Thank uou jck

I cant move sideboard tomleft of wondo , it woud not fit then im still left worh the short sided wall where the sideboard currently is

yes, we will be getting a rug. im mkre concented about what pieces of furniture to get and their placement of it the room/ house is upside down right now due to reovarions going on.

I was also thinking instead if a tailored// small sized sectional or a loveseat , perhaps i could have the 2 chairs flanking fireplace, have a sofa facing the fireplace, and along rhe window, place a bench seat or a setee , either with or without storage. something like this along rhe window (?)

It looks like your style is transitional leaning traditional, so I don't think a sectional would be appropriate for your formal living room. For whatever reason, loveseats are out right now, but if you decide that is really what works for you, I doubt the home fashion police are going to show up and give you a ticket. :-) I like the look of the settee you posted, but keep in mind that those are not comfortable to sit on for more than short periods of time. How many people do you need to be able to seat in this room? I don't have a small living room, but I keep the furniture simple with a sofa and two chairs. When I need more seating I bring in chairs from the dining room. Your options are sofa in front of the window or sofa facing the fireplace. Your current arrangement is nice and open. I think if it were me I would just add a new chair facing the fireplace (or two if they're small - it depends on what style of chair you get) and replace the sofa in front of the window. A sofa facing the fireplace is more of a barrier in the room, but some people like it that way, especially if the purpose of the room is to enjoy the fireplace. If you do that, get a sofa table for behind the sofa.

Thanks kandrewspa for the suggestions .

if i were ro oit a sofa facing fireplace, would adding a sofa table be too many tables? i have the sideboard that is staying. i also plan on a simple glass, clean lined nesting coffee table , with lossibke end table ( dependong on seating decisons) i have way too much furniture right now due to blending our old and new stuff, and i dont want to end up in the same boat once we clear out and start over. we are a family of 4, but do have company over and if so , can be 8-10 of us.

Avoid a loveseat; the bane of good seating arrangements and often occupied by only one person. What will be the purpose of the sideboard without the TV? If doesn't appear to work well with your chairs. A backless settee can make useful additional seating under the window. Before you empty the room, flank the FP with the two chairs and move your current sofa to face it. Angle the two armless slipper chairs behind the sofa facing the entry door. Use a round waste basket between them to simulate a small table or ceramic garden stool. Another idea is to use the two chairs with a chess/game table between them in front of the FP. Imagine an armless settee in the middle of the room dividing two seating areas like a coffee table but useful for seating too. Then move the sofa so its back is to the entry and use the demi-lune table behind it. Try the slipper chairs where the sideboard is. If they don't fit, try using them flanking the FP and put the striped chairs and game table where the sideboard is. This should start your creative juices lowing about what you might want to buy, and how you could do more than one arrangement .

Thanks decoenthisaste for all those great suggesrions,

however , as i said in my original

post, im only keeping the sideboaed and 2 striped chaiirs. everthting else will be used in orher rooms or thrown out/ give away

im keeping the sideboard , as it was a custom piece for my dining room, but i cant use it in my dining room any longerr due to the wall being taken down. the purpose in my LR will be for disolay, and storage .

the 2 striepd chairs we sre keeping solely because rhey cost a lot ( ethan allen) and my husband is still bitter about how much we paid for them 8 years ago LOL figured ill use them a little longer , but id be happy to see those go as well. but for now, we will use them .

The Bergere chairs are winners. Keep them, and keep the sofa....nothing else and that includes the window treatments....gone, gone, gone.

Do this, keeping the lovely color of the walls you have.

You may be able to score an English stripped pine coffee table on ebay or in furniture consignment shops. Face the sofa to the fireplace, Bergeres on either side of fireplace. To the floor linen drapes (lined). Add a neutral textured rug and art over the fireplace for this effect.

Even though you are getting rid of most of your furniture, you should use it now to figure out how you want to lay out the room. Take out the 2 bigger chairs and then try your current couch facing the fireplace and put the demi-lune table behind it. Do you like how that feels? Do those pieces feel like the right sizes? You can get a good idea of what you want by using what you have. If you flank the fireplace with the 2 striped chairs, is there room for more chairs? Maybe a couple smaller swivel ones in front of the window.

Thank you kim i will do that

judiana -if inmove the sofa facing the firpelace, then what do i out on window wall? its a long wall and theres just 2 radiators behind the sofa . it would

look horrible just barren in my opinion .

this is such an akward room 🤦🏼‍♀️

After you move things around take another picture and post and we can help from there. Maybe try the striped chairs in front of the window instead of flanking the fireplace. You'll get a better feel after moving things around. I've got the same issue with my living/dining room - I haven't been able to find a good arrangement for my furniture. It's so much easier to see someone else's. :)

Also judoanna…. what is wrong with my window treatments?? they are hunter douglas silhouettes. i dontnsee what thenissue isnwith them(??( am i missing something??

You really need to do a floor plan - it’s a big room. Can you be more specific about it being a “formal” living room? No tv in there? If it’s a formal living room, the fireplace would be an obvious focal point, and you would arrange a 12’ x 12’ seating area around it, since in a formal living room you would be entertaining guests and conversing with each other. And I agree that you don’t want a sectional in a formal living room.

Thanks shady!!

i guess i consider it

a formal living room becaue its on lur main floor, adjacent to dining room/ kirchen and we have 2 additinal family rooms not sure what else to call

it -LOL

the plain is to have no TV in there , so that will be moved to another room.

I completely agree with @ShadyWillowFarm that it would be most helpful to lay out a floor plan to find an arrangement that works best with the space. While I personally love sectionals for lounging family rooms where the focus is the TV, that doesn't sound like the kind of room you are going for here. Think a little about how you want to use the room to make sure the furniture will work for you. My initial thought is that you want to pull the furniture away from the walls and create a conversation setting. Possibly a pulled away from the window (maybe a console table behind it) with two arm chairs angled facing it. But it'll be important to draw it out and make sure it fits well.