Flo you’re a doll thank you so much and thanks to everyone chiming in! My husband is the best but all of this really overwhelms in so it’s just been a constant cycle in my mind of obsessing and and questioning and being so overwhelmed! I can’t get over how many of you have chimed in and are helping thank you my virtual friends!!

Our pleasure. Here is your request I think. It is hard to get that table in as you can see. This requires we put TV on extendable bracket to angle to be able to view. If you could get a smaller possibly oval drop leaf table this would work better. You don’t get a lot of seating with this option. Utilizing the length of the space works better IMO.

I agree flo! Def better to have more seating and utilizing the length of room. Thanks for drawing it for me so I could really see!!

You are welcome. I am trying out another option. Bbl

Option 6. I think this is probably best overall option. You could Mount TV on that long wall and hang narrow cabinet for peripherals and equipment. That carpenter you have could build something and it would take up less room in the space. Smaller scale chairs are a must. 28 x28 type size. I did use 80” long x 36” deep sofa which would be very comfortable for the two of you. Then two tables that can be raised for dinner meals in front of sofa.

Flo thank you so much!! You have given me so much to think and play with!!! If a table can’t fit in this room it will go in the kitchen the old fashioned way hahah

Random question but did you see that curved sofa I shared above? I’m obsessed and wonder since it has a curve if it could fit in front of built in and round the long wall? Then two petite nice chairs 28 like you said. The sofa might be too big just very interesting looking and I love the idea of it curving in that corner so you could see the stone fireplace and tv

Ok. Here is MY plan. Option 7!

A 42” wide drop leaf table with two chairs for dinner time. A 80” long x 36” deep sofa for relaxing and TV watching. A swivel chair so this seat can serve conversation grouping and swing to fireplace for quiet reading nook. This chair can be cozy 30x30” size. Two ottomans that can be used to prop legs up or as small tables with trays for a drink. If you need more seating these become extra seats. A small demilune table on wall near fireplace for a small lamp. An arc lamp to swing over dining table or to main seating area. This has the potential to seat 7 people in a pinch. 4-5 with dining chairs.

Sorry, I see my bookcases got moved a bit. Not intended. The TV would be mounted on wall (not too high!) and a custom wall mounted cabinet under it for peripheral equipment. Keep as narrow as possible.

On the white curved sofa. #1- most people don’t like to sit where there are no arms. #2-curves make sitting touchy if you get my meaning. Curves take up a lot more real estate. So nice in photos not very user friendly.

I would also plan for a couple wall sconces for long wall. Maybe even 4! Extending arms in brass might be great.

Something like these. One over each bookcase would be nice too. Get wires in now. Lol

Love those sconces flo! Gorgeous! Def planning on sconces on that wall! I actually have a few similar I bought a long time ago time to go hunting in garage. I would need to make sure it’s in between the beams!

Good call outs on the couch! Normally I’m so mindful of arms on sofas because I don’t like very high ones because I’m so petite, and here I am missing that this one didn’t have any hahaha

Yes, nothing better than "shopping in the house"! Glad I busted your bubble on the curved sofa. Sorry. Just have to be honest here. I would consider 4 along the long wall, spaced between beams if possible and one over each bookcase section. That would give you wonderful ambient lighting at night. Put them on two switches with dimmers so you have a lot of control. One switch for bookcases and one for long wall. They will "wash" down the walls and you can put any wattage into them you like, but with dimmers, you can go up or down. I am always looking at arms too because I am short. Don't know about petite! haha!

Flo! And everyone! I have an idea! What about the sofa like in drawing 5, (a bit pushed back closer to the bookshelf) but the tv on the long wall like in drawing 6... I’m getting this cute two person antique drop leaf table I found on Fb marketplace and was picturing it behind the sofa!

I’m sure Flo can figure out if that adorable table can work. You need to use it someplace!
On another note - I could not find a wallpaper to match your old piece, but there ARE fabrics that resemble it. If you’re game, fabric can be put on a wall. (My mom did it years ago in my bedroom.). I can find the sources on Pinterest easily. Let me know. Happy to research it again for you.

do you know dimensions of the new table, I'm sure flo will want to know.

Measurements please. 🙃

Thanks everyone! Red Ryder, that sounds like a challenge I don’t know if I could accomplish 😆 lol! But I’d be interested to see the fabric since I need to redo the kitchen table chairs !!!

Theresa, not yet! The seller is getting it to me by the weekend I don’t have it yet.

Alrighty here are the dimensions::

29.5" tall
19" long with leafs closed
37.5" leafs open
16" deep

It could work as you daily dining table, and the key measurement is it’s depth. At 16” if put behind the sofa it is probably going to push sofa too much toward TV. The swing of your exterior door to the inside of the room is the problem. A domino effect. That door is likely 36” wide so that’s pushing arrangement of furniture and removes 3’ from the width of space of 12’. That leaves 9’ to the TV wall. 16” deep table and a 36” deep sofa leaves you only 4-5’ from sofa to TV. Yikes. A possibility is to use it as end table for sofa and pull it to in front of bookcases for dinner time. Of course, that means no chair in that spot. But if you put a bench there, you might be able to either use the bench as seat for dining and watching TV OR push it back and pull two chairs up to table. So it all depends on how you ultimately arrange the room. Another idea is to eliminate the middle bookcase and put the table pushed to wall leafs down and pull out with chairs on ends for dinner. But not best TV viewing angle. Humm. Maybe if TV is on bracket that angles? That might work? I would prefer the sofa across room layout facing bookcase wall with TV built into bookcase arrangement and your table behind sofa so it becomes dining and fireplace arrangement where end chairs could work for dining and possibly game table/fireplace nook also. That would be my ideal set up. Keep back of sofa around 30” high.

Sorry that was kind of long “stream of consciousness!”

Flo you’re the best! We def have some options! I just thought this table is so unique and petite I couldn’t pass it up for 50 bucks on Fb marketplace. Picking it up tomorrow! And you’re right could totally be an end table too! :) thank you for thinking that long stream out. I definitely HAVE options! It’s wonderful :)

For $50 you can’t go wrong!! Great find!

Some ideas to have fun with:

Tally Ho by Sanderson is on Wallpaper Direct. Brick house Fabric has an equestrian toile (hunt scene) and another with a striking red background. That website seems to have most of them.

https://www.wallpaperdirect.com/us/products/sanderson/tally-ho/124763

(Four color options for the background)

https://www.brickhousefabrics.com/product/Horse-hunt-fabric-blue-45-.html
More of a toile fabric but wallpaper can also be ordered

https://www.brickhousefabrics.com/product/Horse-toile-fabric-red-36.html
Dark red fabric

https://www.brickhousefabrics.com/product/Horse-riding-fabric-brown-fishing-45-.html
Dark brown Victorian toile

https://www.brickhousefabrics.com/product/Horse-hunt-fabric-V-red-blue-45-.html
hunting scene fabric

https://www.brickhousefabrics.com/product/Horse-toile-fabric-blue-paisley-linen-36-.html
Horse and jockey linen fabric

https://www.etsy.com/listing/752325693/fox-hunting-wallpaper-a-crewel-hunt-by
Peel and stick by Spoonflower on Etsy

Red Ryder!!! These are amazing and so beautiful!!! Thank you sooo much for gathering and sharing the links. I love the first one and last one for wallpaper; but I am in serious LOVE with the blue one especially for my kitchen chairs since I have to reupholster and I’m pretty certain I’m going to be doing blue as my accent color throughout the house! It’s so unique and beautiful color! Thank you thank you thank you! You all are seriously the best!!!!

I am so glad you like these because I LOVE them. I live on a horse farm and my husband and I completely avoid the “over horse-y” look for obvious reasons. But these wallpapers and fabrics are subtle and elegant.

You’re doing such a loving renovation of this old house. I applaud you for your work. And Flo is the most generous, talented pro on this website so you’re lucky to have her.

Have either of you seen the (now retired) blog The Polohouse?

RedRyder. You make me blush! Thanks for the generous compliment! I appreciate it! And yes, agree subtle works in your home. But, the kinda Wild Girl Powder Room person inside me wants something surprising and fun for conversation in your powder room. I have to go shopping now! Lol

Or is this just fabric for new chair seat coverings. I may have missed something!

Julie- just had a chance to do a revision of your floor plan. Option 8! This it’s TV on short wall flanked by bookcases. The rest is self explanatory I think. I like this arrangement. It offers a more open feeling and gets you dinner seating and TV viewing at dinner as well as pretty good seating too. The new table sits behind the sofa with some space and a small swivel reading chair and lamp by fireplace in corner.

I don't know Flo, it seems the more you play with this room the better the layout gets. I like #8 now!

As for the fabric and wallpapers, I think one fabric will be for chair recovering. Wallpaper may go into another room. Julie?

redryder, loved all the horse wallpaper and fabrics... loved these especially,, one wallpaper for the powder room and one fabric for kitchem chair seats.

Flo I love all your help and drawings as well as that configuration! I just don’t know how I feel about a bench seat. Currently when my in laws come over one is on couch, with either me or husband, one is on swivel chair and last person in our recliner. However I went to the house today the door does not swing wide into the room, I think bc of the deep wall (it’s the stone wall) I’ll have to get the measurement next time!
My powder bath is off the kitchen (behind the fridge actually), so I think too much of it would be happening for upholstery and wallpaper. HOWEVER, upstairs we’re doing a laundry room (okay more like laundry closet) and I think that could be a great space for the wall paper too! It’s next to the original wall paper I found actually. The room is next to that wall. I also wanted to say and can’t remember if I did that besides where we live having historic fox hunts back in the day, my family is from Ireland and my closest cousins and uncle do it everything with the horsing sport! Chases, racing with the buggie etc etc. so in a way it’s a nod to my family as well I love seeing them great dressed up for the ride. And although I fear for the fox, as my cousins say they never get him lolol it’s more for the fun of it hahaha were in a holding pattern now lol I gotta pick shower fixtures for plumber to do the valve and then the electrician will be going in! Ill be sure to keep you all posted!!! Xo

Sounds great. If we have a bit more walk room we might get small scale chair on other side of coffee table or in corner. You will figure it out. Love your family stories. My hubby is nearly pure Irish. His family is full of wonderful people! Just great times with them!!

I threw the bench in just for a couple more seats. I really like this layout though especially with your feedback on how that exterior door doesn’t extend that far into the room. That gives us some breathing room!!

I like #8 also. Julie, if you are thinking of a bench without back and arms, instead think of one with arms and open back with a cushion or upholstered seat.

Theresa, thank you for posting photos of the links I sent. I really need to learn how to do that....

Julie, there is definitely an emotional pull towards wallpaper with riders in full hunt gear! It doesn’t matter if you ride, are Irish or ever owned a horse. I wouldn’t worry about wallpaper in a small powder room. I am currently trying to improve the feel inside a narrow powder room with 10’ ceilings. It feels like a weird box when you’re in it. I’ve looked at a ton of wallpapers and probably will go with a peel and stick mural to try to remove the perception that the walls are closing in on you. Smaller spaces need fun wallpapers IMO. A tiny laundry “area” would be well served with a fun paper behind the machines.

redryder, I am always using my phone for houzz and so I just print screen the pic and then copy it into the comment, not sure if that helps you or not... now I want a horse scene wallpaper, LOL, my house style really isn't the right style though...love the idea of it in any small space...laundry room would be awesome, even a pantry or mudroom or closet

@Theresa Jansen, that’s a good way to do it! Thank you.

Everyone wants hunt scenes in their house! Just like everyone loves horses. Luckily, we live with many real ones so I keep the equestrian theme very limited inside the house. But I do love the fabrics and wallpapers I posted!

Just thought I'd check in to see how things are going...

I've been checking in, too, Theresa. Glad you asked!!

No news here sorry!! Just some final framing work to be done and ordering our hvac units then the electrician will begin with electrical and he’s also doing the hvac! I promise to update but I’m sure it will be quite some time tipp fun furniture and decorating time hahaha

Things always go slower than predicted or desired! Just post periodically just to keep the thread notifying us! We don’t want to miss anything.

Will do flo! I appreciate you all so so much!! I’m on vaca now this week but my carpenter may be working starting Monday I’m doing a built in upstairs next to the other fireplace. He also has to fix some framing for my laundry room but I’ve been at this for three years so yes I know how long things take hahahaa hopefully since it’s all interior work maybe it will fly by but not keeping any promises! I’ll update when I can :) :)

Love it. Best finds sometimes happen when you least expect it.

Great find!