Can you provide a picture of the whole room? You'd be surprised at how many ways a room can be arranged.

You need to DRAW te entire space and add dimensions to every jog, turn, window, wall, opening, doorway etc. And add photos.

Yaya & Jan I’ll upload some pics of the whole place to get an idea- thank you for your attention.

Flo thanks for comment. I have a big couch because I have just a one bedroom which I’ll need to share with my toddler. I have a bed in the couch that I use when he’s with me. The question I’m posing is what to do with what I have.

thank you

Kara J is right. That couch is in the wrong place. Swap the two spaces.

I can't clearly see, but is that a piano? Is the shelf unit attached or freestanding? I, too, would change the spaces around - but I'd move the piano to the sofa wall, the bookcase onto the wall beside it, place the dining table turned lengthwise, either where the piano is, or in front of the left window, perpendicular to the closet wall. You could arrange the living room, with the couch where the bookcase is, facing the window and the tv between the windows or on the wall where the piano is. Or the couch on the piano wall if you can find a spot for the tv. Or at least I'd try that. If the bookcase is attached, that might not work.

If rearranging won't work, then I'd turn the rug sideways (it's ok if it extends beyond the couch), put the chair against the wall and mount the tv on the wall opposite the couch.

First, buy a stand to hold the keyboard. You can adjust it to be level with the piano keys if you use them simultaneously, and you can raise it if you prefer to stand at the keyboard. Then move the bookcase to the wall opposite its present location so you open up the music area. Then float your sofa facing the wall where the TV is cornered (perpendicular to that open door in photo #1.) Move the TV to the center of that wall, and when you can afford it, buy a storage credenza to put under it that is at least 25% wider than the TV (or one that fills the length of the wall.) Now your rug will work and the chair can angle on the wall where the light switch is. You're in the perfect place to buy art (I once worked in a gallery in Paris) so knock yourself out! It will be a fabulous space!

So many great comments/advice to come home to! Thank you all very much. Helps a lot- especially since I don't speak French at the moment, so just having some "conversation" in English feels good.

I'm gathering that my issue about the rug is really an overall issue regarding the configuration of (possibly) all my furniture?

As I'm sure everyone knows pictures are really poor at showing space and it's my own fault and lack of math skills that I'm unable to provide dimensions. I think I found an app that can use the camera to calculate square space- I'll try it.

But:

I DID try to float the couch in a few spaces to no avail however never facing the window wall- great idea. Just using my tape measure now I can see if I do so, I'll need to move the piano. Yeah, it's a big heavy, smelly, old, but beautiful sounding piano- I'm pleasantly stuck with. The book case is awful, I know, it's my 4yr olds- but great idea for a stand.

For sure if I move one piece, I move all- but it's worth a try. It's a bit of a puzzle dealing with the heater, lack of outlets, access to tv, and this massive couch.

Question: If I'm forced to stay in this position is the area rug really a bad touch? I've never seen an area rug coming from underneath a couch- between the legs. I can't tell if it's a good rule to break here.

Thank you again!

You are right. The rug should not look as if it is being extruded by the couch. Turn the rug so that the front legs of the couch sit on the non-fringe edge of the rug. Do that no matter where you end up putting the couch.

You'll get much better advice if you can give us the 6 measurements shown on this picture. Plus the width and depth of all your furniture (piano, bookcase, table etc. )