would a sectional like this be good in that space or straight back couch would be better?

picture didn't get posted, so here it is again

let's try it again

or something less curved, like this one

groveraxle, any suggestions on what to put behind the full length sofa?

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To take care of some of the empty space once you buy a sofa, consider adding a console table on the wall where the cabinets are - or - put a sofa table behind the sofa. If you put a sofa table behind the sofa then you will need a large piece of artwork for the wall that has the cabinets. It will be beautiful.

Tat you have a beautiful home. I like that arrangement with the 2 chairs on either side of the tv and the sofa perpendicular to fireplace. Again, I would go with smaller sofa that will give you more arrangement options and won’t block walkways. Behind the sofa you could place a dest and chair or a sofa table. Did you try to put the sofa facing the fireplace? Just curious if that leaves room to pass behind it into the room to the right.

Thank you, bkeith. I haven't tried to put sofa across the fireplace, didn't think of that option. I will give it a try when I get home. Few people suggested smaller sofas, what styles would be less bulky? I am kind of growing into Chesterfield, wasn't a fan of it until my husband suggested for our other living room. Would that style work in this room?

You need at least three feet of walk space beside and behind the sofa. Pull the chairs out of the corners and put them and the sofa equidistant from the fireplace.

Here are a couple of modern Chesterfields under 7' long and around 34" deep:

The legs will help the room feel more open.

BTW, I don't think you necessarily need anything behind the couch.

Thanks, groveraxle. Those are nice looking. Here are few that appealed to me while I doing some online search. Dark grey modern one might be too long, I think its 94 in long.

bkeith, here are few pics with love seat facing fireplace.

groveraxle, I moved the chairs closer to the table. approximately the same distance from the table as the couch.

would a round or square table work batter for the space?

Tat, in your last photo, the coffee table is perfectly centered on the fireplace. Looks like sofa AND chairs might both move a bit closer to it. The table should be within easy reach of everyone. That is the arrangement that makes the most sense here.

Thanks, groberaxle. That helps a lot.

I don't think you'll have too much space up front for TV watching. How big is your set?

decoenthusiast, it is a little over 9ft from TV to the couch. TV is only 47, I think it should be fine based on the picture you provided.

Try putting armless chairs each side of fireplace then switch sofa and chair centering a sofa

Didn’t see where I could edit meant to say switch sofa and chair

Well, here is a small progress. the wall cabinets are down, wholes in the wall are patched and drying. I have ordered some fabric samples for a few couches we liked online. Hopefully they will get delivered in a few days. It seems that most couches that we like are grey color. Would a grey couch work in this room? The walls are BM Manchester Tan. The curtains for some reason appear purplish on my phone but they have no purple in them at all. They are kind of a greige color.

The curtains look purple on my monitor, too.

I think the only gray that will work with your Manchester Tan is a deep gray or charcoal.

When you get around to it, consider replacing the mirror over the mantel with art. That mirror only reflects the doorway opposite, not anything we need to see twice.

Nice progress. :) Warning up front, I dislike seating groups that completely turn their back on the rest of the room, so I always tend to look for other ways that will work. Of course, handsome fireplaces should be set off as architectural features, but I also often feel that could be done without centering furniture arrangements on them. Great when works well, but... :)

This symmetrical arrangement centered on the fireplace does look very nice from the doorway to the right and highlights the attractiveness of the fireplace and flanking windows. And seating is close to the TV. And that left over, "what-to-do-with-it" space outside it might become a real asset as further inspiration strikes.

But just to keep thinking, this is a rather long, narrow space, and you want to keep the built-ins pulling focus to the end. Something in you on the scene is drawn to a curved sofa, and I'm wondering if that's springing from an undeveloped inspiration that needs to be explored.

I don't know if it would be a good idea functionally, but a curved shape in that space might work very well. I'm drawn, of course, to the idea of a sofa whose back could present less of a wall and seem more gracious and open, whether set at an angle from near the right wall or centered and straight. (If angled from the right, you could always do the usual and stand an architectural lamp in the unusable space by the wall.) I don't know if those French doors are used, but I'm imagining at least that a curved sofa could not just look gracious and graceful but actually help create a fairly generous access to them.

So If I were you, I'd either open a room arrangement program or get some graph paper and cut out all possible furniture shapes, including those curved sofas you like, and start trying out all these ideas and more.

It may go without saying, but since the room is just wide enough for a conventionally sized conversation arrangement, I would not move a sofa or love seat with its back to a side wall out more than a few inches.

If it were mine, I would also choose a mostly monochrome scheme such as you happily already have and of course only choose which pieces would have contrasting fabrics after placement was decided on. I'm thinking whether the sofa is gray or beige would of course matter, but that which it is will still be less important than whether that choice should stand out (dark) or harmonize calmly.

Hope something here helps. I've enjoyed reading and musing about your possibilities.

I miss informed, Manchester tan is in the kitchen and the living room is Bennington gray by BM. I realized it when attempted to paint over the area where shelves hung. Though the colors are very similar at least in our space.

First of all, before you consider furniture you will have to paint this very brown beige-y room. I suggest a muted pale blue. The curtains are too voluminous and have to go. Once you have the furniture and accent pillow colors then you can also select coordinating sheers.

You need to select a color scheme for the room.

None of the furniture that you have works and it should all go.

You have no other choice but to place a sofa along the wall where you had hanging cabinets that were taken down. Then three comfortable but not overly large swivel armchairs and two small ottomans or cushioned benches as footrests for the armchairs. Place two of the armchairs a little out from the corners of either side of the wall with the TV and built-in storage. Place the ottomans in front of these chairs but consider the ottomans are versatile enough to be moved around as necessary to accomodate various conversational areas. Place the third chair a little to the left of the fireplace and a little out from the wall so that it does not block the patio door and so that it can be used either to sit near the fire or to work with the sofa as a conversation grouping.

You will also need side tables and various types of lighting (ambient, reading lamps, general lighting) to make the room a comfortable one. You may want an ottoman with a tray on top rather than a coffee table in front of the sofa.

Finally you can consider artwork, photographs, display items, throw blanket, accent pillows to complete the room.

I forgot to add accent rugs which can also add some color to the room.

Margie, appreciate your long post and advise. Are you not in favor of brown/beige rooms in general or is it this specific color that is not appealing? What would pale blue do to this room? I am not completely opposed to repainting the room but before I spend $ and two days worth of painting I want to make sure this something worth doing. I also have to consider kitchen that currently has beige. Also, are you suggesting getting rid of the accent wall as well?

Tat, if the room needs painting, that will come last. Select your furniture first; then we'll talk color. Finding paint to go with a sofa is way easier than finding a sofa to go with paint.

After weeks of research, I am leaning towards this Roon and Board sofa in Harrow Cement color. Two sizes that I am considering are 76 and 89. I would like to go with the longer one which would leave about 32.5 inches on each side. I think, it will allow me to out chairs across and they will not be in the way of the TV. Any thoughts on color and size?

That's a nice sofa and a nice neutral upholstery that will give you lots of options for accessories. If you're going with the layout where the sofa faces the TV, you don't have to center it between the fireplace and the opposite wall. Pull it closer to the fireplace to get the walk space you need on the other end.

I love your sofa fabric choice but I’m not sure how that color will tie in with your existing colors. As for sofa size, that’s probably a preference decision. As I mentioned above, I personally like smaller pieces that are easy to change up when the mood strikes. Every few months I rearrange my living room. I also have a fireplace wall and larger screen tv. Sometimes I place my sofa at an angle, sometimes facing fireplace (winter), sometimes facing tv. Sometimes I place tv beside fireplace (summer). I like advice given above to draw your room on graph paper and cut out paper furniture to scale and experiment with size and placement options. Hope this helps.

Room and Board paints their showrooms in colors to coordinate with their furniture....good place to start if you are contemplating a color change.

Thank you all for the feedback.
groveraxle, I agree moving it to one side would definitely be an option. Though the love seat and chair that I had were over 90 wide and still left pretty comfortable clearing on both sides.
bkeith, I tried to put our 77 in sofa across from fireplace but it is too close to the entry into the other living area and cannot be placed there. It would probably be easier to move smaller sofa around but I think that size would look kind of small where I am planning on placing it. I went ahead and ordered 89, I guess we will just have to see it in the room. I think exchanging for a smaller one would still be an option as a last resort.
fissfiss, the closest R&B location is about 3hr drive from where we live. I would love to see their show room. May be one day I will make that trip. Thanks for suggestion.

We got the couch yesterday. after placing the order and contemplating on the size I went ahead and changed the order to 76 inch one. I like the couch by itself but not too crazy on how the color fits in the room. So, painting might be an order.

1. painting the tan wall, I brought a stack of chips and we are leaning towards BM white swan for the wall. The picture with chips also has olivetint by BM but that's not the first choice. Also super white in the middle for trim.
2. I like our accent wall and want to keep it as is.
3. paint ceiling - if we go with super white for trim can the ceiling be super white?

There are other things that will need to be taken care of once painting is done, I think but taking one step at a time.
Any suggestions on the paint colors and overall thoughts on the couch in the space?

Great Sofa!

Love the sofa! How do you like the smaller size? I agree your walls look too orange or mustardy. Here is an article about colors and undertones. I love this blog. Can you take more pictures in different light or time of day?

https://www.mariakillam.com/best-colour-living-room-furniture-edesign-before-and-after/

bkeith, thank you for the article, it's a helpful read.
We have not had more than 2 people sitting on the couch at the same time yet but for 2 its planty of room. I went measuring walls after I placed my order for larger one, and was worried that if I ever decided to move somewhere, like you mentioned you did, it may be too big. Drove my hubby crazy for two weeks. But I think it was the right decision.
I will make more pictures in different light and try to post them tomorrow.
I think, I should mention that I want to replace both tables, coffee and sofa table, they are not the right style for this room. We placed the sofa table that we had just to see what it would look. So, I'm on the market for those. I am thinking curtains will have to be replaced as well at some point.

Posting picture with different light in the room.

Couple more.

It's been a while since I posted an update. We have painted the living room twice. After digesting the first color for two weeks and hating it more each day, I was certain it wouldn't stay. last weekend I repainted it to Sherwin Williams Accessible Beige and I really like it. It looks different with different light and I like it regardless. Still looking for interesting sofa table and coffee table.

Skip the sectional idea. They take up a lot of room and demand to be placed together like one gargantuan caterpillar. I think people like to have a chair or sofa with an armrest rather than being stuck on a sectional with no armrest and a couple of joints you can’t sit on.
The tv room needs tv-watching furniture: maybe one three-seat sofa, a two-seat loveseat and two or three comfortable chairs which can be moved around as needed.
The fireplace could have a sofa and two chairs to encourage conversation, with walking space behind the sofa. Yes, remove those upper charcoal cabinets across from the fireplace.
Is any of this big room a dining area? What are you planning in front of the other French doors?

Not a Pro.

Really love the color of the room!

As for a interesting sofa table, there are so many......maybe something like this to soften all the hard lines.

Some inspiration:

felizlady - the cabinets have been removed, I have hung art on that wall. It's on the last picture. Grey couch is a 3 seater one that we purchased recently. The plan is to add two chairs across from the couch. Large French doors lead to yet another living room which should be formal one and is a project for another day.
njmomma - I haven't considered rounded tables, not too crazy about their styles but may be I should look into them. I see what you are saying about softening the edges.
thank you both for the feedback.

Love the Accessible Beige. I would paint the ceiling the same.

Hmmm, groveraxle, had I not painted the ceiling a month ago I would've given the ceiling a shot with accessible beige but that was hell of a task to paint the ceiling. Do ceiling and wall colors not go well together?
I like that table.

The ceiling isn't bad, but painting it the same as the walls would take the space to the next level. If it's truly an ordeal, it might not be worth the trouble. I painted it below, changed out the fan, and added a sofa table.

wow, groveraxle, love it! I am actually seriously thinking about it now.