This question is really hard to understand. And the pictures are confusing. Please rephrase for clarity or you won’t get any help. What’s a snug?

oh... I see it now. The way you have it is really not right. The different ceilings need to coordinate with the living spaces below. They define the open space "rooms".

Leaving a shelf at the top of your media wall on one side will look strange, indeed. Take it to the ceiling on all sides. It will be easier to paint in the long run.

Redesign with someone other than the person that did this to you.

Thank you i have attached picture of how it currently looks

Post the floodplain please.

"floodplain" don't you love autocorrect?

I was trying to figure out what was floorplain!!

Eliminate the "Half vaulted ceiling".

IMO vaulted ceilings might make you think are a good idea but I think a 10' ceiling height is the max anywhere and to vault only certain spaces is poor design . High ceilings distort sound, gobble heating and cooling . I have 8' ceilings and I love them for so many reasons but the big one is it is easy to heat and cool my house and when I want to paint all I need is astep stool. If possible now change this to no more than 10" everywhere on the main floor and 9' everywhere else in fact I would do 8' on the other levels.Looking at that floor I seemany issues but that is the first one to address. The media wall is in a atrange location if the furniture layout is what you plan , the cooking appliance inan island always bad planning. I sure hop you can at least change the vault.

Damn you autocorrect, and my bad for posting before coffee 😂

Is it too late now though to eliminate the half vault?

The kitchen layout is not like this anymore no longer cooker hob in island and removed cabinets from the right.

Regarding the media wall where would you suggest this goes so?

I have the same in the home im moving into this weekend and other than take the opportunity to hang some linen curtains higher over the taller center window for affect im going to ignore the vaulted part. I do like the fact that it allows for taller window drama so I wouldnt fill it in, it makes the room feel bigger.

Some alternatives: 1) ditch the fireplace , keep wall mounted tv where it is, allowing you to eliminate the bump out on the media wall; 2) keep the bump out but only lower half for fp, and mount tv above, may be with a mantle; 3) ditch the vaulted ceiling; 4) move tv and fp to between the windows on the wall opposite the dining room.

Really the question is, is this one big room or two rooms? What you have now makes it ambiguous, as do options 1 and 2. Option 3 declares it to be one big room. Option 4 declares it to be two distinct rooms.

I’d choose to eliminate the vault.

Obviously the other option is to leave it as is. It’s not really the end of the world. You’re guests will come in and say ‘nice view’ not ‘weird fireplace’. As long as you don’t have some really attention grabbing surface in it, that is.

@SUSAN L thank you very much you are very kind and iI definetly be taking your advice on board fantastic advice

Ceilings should coordinate fully with the rooms below them. That may mean creating a few large cased openings here to help define the spaces, and physically separate all the different ceiling types. Or it means going back to the drawing board to eliminate the jigs and jogs of the ceiling.

Thank you shoukdshould be fine as its only 1 different ceiling

If I were your guest, I would come in and say ‘weird fireplace’. That kind of design I learned not to do probably 42 years ago.

I kind of like the fireplace. It's nice to have a fireplace bridging the living room and dining room, making both spaces feel cozier. But it really makes no sense as the location for the TV. Just look at the renderings. How does anyone sitting on the sofa along that window wall even see the TV? Patricia Colwell called it--you need a different furniture layout and/or a different TV location. Something worth figuring out before wiring is done, or masonry designed for a TV inset.

I don’t think the ceiling shape is the only miss here. How is that ceiling even proposed to be insulated properly? There isn’t enough depth there to get enough R value.

Creating a space by the arrangement of furniture, them dividing it with two different ceiling heights destroys the sense of space and will not be cozy in either half. The fireplace straddling both ceilings creates a dysfunction and make the occupants uneasy.

I would take the fireplace to the ceiling in the vaulted part.

Going to add a 2ft stud wall to each side leaving wide square arch entrance encasing ceiling by a block and a half which will match height of dining room ceiling

Or I could just add the wall encased over, matching the ceiling height of dining room and not do sides? Would appreciate advice on these suggestions if anyone had any.

Yes like this suggestion thank you do you suggest just the fire place or full wall here? Thank you x