My husband and I just finished having the floors redone in our living room, kitchen and hallway. Previously (as can be seen in the first two pictures) there was wood in the living room and vinyl tile in the kitchen and hall with obnoxious transition pieces that begged you to stub your toe on it. We've always struggled to place furniture in here since it's kind of long and narrow, and there is a big space between the main part of the kitchen and the rest of the living room. We have a separate dining room and the island in the kitchen has an overhang so we don't have a real need to add a kitchen table. There are open stairs leading to the basement and the bookcase is a built in that has been added recently. We have plantation shutters throughout the house so we don't want to do anything with those either. I'd love some suggestions of where we should put furniture and how to best use the space. This is our only living area on this floor so we'd plan to put our tv back in the room. We currently have a sectional couch however plan to replace it in the very near future and get a separate love seat and couch as well as two wing chairs. (My husband would love to sit in a wing chair in front of the fireplace.) The room dimensions are 29' x 15.5', and the brown wall to the basement stairs is 10'10" wide. We also plan to paint the kitchen and living room, leaning towards a gray beige but will take suggestions. Floors are red oak with provincial stain.

Before- the doors to the living room have been removed and will not be added back. The vents on the wall have been put into the floor so no longer stick out.

Before- The area to the left of the french doors are the stairs to the basement. We have enough space for a table with a lamp that we already have.

After

View from the kitchen island!