scandi Forest Home project, I considered the essential functions of the space, the flow, sight lines, as well as how to organise and zone the space.
As this is a social, family house, I wanted to make sure that the living room, where everyone could gather for pre-dinner snacks, or where the adults could gather and chat after dinner, would have enough seating space for lots of people. I also need to make sure that the seated people could hear each other! The closer the seating, the easier it is for conversation to flow. Shouting across a massive space, just to talk to the person across you, is not exactly ideal. Here below, I’ve marked with yellow arrows good distances for conversation.
Comfortable distance for conversations
For the TV room, I wanted to make sure to zone the space, to get the most out of it. There’s a big sofa for gathering together to watch movies, and then there’s a table area for the kids to draw or do homework in the future.
Zoning: TV + Relaxing seating area vs Crafts + Homework table area
Here’s a 3D preview of how the space could feel, looking from the living room to the dining room. In the dining room, I included lots of storage, and again, lots of seating for all those meals with friends and relatives!
3D Space Planning mockup
Here’s a reminder of the Scandi Forest Home mood:
