I think the recliner is the problem in a smaller room for maximizing seating. Do you watch tv here?

Suzy - We do watch tv here all of the time.

ilikefriday - any ideas on art? I like landscapes - but do agree that the art is very different.

I think that the piece behind your sofa is the wrong shape and that the round piece is all wrong for the space. I would do something like this.

You can just click on the image to enlarge it.

Where is the vent, and what does the room look like now?

Where will the TV go? I saw your similar post. Thanks for the pics!

I would do a floor lamp in replacement of light and end table. Tone on tone patterned drapes for more texture same color. I like the larger painting over the sectional ilikefriday created. Look at Revolution Performance Fabric or Sunbrella fabric so you can keep it light instead of brown. Different style recliner https://www.westelm.com/products/henry-leather-recliner-power-chair-h2066/

https://www.westelm.com/products/sheer-clipped-jacquard-curtain-t3659/?pkey=cpatterned-curtains&isx=0.0.1584

If you're sold on a sectional (I love mine) I'd skip the chaise. It takes up so much room and limits the access to the rest of the seating from that side.

Not sure where you are, but have your husband try out Room and Board recliners. They have some smaller scale ones that are very comfy. Good quality, made in USA. Unlimited fabric and leather choices. There are fabrics like Crypton that are pretty much bomb-proof for kids and pets and old ladies like me that drink red wine. :-)

This might be old fashioned but could you consider cafe type curtains mid window falling to floor with blackout lining.
Then tv centered on window wall on a low console.
This would allow you to center sofa on opposite king wall. Then you might incorporate floor to ceiling storage on either side on your entry way into the room for all of the toys. Go from there?

The windows are pretty low and the tv would have to be on the floor. We've gotten rid of most of the toys, since the kids are a little older.

We've gotten rid of most of the toys

What else do you need for storage in the room?

How many people do you need to be able to seat in the room?

Can you post your drawing with measurements from your other thread in this thread? It's much easier than toggling back and forth, and will also help those who don't know that you have another post somewhere else : ) .

As long as your sofa or sectional isn't totally against the wall, it's not a problem if it blocks the return. I know from experience. My sofa has been blocking the return since forever with no problems. It's the heating/cooling source that shouldn't be blocked, not the return.

Beckysharp - We don't need much storage now.! Maybe just a coffee table with a shelf or ottoman with storage.

-We are a family of four and would love to be able to lounge and watch tv. I was thinking of something with a chaise and a recliner or two.

I think you could have a sectional with a chaise, but I'm not sure about a recliner. I'd be concerned that it would be out in the middle of nowhere and/or too close to the TV. And I'd wait too on deciding the size/shape of a new coffee table, which will depend whether or not you can get a recliner or other smaller chair in there.

If you go with a sectional, large or small, with a chaise, there's no place for the side table with table lamp -- recommended by your online designer -- to go. You'll need to get a floor lamp (or two) and place them behind the sectional.

And if the chaise goes against the wall with the window, you can't really have floor-length curtains. But you could have Roman shades.

Either the ottomon or a coffee table (round or square ... not elongated rectangle) -- not both.

Maybe a sofa recliner where the chaise is? And a round leather ottoman with tray stand so everyone can put their feet up. Mount the tv on the flat wall by the door with an articulating arm.

A sectional with a chaise or -- a sectional without a chaise and possibly a recliner.

Ok - so not a sectional with a chaise AND a recliner :)

They have sectionals with built in recliners.

so not a sectional with a chaise AND a recliner :)

I don't think so. But the easiest way to be sure is to get some graph paper, a pencil, find the furniture you like and take exact measurements, and cut out some to-scale versions for your graph paper living room. Be very aware to allow enough space for circulation paths, especially with a dog and kids -- and be aware that those kids will grow fairly quickly (ask me how I know lol) and before you know, you'll have four adult-size people and possibly several friends in the room. So beware of putting too much furniture in the room.

You might also want to keep your options open and consider two sofas, or a sofa and a couple of chairs, one of which is a recliner.

They have sectionals with built in recliners.

My teen sons keep asking for one of these and I keep telling them they can buy one when they move out and get their own place : ) .

Not a fan of sectionals.

A sectional will limit your furniture placement choices.

If any part of a sectional is runied, think how much of your seating is ruined and would need to be replaced all at once.

No one really likes sitting for an extended time in a seat without arms -- not that comfortable.

I'm going with this design since I have a corner fireplace

For better or worse, we’ve decided on a sectional. There are 4 of us and we like to lounge around and watch tv..

We have decided on the gray (it's name is Mocha). If anyone has ideas on wall color....

What about putting the sectional under the windows with the t.v. facing on the 16' wall? Your t.v. is awfully large and looks cramped in that corner.

This...

...is a mistake. You need a better wall for the TV. If you keep it in the corner, it at least needs to be lowered and have a wider media cabinet, maybe a custom one.

Jennifer - Thank you for your suggestion, but If the tv is on the 16' wall, it will have a glare from the sun for most of the day - it wont work.

Grover - I agree! I did not buy or bring home that ginormous television... However, it is probably staying so I will start looking for corner media cabinets that are as wide as the tv. I'm on it. Any other suggestions are so welcome.

kcorona, I've been commenting on your other thread. Blackout shades for the window for when you watch TV. (I could have guessed that the TV was a contribution from the family member with the most testosterone.)

Grover, I don't think I'm able to delete any of the other questions I've posted - the window to delete has passed :(

You are so right about the testosterone and the television!!! I think they often go together....

My husband doesn't like the couch against the window - we do tend to look out of the window a lot. We were on the phone w/ Macy's and had them configure their Radley sectional so It fits similar to your rendition but taking up more of the 16' wall. I think I'm forgetting about the recliner - it won't really work with a large sectional.

I hate trying to figure all of this out.

It could be a blessing if there is too much sun glare for a 10 and 12 year old to watch t.v. when the sun is out. Maybe they'll be encouraged to go outside during the daylight hours instead of watching t.v. Good for their vitamin D levels and strong bones!

But seriously (LOL), if the sectional is going on that back wall, think about your lighting first. I'd put a sofa table behind the sectional so you can have a pair of lamps. Or float the sectional far enough away from that wall you can have an arced floor lamp.

I wonder if you could put the t.v. on that 11' wall where the sectional is, and then have a sofa facing the window, and a pair of chairs facing the sofa under the window (swivel chairs that can turn to face the t.v.) then another pair facing the t.v.? Maybe those two could be recliners. Okay maybe you don't have room for all that. I am bad with spatial stuff. I just think there is a better wall for that huge t.v. If not the 16" wall then the far wall.

When I was your kids' age I didn't have a chair in the living room. We had big throw pillows and lounged on the floor. Right in front of the mammoth 70s console t.v. Nobody knew until I was 16 that I had bad eyesight, so being up close worked for me. Fond memories of lounging on an orange, yellow, brown shag rug watching Brady Bunch after school, or Shirley Temple movies with my sister on Sunday afternoons.

Jennifer,

Thanks for your suggestions. My kids actually have too much energy and sometimes I yell at them to sit down and watch tv!!

Someone suggested a wider, low media storage unit for the tv I’ll start looking.

That room is used mostly for lounging and watching tv so last night we purchased a long medium gray sectional. My husband is 6’ 2” and the boys will be teens in a few years and we really all need a comfortable place to lounge and watch tv. - especially the parents!

Now onto paint colors....

Get the sectional in the room so you can see how the light plays on it before you choose paint.

Great idea - however, the contractor will be finished before the sectional arrives.....do you think i should start a paint color post or will I be tarred and feathered?

Now that you're done with layout, you can start another (but just one lol) post for paint color : ) .

I would be sure to "tag", or whatever the term is, the Home Decorating and Paint forums.

PS And do NOT do the title of your new post in all caps. It turns off some people.

Since this appears to be the room where all school and kid stuff ends up, I would aim for case goods that incorporate storage, at least some of it closed. Maybe a low wide chest for under the TV, full bookcase instead of that corner thing on the other wall.

I wouldn't paint without at least having a swatch of the sectional fabric.

Thank you so much Grover and Becky! I will not use all caps and will only create one post. Grover, we have emptied out that room and tossed/donated lots of stuff that the kids never touch. I am definitely going to look for a low and wide media storage unit. I do have a swatch of the sectional - which might help me a little.