Those are nice tables! can you post a photo of the room? makes it easier to imagine things - i don’t have much experience with live edge pieces - hopefully some pros will weigh in -

what length are you looking at for the piece?

Hey there. Thanks for the assist. I can snap some pics of the space in a few days and add here. I have painters tape all over the floor mapping out possible pieces right now. The 2 photos above are both of the coffee table (48w). I'm thinking a 55 in TV (so about 48 in actual width) on a 70-ish console. 70/72 seems like a good size. My perfect world dimensions would be 70-72w x 24-28h x 14-16d.

I'm not a live-edge person either so out of my depth. Most all of the styling I see is very industrial or more rustic. It sounds stupid to say, " I don't want my wood tables to look rustic" but I'm just searching for the right words.

The room is small and these two pieces bring in a lot of wood already. I suggest you look for a painted or metal, or some other non-material media console. You don't want too many woods clashing. I could see something vintage, Scandi, or with some Asian design. I'd go for an eclectic look in here.

My brother got the fantastic old live edge wood entry bench that was in my grandparent's cabin. My brother's home isn't the slightest bit rustic or industrial and the bench looks fantastic. He has a mix of antiques, leather sofa, and Japanese art. They all look great together.

First off that's not "live edge". Live edge means the bark is still on. That's a natural edge. Second it's a very pretty table and does give off a casual vibe. Without more information on your other choices, you are asking too much from people here.

This is the definition of what ylou have BTW

Live Edge refers to the non manufactured edge of a wood slab. Otherwise known as “live sawn”. This is a particular design of wood furniture where the bark has been removed, so the tree's outer layer is displayed and still retains the organic shape of the log.

IMO you have enough wood noe but we really need more info as to the space and your style . I have done live edge tables in many different style homes even really contemporary .

Hello. Thank you both for taking the time to offer education, photos, and examples in clear, kind language. I absolutely am in a better place already just knowing to not add any more wood to the room, so that's a huge help. I scoured sites tonight looking for alternate materials but only found two options so far. I'll keep after it.

Also, just an aside, learning the precise terms is something I'm always interested in, and I do learn better when not being chastized for being a layperson who dares attempt to use an industry term but gets it wrong (gasp!) So thanks again for setting that right. Patricia and Kendrah you have both helped me numerous times, both directly and indirectly as I lurk here - and your professionalism is noted. I appreciate you.

Moving right along. In our "TLDR:" culture I hesitate to write a huge post. I did a pretty bare bones original post to just get a basic question answered; I did not mean to be vague. I will try to cover my bases below without being too long.

I've posted about this room before here just trying to figure out what it's function should even be. It's odd dimensions and features prevent me from really using it the way I would like, but I've decided to go living room. So TV watching, reading/laying on the sofa, enjoying natural light, and letting many plants live at one end to get the benefit of the large SW facing window. I've put together that little part of the room in my head, but its simple and will be last. The plant army is beginning to grow :)

My current to do list/decisions:

area rug size: 8x12 (costs more - custom, but I think looks the best in the room), 8x11 (some nice Karastans) 8x10 (a million options ready to go)

sofa: there's 4 I like between 80 and 91 inches long and about 35-40 deep

the casegoods piece (yes? Am I learning? lol) to place the TV on

THEN: the specific textiles.

THEN: the paint. (yay!)

I am not asking for a play-by-play on all of those, but does that seem to be the logical order of things?

Here's several photos and I tried to type little notes where things will go or dimensions etc.

Don't laugh, but I used painters tape and what actual furniture I could to replicate the new pieces for my own brain to try to visualize. So that is my current sofa it's about a 76 frame but easily 80 with the roll arms, and the leaf from my old dining table is 20D x 44W which is pretty darn close to the new coffee table 19D x 48W. My daughter came in and asked why the new coffee table was so short, HA! I told her if people start using their previously stored dining table leaves as low and funky floor-level coffee tables please give me credit for starting the trend.

Here's some color and style inspiration I like

However, if moving away from more wood, the only option I've seen thus far dimensionally is something like this

and that actually works out because that is what I'm looking at for plant stands, bar carts, slim tables for the other side of the room to accomodate the smaller plants.

I'm considering this rug (and the velvet - I have the sample - it held up well to my stain tests)

My only other note is despite the choices here, we are not a neutral, white, ivory, hard to clean household, but I have just lost the battle against this ugly floor tile, so I'm trying to work with it and not against it. I just hope things like wools, triexta, and performance fabrics will hold up to our abuse.

1. Choose a TV size based on the distance between the screen and your eye when seated. You can use the chart below.
2. The height of the table on which you set the TV should result in the center of the screen at eye level. The wall-hung TV pictured above is too high.
3. Depending on the type of base the TV has, a 13" deep table may be too shallow. The legs of my TCL TV are 11" deep so putting that TV on a 13"-deep table would be precarious.

Hey wdccruise. I think this info on TV placement should be in as many places as possible and repeated again and again because it is not intuitive. I didn't learn about this until earlier this year, so thank you!

The console table I purchased is just going to hang out on that shorter wall (104 in) where the current TV is in the photo and have a few decor items on top. I'm in earthquake country, so I'm in 100% agreement it is too precarious to put the 9 in TV stand on a meandering 13 in depth table 30 off the ground. During the pandemic we hung that current TV there to do standing exercise and dancing on youtube and videogames, so we have it laughably high, yes! The new TV will be on the opposite wall from the sofa. Console will be ideally a 24-28 height.

I have been using RTINGS have the viewing height and distances down to what's going to be optimal and what I can fudge for comfort. All the possible sofa seat heights are pretty standard so not much variation there. There is so much to learn and it's quite intricate at times how it all ties together!