I dont have any suggestions BUT wanted to say your home is beautiful!!

Thank you so much! :)

thinkdesignlive yay yay! thank you!...my first instinct was to place the dining in the front but I second guessed myself and thought it might be too far...but it would be used rarely. I think it would be very pretty in that room. I really like your layout in the other room. Thanks again!!!

Your living/dining rooms are beautiful. Have you considered removing all or half of the two short half walls between them and opening up those two rooms to each other?

Are you going to use either or both fireplaces?

Since you're considering redoing the kitchen anyway, have you considered removing the fireplace in the front (dining) room and putting your kitchen there, giving you a really huge living and dining room space. across the back? That way, you could rebuild your kitchen the way you want it and you could use all those built in's in what is now the dining room as kitchen cabinets.

I have a personal aversion to dining rooms that far from the kitchen, even if they aren't used. If you ever have a large group, or even a party with buffet-style dinner, having the dining that far away will be a huge pain.

I would simply reverse thinkdesignlive's rooms and put the TV on the wall to the right of the fireplace in the front room.

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Just have to say your house is gorgeous! Like some of the other posters I would suggest the dining room (if you are going to have one) would be better located next to the kitchen. If you don't need a dining room then think about the functions that you do need and how they can be accommodated in the long room. You can created different sitting area, you can make a breakfast room/family dining room, you can use a portion as an art gallery, etc.

Not a pro. Can you move the mirror to the fireplace in the dining room, and put the TV above the mantel in the front room? I have this mount (https://www.dynamicmounting.com/vertical-tv-wall-mount/?gclid=EAIaIQobChMIzLjNpImO5QIVUvDACh0T1wJEEAAYASAAEgL0g_D_BwE) so that I can have my TV above the fireplace but still have a proper viewing angle.

@Andy L. You have a beautiful house there! We've made a mockup of your rooms and shown how you could lay your furniture out. We definitely recommend keeping your dining close to your kitchen.Your dining room is large enough to accomodate a dining table as well as some seating by the window. You could also add another chair/ ottoman for more seating. As there aren't too many spots for your TV, we've placed it over the fireplace and created a seating area that can be used both formally and informally. We've also created another layout with a dining by the window seat for you here.You can add or replace furniture and move them around to create your own layouts in interactive 3D designs here and also render your own photo-realistic images!

Thank you everyone for the ideas. For some odd reason I could not reply on my mobile for the life of me. I had to get back to a desktop to type, is this a common problem?

Anyway, thank you! I am still stuck on the problem and made a decision that makes the design even more difficult. I bought a huge sofa that spans the length of the front living room where the large window is. I decided that yes, the dining room should be closest to the kitchen. I am thinking a round or rectangular dining table next to the window seat (utilizing the window seat) in the dining room along with a smaller seating area in that room. That's as far as I got though! I have no idea where to put the tv. I don't want to remove the mantels/mirrors as they are original and I do like them. Any other ideas?

Before my DH built our dining room table, we used three drop leaf tables in the dining room. We could seat twelve, it was quite conducive to conversation, and I could play with table settings that were complimentary but not the same. I usually folded two against the walls and had one in the center of the room for everyday. Your room is so spacious, you could include two cozy chairs and a small table for cocktails before dinner in front of your wonderful fireplace, bringing out a drop leaf table for dinner. Taking a page from the 1700’s, my furniture moves often, different configurations for different times of the year or different dinners.

Yes, remodeling1840 , I think my space will take on the same idea