Do they use the dining table everyday tho? Is there informal eating in the kitchen or not? If this is the only eating spot, then I agree Kare's and Glassy's plan makes better sense.

If they replace the sofa, I'd go with a shorter, apt sofa and face it perp. to the door. Better flow for guests (or feng shui? LOL) to not have the back of the couch block the doorway... that's my only beef with the last plan you posted.

It'd be much harder to keep an eye on the kiddo from the kitchen if the living area is crunched in the middle of the room. I'd want the baby's playing area to be more visible from the kitchen.

Sorry everyone, I haven't read closely but I just wanted to note that in the layout with sofa in front of door, the sofa is only 4' from the tv. Seems a bit close for comfortable viewing especially if the tv is relatively large.

I agree that my idea with tv in corner is a bit awkward in some ways, but the benefit is that it allows easy access from kitchen to dining or kitchen to computers. That's the usual flow of traffic in my house with the tv being used briefly in the evening so that layout would work best for us :)

No matter what it seems like a situation that will be about compromise and making the best of a tight space :-)

Love all the different chair ideas posted!

We have three of those units to do something with too.... for now, they are in the guest rooms at home base hiding those tv's. LOL

LOL Seems nobody can even give those things away! :)

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Just checking to see if your DD liked any of the ideas here so far. :)

You have a really big room to work with and in my experience the furniture seems bigger on paper than it is in the space. I think your table should be close to the kitchen and that the six foot passage is helpful. What about turning that desk and creating a play space?

I tried to doodle it last night Kare's way, but Houzz gremlins made posting the pic impossible... I found the same problem tho. The traffic flow in the stairs side of the room and the front door would be awkward, I think.

We have a similar long room at the lake (our "porch") so I'm following this closely... LOL

Our room is dominated by a large glass table in the center, with a futon/couch on one end and a couple chairs on the other end. There are doors on all sides of that porch... it's another impossible room, rather similar to this one.

What is the kitchen like? Their table fit in there, but traffic flow was the issue? Maybe there is a solution with making a smaller table/casual eating spot there, and finding a less obtrusive, formal eating space when needed for 4-6 in the front room...?

Guess it depends on the desire to include video gaming in the daily usage of the space. LOL Priorities... LOL

It's too bad that front door is centered. That makes the whole spot a little more difficult, doesn't it? If the front door was where the window by the stairs is... then there would be a perfect spot for their mod. couch on that wall in the middle, the TV could be on the hall wall and a bigger table would fit perfectly in the spot to the left. And the desk could stay right where it is, too, which I like.

Another totally thinking-outside-the-box idea... My otherhalf uses the dining table in our porch as a work station...when he's working, he uses two monitors (well, laptops) that are more mobile and easily removed for dining. I don't know what their set-up is...but...

Could he ditch the desk in favor of a table that can be both desk and dining (and maybe gaming? LOL)?

Well, then, look for a smaller scale version of what they have already. It's really not a bad arrangement, minus the girth of the couch. :)

I went through a similar issue with my DD's first house. What I thought looked and functioned well did not meet up with my SIL's priorities of how to live in the space. That being said, I still see the desk as the main problem. If it were moved to the third bedroom, the last layout above would work well with the table parallel to the sofa.

Or could the full size bed be replaced by a hide a bed sofa?

would you consider a tv on an angle or does it have to be directly across from the sofa? Are the video games for the kids or for hubby?