You have a decent sized living and great room and the grand piano has no where to go......

From what you're showing in the photos - I'd put the tv on the large wall.

IMO no flex room needed use that space for the piano and maybe some nice seating for a glass of wine while someone plays the piano

Thanks everyone for your comments. I should have added that the living room is being converted into a bedroom suite because we don't have a downstairs bedroom or bath for our elderly parents.

Jan, thanks for the rug rec. I will look for a 15' rug! And thanks for the advice on putting an outlet on both walls. It totally makes sense to give us flexibility on placement and that we could hide the outlet with art!

For the piano, we have some space underneath the stairs (which we opened up) to sort of tuck the piano in there half-way. Apologize for the messy photo we are getting the subfloors put in right now as part of the floor-raising, but here is a pic of the nook under the stairs. You can see the piano currently in the dining room thru the plastic. We could move the piano to another part of the family room, but it is not ideal since then we give up family room space for seating and tv.

Define "giant"? Not long ago I thought 50" TVs were giant ... that was before my DH got a 100" TV for his media room!

I have a large family room and used a 75" Frame TV with storage and display space built around it. I wanted display shelves because I have collected items from family and travels that I like to display and look at every day. The wall unit is 10 ft tall, in line with the height of the sliders and proportional to the 12 ft ceilings.

The focal point is the view out to the pool, pond and golf course from the large sliders which are perpendicular to the TV wall. When you walk in you see the view and not the TV/cabinet.

I have a 10x14 rug anchoring 2 sofas and 2 chairs.

Do you want a fireplace? You could put an electric linear FP on the tall wall and put the TV over it. I am usually not a fan of the TV over a fireplace, but the linear ones allow the TV to be placed lower than over a conventional FP. That's such a large wall I would also put some built-ins. or shelves, or consoles with art, around the FP. Or you could put the TV next to the FP. If you add a FP you would have something else to focus on besides a giant TV.

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You can get oriental type rugs (machine made or hand-knotted) in a 12 x 15 size.

The standard sizes are 8x10, 9x12, 10x14 and 12x15.

Of course, the hand-knotted ones will vary by a few inches in both directions.

You can as above. But oriental sq foot becomes exponential in pricing. 8 x10 is 80 sq feet but 12 x 15 or even 10 x 14 will jump you to 180 /140 sq feet respectively. At 35 $ a sq foot? you can head to yikes in a heartbeat.

You take 15' wide broadloom and make a rug 15 x 15 ' ? You'll save at least a grand and probably more.

Go to a dedicated quality BROADLOOM STORE.

Antrim will be your best bet as most ARE 15' widths. Cut, hand bind.....it's a perfect size rug: )

kandrewspa, thank you for the fireplace ideas! we hadn't thought about fireplaces because we are in TX, which is hot most of the time and we never use them, but I do love the ambiance they bring and the pics you posted are all gorgeous! electric fireplace might be a fun way to handle the focal wall too.

chispa, thanks for sharing your built-in pic. Those look lovely! I believe my DH's tv is an 85" which, luckily isn't as big as your DH's lol. I don't mind that it is large, just he wants to have it low to the ground for best viewing, which I feel really limits how we can do built-ins or furniture without it looking to be all about the TV. But I will play around with some built-in ideas to see what we can come up with. Thanks for the rug recs too!

Jan, thanks for the tip on the broadloom. it sounds like a great way to save $$$! I will check out Antrim!

Michou, the TV should not be too low to the ground. My DH started out by wanting to install his big TV much lower than it ended up. I said it should be higher and luckily the AV guys agreed with me!

Bottom of 75" TV is at 41" and bottom of 100" TV is at 39.75" from floor. Also think about how you sit to view TV, more upright vs reclined, as that will adjust the high a few inches up or down. Also consider if you want to see the TV from other areas while sitting or standing. You can watch our 75" TV from the breakfast table or kitchen, but if it had been hung a few inches lower the view would have been blocked by furniture.

thanks Chispa, I will let DH know!!