Since your living room appears oddly shaped with that green wall behind the couch (the one with that tiny shelf), if this were my home I would probably install the TV over the fireplace and MAYBE tip it down a bit toward the viewer, then replace the couch (and perhaps your current club chair) with two to four (depending on your available square footage and chair size) other comfy club chairs. This way you can move the chairs around periodically to different locations and create walkways in this oddly shaped space.

If I were renovating this space I would remove the fireplace. There is a lot of controversy over the safety of a vent-less fireplace. In a well insulated home, the use of a fireplace for warmth is unnecessary. It limits your decorating choices. TVs over fireplaces is also controversial. Is the heat damaging the TV? Is the viewing angle appropriate? I personally do not mind having a TV placed higher on a wall, so this is less of a concern for me. Vent-less fireplaces also add humidity to the room and manufacturers warn that this may cause mold. I would guess that this also is not good for electronics. That said, if you love your vent-less fireplace and want to keep it I would close the opening in the center and move the TV to one side or the other or I would partially enclose the center, leaving a shelf for the accessories and leaving an indent for a mounting bracket so that the TV could fit flush against the wall. You could get a larger TV, but as decoenthusiast stated, it should not be wider than the fireplace trim.

@tideschild - Just know that there are MANY on this site who HATE TV's over fireplaces. I am not one of them. It works well as it provides on focal point in the room. Your TV should totally work in that room, although I would not be opposed to removing some stone if the code allowed, but you don't have to. As I said before, my mantle height is 54 off the floor, and I have 41 inches above for my TV - My TV is only 25 inches high however, there is three inches between the bottom of the TV and the top of my mantel and over a foot from the ceiling to the top of the television. Just mount the TV 2-3 inches above your mantel and you should not have a problem viewing. Make sure to put a plug behind in so you do not have to look at wires. Good Luck.

Thank you guys so much for these latest comments! @suezbell @karen @mtm1! I’ve been extra stressed out lately, and really, really trying to get these decisions done, so it was so helpful to read this extra input today after this post being quiet for a while. It isn’t helping because after I told my kitchen lady that I thought adding the range windows would be a great idea, she put together the design with the fridge on the other wall. I’m just not so sure how I feel about it, and when I mentioned maybe not wanting to move it there, she sorta “cut” me off in a way by saying until I tell her exactly what I want to do, she really can’t keep “helping” me. I don’t think I’ve been overly annoying, but I do know I’ve been dragging this out and asking lots of questions, so I do understand. But now I feel like I’m down to the last few decisions and I need her input somewhat to make them and she’s sorta left me hanging a little. I asked to have a call with her to discuss, and didn’t hear back from her for quite a while, but she finally reached out so hopefully we can touch base soon. Again, this is just the cabinets lady. I don’t have a designer. Though I realize I could probably definitely use one, lol. I think my gut is telling me to leave the layout. While I really want an update, I think making that wall empty might be too off balance. Usually you only see empty kitchen walls when there’s a doorway at the far end (like a walkway area). I’m so terrified of making the wrong decision or second guessing myself though! I’m typically one who doesn’t like change too much, snd trying to visualize a new layout is hard. Will I hate the fridge being there??? Will the doors bump my dinette? Will it be too noisy right next to the table? Will I hate all the traffic being in one spot?? Will it block the small window light??? All these questions immobilize my mind. But also, the thought of keeping it the same makes me worry that I’ll regret not making the changes. I do think it opens it up a little more. But I think my gut is saying stay the same...safe. Anyway, I tell myself it’s not that big of a deal snd it’ll be fine either way. @suezbell...I have thought about trying to somehow extend the island to bring the two rooms together, but just couldn’t think of a way that could work. I probably shouldn’t let my mind go there because this will never end, lol. If I leave the layout as is, I think I’m leaning towards putting in a pantry. Not because I need the storage, but because I’m desperate to hide the microwave. We lived without one for 3 years, but now have a cheap one again. Want to keep it, but don’t want to look at it. Something like this: