a cat can tear up a leather sofa as easily as an upholstered sofa, and it generally shows more easily. I would introduce a pattern into the room, you said you didn't want a standard/traditional... looks like you are moving in that direction. How about two sofas, facing each other (more room for a piano recital)

I completely agree with Lyn Nielson about a cat. A leather sofa that's been clawed up has no disguise. Choose a patterned fabric in a good tough polyester instead of leather. You will also need one or more cat trees in the room, whatever kind your cat prefers. Some cat trees come in a choice of colors.

The attractive white chair has considerably more modern presence and character than the green sofa.

I hate to tell you this but my cat has ruined my leather chair. He doesn't claw it but he does climb on it so he can look out the window. The chair arms now have a million little punctures on them and it looks awful. Good thing he's cute. =(

It looks like you have a very beautiful view. May be one of the best in the house. I'd upgrade that view wall with something very wide and unobstructed. A folding door wall is about $1k/ft. Wide sliding patio door or fixed glass picture windows are less pricey options.

Thank u all! I appreciate the input. I assumed leather was the safer option. I will not be getting leather after the advice. Thank you!

Dan1888 thank you. That view is in every room on this side of the house......so the formal dining room which connects to this living area has 4 panel sliders. The informal dining has 5 panel sliders and the family room has floor to ceiling windows. My next project is window coverings for this room as well. I'm just so stuck on how to furnish it.

Always position the largest piece of furniture first. In your case it is the baby grand, which also comes with rules of its own on how to place it.

"Begin with the piano near a corner of the room; if possible, position it with the long side across the corner at a 45° angle to the walls, with the open lid facing out into the room toward the diagonally opposite corner."

You want to be seated at the piano looking out into the room and not looking at a wall. Unfortunately, your photos only show two corners and two won't work because the piano should not be directly in front of windows.

Choose the corner left of the fireplace for the piano. Place the sofa and coffee table to face the fireplace and built-ins, and piano. Put your rug under a coffee table. Key to this arrangement is choosing two swivel chairs so the chairs can face the sofa for conversation or swivel to face fireplace/piano.

Performance velvet works with cats because there is nothing for the claws to catch onto in the fabric. (Keep your cats claws filed down).

This sofa is from Interior Design. I have one of their sofas in my living room for several years. It has held up very well with one cat and one dog. Interior Define offers a semi-custom so you can choose the style and color of legs. For your space I chose black legs (piano, fireplace) but not too formal.

https://www.interiordefine.com/caitlin-by-the-everygirl-custom-sofa?clickId=4782839810&legs-type=391842&material-type=15438&options-119=413&options-2051=9258&options-2644=15438&options-2645=391842&options-535=9100&options-536=2243&pj_creativeid=8-12889&pj_publisherid=73861&publisherId=73861&source=pepperjam&utm_campaign=73861&utm_content=8-12889&utm_medium=affiliate&utm_source=partnerize&warranty-sku=CAIT.FABRIC.SOFA.STNDRD&sku=CAIT.FABRIC.SOFA.STNDRD.CUSHION-BENCH.DAR-09.DEPTH-37.Leg008-2.LENGTH-83.SE-168

Choose a glass coffee table so the rug shows true.

Swivel chairs, faux leather from Wayfair:

Re the cat - both Joybird and Interior Define have fabrics that are cat friendly (you can filter); they are mostly all velvets or other very tight-weave fabrics like Sunbrella. We bought several pieces from both places for our house and they still look brand new, despite the best efforts of both our cats. :-)

Thank you. He isn't a scratcher but his black hair on things is very annoying :-)

The room itself is gorgeous and the views out those huge windows are amazing. I can't imagine having a room like that and not using it. Whatever you wind up choosing for seating I would orient it to take advantage of the expansive views.

It looks like you have a great space to work with. You could try a small sitting area in front of the fireplace. You could look at some swivel chairs too so people could turn and see the fireplace, the piano player, or the views. You could also potentially create a music area back near the piano side.

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