Yeah! We have the furniture back on the main floor. Since we miss our TV :-) we are going to start there. I think it was a little high on the wall before so after reading some advice here on Houzz about how high up to mount a TV, I have taped out a proposed position:

This is the view from behind the loveseat, with the 65" TV taped out on the wall. Thoughts? Too high? Too low? Just right? 1/3 from the bottom of the TV is at a height of 46". Seated at the loveseat, my eyes are about 42" from the floor.

With the furniture back, I taped out an 8x10 (blue) and 9x12 (yellow) rug. I think the 9x12 works best. If you have rug selections to offer and feel included to do a mock up, I'd love it!

Here's the current rug front-runner (for your mocking up pleasure):

Also welcome are decoration ideas. I'm planning on a smoky/slate blue as my accent color.

Definitely an area rug for sure - I've had great luck at West Elm - Also warm up with walls with color - A MUST - I've had great luck with Bona Fide Beige - actually a very light pink from Sherwin Williams - here's a pic with wall color AND area rug from WE - happy decorating

We just finished painting our walls in Pediment from Sherwin Williams, but thanks for the suggestion! We are moving in to the rugs/decoration phase now.

CK those walls are freshly painted. ;). Liya can you try the floor lamp on the other side of the chair?

Here you go, Molly!

I think I like it better before. It is an interesting thought to try and move it further away from the TV though.

I would completly remove the recliner...not really practical in that corner right next to the TV...than move tv and console to middle of that wall so it is not so close to the fireplace....love the idea of adding blue to the room! I would use the pretty wood sofa table /console you have on the side wall as your console under TV..would be much more stylish..the tv console you have is too modern for your room.

I think a rug with some blue would be a nice addition...

HIWE: we have a new media console on the shopping list. The one in the photos is just the old one.

HIWE: We have thought about moving the TV, but you can see the cables coming out of the wall in the photo. If we move the TV, we would have to move that too, which would be a pain. Doable, but a pain.

Get your console first before hanging the TV!...looks like you already put holes in the wall! Oh no....

Do it now...patch and paint...you will be so happy you did it right...get that console and move that recliner girl;)

HIWE: lol - the holes were already there! We are replacing the console though. Here's one I like:

Nice..... it will blend well with your other furniture.

Here is a new tape mockup with the chair and lamp removed, and the 65" TV centered on the wall. Note that this makes it left of center for the seating placement, since the left side has the walkway from the entryway, and the fireplace is on the right corner.

How much space do you have from side of loveseat to front of sofa table on that side wall?

Turn that end table between sofas and butt arms together. Slide coffee table over to 18” from front edge of sofa in front of windows. That might free up enough room for the recliner on end of seating arrangement. Center TV console on wall where it is. Get a new TV console that is more casual and less modern. Place floor lamp in corner fireplace near end of sofa. Add green plant at least 5’ tall to corner at left of TV. Then measure for rug size. If sofa doesn’t recline, move sofa table to behind sofa. That will also free up space for recliner. The furniture is too large for this room. But this is possibility.

Yep we got that Flo..she just posted the new console she is getting and going to center it on the wall...moving tv over...

Man, the above 5 posts just showed up! So doing good!

turning that end table and matching up the sofa arms is a must..thanks Flo! I was so busy getting that consoLe moved over and recliner removed.

Flo: The couch and loveseat both recline, so if we butt them together you couldn't recline both. If we move the chair to the other side of the coffee table, opposite the couch, it will likely be visible from the entryway door, and possibly interfere with the walking flow. Moving the sofa table to behind the loveseat is a possibility though. However, since they recline you'd have to place the table a few inches from the back of the loveseat to allow for that. The furniture is in a big room that is open, and consists of the living room, casual dining room, and kitchen. The space the furniture is in is 14'6" x 19'. There is an eyeball light above the fireplace, and one reason we have the floor lamp in the opposite corner is because it is dark in that corner.

The distance between the back of the loveseat and the casual dining table is an additional 7'.

What is the distance from side of loveseat to front if that sofa table on the left wall?

Two more just popped up. Crazy Houzz. So I would not size rug to be into that walkway. Very uncomfortable to walk one foot on rug and one foot off. We like 3’ of walkway space. Looks like the seating reclines? So can’t do sofa table behind sofa. So looks like recliner goes to another room.

We took a trip to the local furniture store. Here are 2 consoles we found:

I like both of them...what wood works best with your tables and floor? Hard to tell by the photos.

I like the bottom one with the open bottom more, but both are nice. :)

Nice when you can close it up and hide All the components.

Here are 4 more I found. Still trying to figure out what wood tone works best with the floor and the exiting furniture and the fireplace.

I still like the barn door design..you can close it up and won’t see the components..the color seems to be a nice combo with your floors and the casual design will mix nice with your stone fireplace.

I'm just not sure if it works with the furniture.

It is a farmhouse style should mix perfect

The black metal accents will look very nice next to your fireplace..with the black insert.

I like the first one with the 4 glass doors (especially helpful if you want to display some collectibles. I think I looked at it when researching my own media console. Seeing components doesn't really bother me, but to each his own.

After thinking about it all day, I think I prefer the first one on my group of 4 photos. It just feels more like 'me'. Now I am trying to choose between expresso (shown) or black. Even the expresso color is darker than the furniture on this floor. Thoughts?

The darker you go, the more the dust will show. ;)

I have decided on the 1st one, in espresso. Now I just have to wait for delivery. I sure hope I like it!

On to the dining room! I have dropped the leaf from the table, as you can see in these photos:

And now I want to replace the two end chairs with upholstered chairs:

How do you think these chairs will fit at the table? The height of the back is (according to the specs) about 1/2 inch taller than the existing chairs.

The first media cabinet is very transitional style....your furniture is farmhouse...the 2nd one or the barn door would be a better fit with your other tables.

Julie out of curiosity, what makes her current furniture farmhouse?

The chunky turned legs on the tables

Foundry modern farmhouse

This is a very nice modern farmhouse style..would work great in your room..

You can mix woods and styles but carefully. Since your coffee table is heavy wood with traditional finish as well as your console table so it would help your overall look to change up the dark wood finish for your TV console. Just stay in the more “transitional” style line. Barn door styling is very trendy and is loosing ground style-wise. You can do the one you like but it adds another heavy looking piece in heavy looking room. Open legs would help possibly metal.

Something like this. On sale at West Elm.

How are things going ? I am sure you are trying to get things together before the Holidays!

Hey guys! We haven't disappeared, we are still waiting for the delivery of the media console. Today, though, we put up the tree and Christmas decorations:

Every year the tree goes in the spot in the entryway where the side table usually is. The side table moves into the dining room.

Looks very pretty!

What a beautiful tree and the perfect spot for it!!

You can see in this photo that with the tree up, it reflects beautifully in the mirror that we had in the dining room. That's one of the reasons we want to have a mirror on that wall.

The real question is - keep this mirror or go with something different?

I like the mirror idea..I can see why you like it there.... but maybe a new mirror..once you decide on the chandelier and host chairs to get a better idea of the style.