Picking up some narrow console tables from FB marketplace to go under the moroccan mirrors that flank the fireplace.

Have you thought about closing off the opening to the kitchen? It would allow you to place twin sofas further apart…make better use of the space, improve flow and feel more spacious. Does the gate-leg table and keyboard have to stay in the room? If not, the fireplace could be flanked with chairs. A large mirror on the mantle would reflect the light of a brighter chandelier. The twin mirrors could be placed behind nite stands in a bedroom. Lovely home!

If you draw a layout of the room, including windows doors and fixed features you will get more suggestions. It's a little hard to piece together from images. Susan has very good questions about the layout and furnishings.

First I would remove one piece of furniture from the room - the table to the right as you enter the living room from the hallway. If it were removed, that area along the wall would be the pathway to the kitchen. Pull the sofas into the other end of the room away from the fireplace by about 3 feet.

From what I can see, the sofas are the right size for your room, and they seem to be the optimum distance apart. But, I'd slide that whole arrangement of sofas + coffee table, away from the fireplace by about 3 feet, to make room for the pair of wood +black leather chairs to be moved right by the fireplace. Switching the chairs and the sofas in other words.

Would your credenzas be useful as end tables for that pair of chairs? Something useful should be between them e.g. an ottoman or low footstool.

Could piano fit to the left of the opening to the kitchen?

Im just going to comment on the vent, everybody has them. Clean it and paint it the wall color and nobody will take notice. Get rid of the wall hanging that says ”look over here” and brings attention to that vent. Maybe something framed or a set of framed pictures. It looks like you just hung up whatever you could find without any plan. Id pull everything out of there, repaint and be selective with what I chose to display (you have to love it), and if your walls are a bit bare for a while, its ok. Dont just hang stuff for the sake of covering walls. Id rather look at nothing. I went beyond my scope lol, Its a matter of decluttering and prioritizing.

Nice room. First, declutter, second, rearrange furniture, third, put back about one quarter of what you removed. Add a new close-to-ceiling light fixture on a dimmer switch.

1. Remove everything smaller than a beachball, just as if you were painting, including pillows, small tables, plants, small paintings, throws, and so on.

2. Raise mirrors, put two armchairs under them.

3. Use some polyester quilt batting to wrap around the sofa's back cushion inserts to firm them up again and look less squashed.

4. Choose a few items to put back. A decorative box on the coffee table can hold bits and pieces. One pillow per sofa is enough. Consider where the pets prefer to sleep if you want to add washable soft throws for the pets on the sofas.

I like it.

But it is a little squishy. A scale floorplan might help.

You might need to replace your sofas with smaller ones. It makes a big difference. Apartment or studio size, or just narrower arms and seats. While I'm spending your money to replace perfectly nice couches, consider leather. It's less...what's the word? It's more tidy and contained looking. Might not work with your chairs. Never mind. :)

ETA: I don't find it cluttered (not in a bad way, at least). It's the furniture arrangement being too tight. The clutter stuff is nicely placed and tidy, and that includes the Legos.)

Wow, the houzz community is truly amazing! Thank you all so much! I have added a sketched floorplan if anyone is so inclined to draw up their layout suggestions. I do need to keep the piano and other instruments that are hanging on the wall (cello, guitar, ukulele). And I know I need more lighting, probably LED wafers on a dimmer. Everything else is up for grabs with no attachments. I hear several suggestions to raise the mirrors. Yes. I like it. Can do that for sure. Bigger art over the fireplace. Also yes. A wafer LED over each mirror? Is the dualing sofas (but with smaller sofas) the best layout? Anywhere for a reading chair or two? The large fabric piece is a vintage, handwoven African mudcloth that is really beautiful up close, but needs to be properly arranged and lit to show itself off. But where?

Do you USE the fireplace for fire?

Can we see a photo of the window wall? How long are the sofas? How large is the drop leaf table? I have a plan in mind but need those measurements to proceed.

Without knowing the size of your furniture, here's my suggestion for moving the sofas towards the hallway, and leaving the traffic paths (3 feet wide minimum, shown in yellow) around the perimeter of the room. Piano in gray. Put chairs near fireplace if there is room.

Rule of thumb: place the biggest piece(s) of furniture first. In your case it is the two sofas.

Move them back toward the entry (removing bookshelves, keyboard, drop leaf table). Now would you have room for the two chairs?

Coffee table has to go. There are other options.

I have an led gallery light for a large painting. It is plug in, but I used a paintable channel, plus most of the cord is hidden behind the painting. You could light your tapestry with similar. You may want to put a strip of wood up on the wall to hold the light and the tapestry across it's top edge.

Mine is from Cocoweb, and has worked fine for a couple years.

What is the width of your two couches? How many guests you want to accommodate? Is this the only family room/living room available to you? Just curious.

So many great ideas! I used the room planner on West Elm to play around with shapes and layout and I think I made something that will work. With our limited budget, we will have to find similar sized furniture second hand, but what do you think about the layout? Is it weird to have the chairs not lined up with the window wall?

Looks good.

The problem is, where would you walk to sit down on each of the chairs? There isn't a traffic path into the conversation grouping because you have closed it off on all sides with seating. The black love seat needs to go to allow people to sit down so that you can have a U shaped or C shaped conversation area with one side open.

I can do a scale drawing tomorrow for you. I started but the measurements aren’t quite lining up. Could you verify the front wall with the pop out and the wall on DR side. It’s a nice room and we can work out a good plan.

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