The living room is where family and friends gather to play, bond, work, nap, and eat. Living room furniture that is comfortable, durable, speaks to your style, and can be customized to suit your family's needs is essential. Amish living room furniture from DutchCrafters fits the bill. Made in America, our living room seating comes in a variety of fabrics including stain resistant and leather options. Our side tables and display cases will infuse your family's personality as well as add the beauty of solid wood. Our entertainment centers and TV stands will anchor your space and help host many movie-nights. Ready to create a living room your whole family will love?
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How to Choose Living Room Furniture
Whether you're starting out, adding accents, or upgrading key pieces in your living room, we have tips to help you select the right living room furniture for your home. Read on to learn how to measure and find the right furniture for your space.
Figure out your style
- Have a vision for your space before you start looking at furniture to help you save both time and money as you pick out the furniture that will bring your living room to life.
- Design your room around a particular theme (i.e. country glam or coastal chic).
- Create a focus for your space by choosing a specific furniture style, such as mission, Shaker, or contemporary. Don't forget that you can also shop by style on our site.
- If you're struggling with a vision, check out sites like Pinterest and Instagram, as well as magazines for inspiration.
- Save photos of room scenes, furniture, and accents like rugs, pillows, and lighting and even patterns and textures that you like in a folder on your computer. Or create a moodboard by printing and cutting out the images that catch your attention and attach them to a piece of paper or cardboard.
- If you don't have the time to visualize a theme, shopping a complete room set is a great option.
- The most important thing to remember through the process is that this is your space. Every piece you purchase should work together, but most importantly bring you joy.
Determine your needs
While determining what you want your living room to look like, you may already have your eye on some pieces. Before hitting the “buy” button, we recommend asking the following questions.
1) Who will be using the space? The answer to this question will help to decide color scheme, practicality and durability of furniture, upholstery type and more.
2) What will the space be used for? Asking this question will help you determine what pieces would add value to your living room and also help you figure out things such as how much storage is needed.
For example:
- If you like to work in the living room or it is a spot where the kids do homework after school, a coffee table and possibly some servers are ideal. A sofa table with an open base might also be a good option as it can be used as a table with seating tucked under it.
- If you like to entertain, seating will be imperative as well as tables that can be used for your guests to set down their drinks and snacks.
- If you're a family that loves to watch movies together, a comfortable sofa and entertainment center are two key pieces.
- Will your living room also serve as an office? In that case a coffee table with lift top or desk, bookcases, and storage are important.
3) How much space do I have? This is the most important question to ask. It will help you to figure out both the size and number of pieces you purchase.
Measure your Space and Create a Layout Plan
It's time for the moment of truth. Will that 8-seater sofa you have fallen in love with fit in your living room?
This step in the process may lead to some disappointment, but measuring, planning ahead where the pieces you have selected will go, and determining whether those pieces will fit will save you time, money, and frustration in the long run.
1) Measure the room
- Measure the length and width of the room.
- Measure the height of the walls if you plan to include taller pieces like a grand entertainment center or bookcases.
- Measure architectural elements like windows, doorways, radiators, fireplaces, etc. that furniture may be placed against or close to. Don't forget to measure the height from the floor for these elements as well.
2) Create a visual of your space
Using the dimensions you got from measuring, draw the shape of your living room on a piece of graph paper and fill in the furniture you plan to put in your space. If you need a more visual rendering, you can cut out the actual size and shape of the furniture you plan to purchase from brown craft paper, paper bags, or newspaper and lay out where you would like the pieces to go in the room.
After creating a visual of what your living room will look like with furniture in it, ask yourself the following questions:
- Are any of the pieces not proportionate to the size of the room?
- Are any pieces not proportionate with other pieces in the room?
- Do any pieces hinder the walking space between pieces or hinder the flow of the room?
While measuring for your furniture, we also recommend measuring doorways and hallways your furniture will have to pass through when being delivered. Doing this in advance will help ease delivery and help protect your home and new furniture. Get help measuring doorways, hallways, and rooms from our Furniture Delivery Tips and Tricks Video.
Why choose living room furniture from DutchCrafters?
Now is the moment you have been waiting for – time to purchase THE furniture that will turn your living room into the place to be. Buying new furniture is an investment. It is typically the third largest purchase home-owners make behind buying a home and car. What characteristics do furniture pieces worth investing in share?
Unique
Amish living room furniture from DutchCrafters is made-to-order and most can be customized to meet your wants and needs. Pick the wood type, stain, upholstery, and more that best suits your home and lifestyle.
Quality Materials
DutchCrafters living room furniture is made from solid wood. Brown maple, oak, cherry, and quarter sawn white oak are four of our most popular wood types, but most of our woodshops offer a variety of other wood options. Furniture made from solid wood is not only long-lasting when properly taken care of, but it is also beautiful, unique (thanks to no two trees being alike), and easy to clean.
You will also find a variety of quality stain options to make the piece just your own and complement existing furniture.
Upholstery options on DutchCrafters sofas and chairs vary by woodworking shop but are all high-quality. This is especially true for our performance plus, Crypton and leather options. Quality cushion options are also the norm on our seating. From high-density foam to coil construction, living room seating from DutchCrafters is built to last.
Heirloom Construction
You will find features like dovetailed drawers, soft-close hinges, undermount slides, and mortise and tenon construction on your DutchCrafters living room furniture. These “Old-World” building techniques are used by our Amish furniture makers to guarantee the durability and strength of the pieces you order.
Skilled Craftsmanship
Amish living room furniture from DutchCrafters is made by only the best woodshops. Our woodworkers have also been honing their skills for years and are continually improving their processes to build only the best furniture for you. How do we know? We have personal relationships with our shops that took years to cultivate. We continually monitor how our shops are doing by listening to feedback from customers and visiting our woodworkers.
Timeless Styles
It's a common misconception that Amish furniture makers only make mission or primitive styles. However, our woodworkers are on a mission to make sure that everyone has access to solid wood, quality furniture no matter the style.
At DutchCrafters, you will find living room furniture in many styles from contemporary to industrial to mid-century modern.
That being said, Mission style continues to be the most popular style of living room furniture we sell.
We're here to help
From picking out the right stain sample to the perfect piece of furniture, our knowledgeable furniture specialists are here to help. Give us a call at 941-867-2233 or email us at questions@dutchcrafters.com.
Want to know what people who have purchased from us are saying? Check out our testimonials page.
Want to learn more about us? Meet our founders in our DutchCrafters Story video and check out our about us page.
You may also find valuable information our Timber to Table blog, video page, and in our learning center.
Thank you for reading.
