Personally, I love sectionals. Just make sure it will fit the area well and leave room for your tv wall. You can mark off the size using painter's tape on the floor, but you have to keep in mind that it may look okay there, but if it is a huge, overstuffed sectional, it may be too bulky. You might have to choose a sleeker version with clean lines. A picture would really help a lot.

I was going to weigh in and say all that flymom did.

I'll tell you my experience, fwiw. We bought a small, clean-lined sectional (100x65 - the Henry sectional from West Elm) for our upstairs open concept space. We measured and taped it all out and we thought it would work great. Well, it was still too bulky. BUT, the way our room is set up, it could only be floated in the room and not placed in a corner against a wall. It sounds like that is where yours will be placed. And if you are happy with keeping it there and aren't a furniture rearranger, it should work great. I love sectionals and we were luckily able to move ours to the family room.

I would go with the smaller one, however. Just so you have a little more flexibility and you could get a chair as well.

This is a pic of the living room part of the room...(excuse the mess, lol)

The tv unit will be removed and we'll be adding a bigger flat screen on the wall.
Maybe with a small thin console under the tv for dvd player etc... I'm not sure yet because we haven't gone shopping for the tv.
Basically I'm trying to de-clutter the space and make it look roomier than it is...

This is the sectional I'm considering. This is the one that is 124" wide and 88" on the shorter side.
The 124" would take up most of the wood wall and leave about 24 " beside the window.
The 88" side is perfect it would reach to about midway of where the love seat is now.
The other option is to get one that is 100" by 88"... or something different altogether..

That sectional is a lot of mass for a pretty small room. I doubt it would make the room look roomier. It wouldn't leave much room for tables and lamps, either.

My general rule of thumb is that a piece of furniture in a showroom will look at least a third again bigger in your own home.

Does it leave room for any other seating in the room? I wouldn't like the only possible seating option in a room to be a sofa, but that's just me.

It could work if your goals were different. You could use it to create a cozy home theater room or TV viewing room. But, if you want the room to look roomier than it really is, you'll need to consider much smaller furniture, carefully arranged. The rustic wall is terrific for coziness, but not helpful in creating an open, roomy feel, either.

It doesn't look like the sectional would take up more space than the sofa and loveseat do except that it will cover the corner on the right where it looks like you have an end table. The shorter end is open, so that will feel lighter, plus the color and the less bulky style. I don't think it will take over the room.

I'd put a small table near the window (with drawers or a shelf), use a console or sofa table below the TV (tip: if you can find one that butterflies open into a table you can pull up to the sectional, you have a second area for dining when entertaining, puzzles or games for the family or kid parties -- any kind of fun), and look for some baskets or less revealing containers for the kid stuff to put under the TV table. You can use a coffee table or ottoman in front of the sectional. We have a sectional with a butterfly table that makes for a very versatile and comfortable family room. We have at times pulled up a bench or chairs to the table and seated 16 in our breakfast room and family room for casual family dinners and teen get togethers.

I'm linking another one I just saw that you might like.

Here is a link that might be useful: Another smaller contemporary sectional

Thanks everyone!

I think I'll keep shopping to see if there are better options than this particular sectional.

My goal primarily is to update the look of the room. I definately want less bulky sofas than the ones we currently have. Although I still want them to be comfortable.