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Thanks for the photos, that helps a lot. A few ideas: You could make the area around the fireplace more of a cozy two chair "conversation area" or take the small round coffeetable and one or two extra chairs for a "game as in puzzle or boardgame space". Then you could use the middle section more for an actual living room/couch area with maybe two square,or an interesting shape coffeetable, maybe not necessarily a rectangular one so that it does not feel it elongates the room even more. If you have a piano that would perhaps fit in the middle area and make it the music section of the house? My kids are seven now and I still find them schlepping everything into the main space - cannot blame them to want to be where the action happens, so I would still consider having somewhat of a space for them to be able to store some of their belongings or craft items, etc. I love the idea of some tall plants in the space to break up the long shape and to bring a more organic feel to the large room. Im not sure if you chose the colours for the space, but personally I'm not too fond of the choice of the accent colours location. It emphasizes the somewhat inconsistent window placements and the height of the room with the coloured "pillars/columns". I would suggest one consistent colour for the space, and if an accent wall, you could paint the far dining room wall and the opposite living room wall in the same (and darker) colour of your choice, that will bring these walls further in, sort of like an optical illusion. Also having a larger piece of artwork or photo collage on the dining room wall or a large, interesting (visually heavier)light fixture over your dining table will create a focal point and bring the vision down from the beautiful tall ceilings and create a sheltering effect for the dining area. The same idea would work for the middle room if you chose to make that into the more official living room. Your choice, either or(but not to have too many competing light fixtures!) I love your curtains on the living room wall, maybe another option to unify the room visually and lessen the angles of the windows would be to repeat the drapes? I'm just throwing all of these ideas out there, hope some of them might help. I'll see if I can find some more photos... Best of luck from Canada!

What do you think about the lites (small glass boxes) on just those two doors??

i'd plan on pulling the sofa away from the wall a couple inches, blocks behind to keep it from scooching back. otherwise those shelves will loom over your head when you sit there. secondly, will you enjoy looking at those photos from in front of the couch? small photos are best viewed close up... like in a hall. larger art would look better. is there another place for your small photos?