That's a great sofa! Clean lines, and the tufting gives just enough traditional vibes to make it a really flexible, transitional piece.

It's perfect I might have done a different color but the style is great.

Thank you. It looks much lighter in the showroom than on the internet.

Color looks much better in your photo! I think the sofa will work well with your dining room table/chairs.

For colour...

I would not select that style sofa with the architecture of your home and the selections you have in the dining room. I would select a style that is more transitional.

If you buy it, make sure you are getting the color in the showroom. The one online looks entirely different.

While Beverly has some good examples, if you love your choice of sofa, go for it. The average person visiting your home won’t think the style is not appropriate for your home.

The sofa is a great choice. The lines are reminiscent of Mid Century. I find MCM sofas do great job bridging different eras and styles.

Purchasing this sofa is going to push you into an eclectic style, meaning you have more than just one vibe going on. This gives you a lot of leeway in future decision making. For example, if you need a new rug or new arm chairs in the future you don't only have to stick to traditional.

I have mostly Hitchcock, traditional mahogany, and classic wing back chairs in my living and dining space. I have used two MCM sofas and it some how brings it all together.

When bridging different eras, color can be the element that binds. The picture of the sofa in the show room seems to do the trick.

The leather sofa is “casual” and the dining room is more “formal, so that may be where someone thinks it’s discordant. I think if you love it, it works.

Thank you all for your input. I bought the sofa today after verifying the color. I look forward to receiving it and I may be back seeking additional ideas on how to bring the two rooms together.

Great. Please post pics of it in your space.

Please provide photos of the entire space since you want them to reflect each other. What's your living rug, art work, other furnishings?

Here is how to post a Design Dilemma to get the best results. (Post only one thread on same Dilemma. You can add photos to original thread.) You need to show the whole space—all four sides of an entire space—even if it’s about one specific Dilemma. Commenters need to see doorways, windows, closets, finishes throughout the space to make informed suggestions. In open spaces, Commentors need to see adjacent spaces like living, dining, family room areas that adjoin a kitchen. This is so finishes like cabinetry, paint, and flooring harmonize in the while space.

State right at the beginning what the room will be used for and who will use it. State the non-negotiables at the beginning, what has to be kept. Give some idea of the budget. And provide approximate measurements

https://www.houzz.com/discussions/6417709/unofficial-design-dilemma-boot-camp

Keep in mind that you're inviting some design pros and people with a design eye into your home via photos. If they walked into your actual space, they would take in all of it: all four sides, doorways, floors, windows, ceiling, built-in fixtures, lighting, trim--the "givens"--then the features that can be changed--furnishings, paint, art, rugs, decor items, etc. It's all one first impression. Same thing with photos. That's why it's important to provide well lit photos of the entire space, taken from all sides of a room regardless of the size of your problem.

Current photos. Most pieces passed down. Plan was to update sofa and loveseat with the sofa and matching loveseat from original post Another option two recliners to match existing sofa.

I can lose the DR rug and replace it with the grey striped one from the LR. I can also swap out the curtains. I can replace pillows, LR rug, and lose the red chair by the window.

As far as artwork, I don’t anything/dont know where to place.

I appreciate everyone’s comments since I would like to improve the space but cannot replace DR set or TV cabinet.

The sofa is due to be delivered on 6/11 so I will call and place it on hold and potentially swap out for something more traditional or cancel the order.

If you can change the sofa, do it. The style is not complementary to your house or your other furnishings. You can get a clean-lined sofa that will go with your decor, just not that one. I like the photos that Bev posted.

Thank you for the extra photos. It's always important designwise to treat open spaces as one space. So your instincts were correct in checking on whether the sofa style you chose would work. The consensus is that a transitional style would work better.

Beverly has some wonderful suggestions for transitional style sofas. If you can put a hold on the sofa you ordered, do so while you find other ways to move toward a transitional style. Here are some Houzz articles about how to do that:

https://www.houzz.com/magazine/your-guide-to-transitional-style-stsetivw-vs~121779610

https://www.houzz.com/magazine/transitional-style-a-bit-of-modern-and-traditional-stsetivw-vs~204463

There are other tweaks you can make throughout the entire space--entry, dining room, living room--that will move you in a transitional direction. Here are some thoughts for after you settle on a different sofa:

--Windows: Match the dining curtains to the living room curtains.

--Dining room: No rug. Short Ivory slipcovers. Possible paint china cabinet. Replace decor items on wall with one or two modern art works in modern white frames especially on the far wall. You have large open spaces that make small decor items and small art disappear. Your living room and dining room would look amazing with large, interesting art over the fireplace and on the dining wall.

No runner on table. Find a beautiful, modern bowl and candlesticks. Check out museum shops for these.

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Living room: Decide on your transitional sofa. Change out the rug to one that works with the sofa and has pattern with more lines than flowers, curves, etc. Note here, how the art work and rug "talk" to each other. The rug is a transitional pattern.

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Your entryway: a beautiful rug or runner would create a pathway into the living/dining room spaces. Note the art work, again, "talking" with the rug. Chairs are traditional but with transitional upholstery. Lantern light is also transitional. Ballard has great lighting fixtures in transitional styles.

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Where are you getting the sofa from? local store or online? list it..I can take a look at other styles that will work better in your space…looks like you have mostly traditional style and some mixed in vintage pieces..the red gingham check chair is a special piece! needs a sofa that complements. I would change out all the curtains if in your budget…...grommet top really do not work with your overall style..pinch pleat or soft fold.

You already have eclectic furniture in your space and nothing about your architecture is dictating traditional.

Something along the lines of the sofa you ordered will work but that particular one looks a bit cheap and over stuffed version of a more tailored sofa.

What is your price range? We can all make suggestions but it won’t help if they are unaffordable.

Hopefully we can find a color that allows you to keep ALL of your current pieces (minus the sofas and rugs).

I would not do a love seat.

How many live in your home and how many do you need to seat on a regular basis?

French doors…arched windows..curved archways..trimmed out pillars…all traditional elements.

The sofa is the Centennial sofa from local Haverty’s. Only husband and wife. If not a loveseat, I need 2 comfortable chairs for viewing TV preferably a recliner since that's all we have had facing TV. Budget $10k to pull the look together with Dining Room.

Does it have to be leather?

Is all furniture in LR being replaced? 2 recliners 1 sofa? are you removing the the red gingham checked chair?

The sofa does not have to be leather but must be comfortable and easily cleaned since we have an 8-year-old black lab that constantly tries to get on it hence the amount I want to spend.

Ideally, I would like a sofa and at least one comfortable chair facing the TV.

The Red chair can easily go in a bedroom or basement if it doesn't work in the space. The only thing I must keep is the TV console and DR set.

I would stay away from brown for the sofa. Maybe green? Of course something dark if you have a black lab, but you could get a performance fabric that's easily cleanable even if it's not leather.

Here are some more transitional options for you to consider:

This one is on the Haverty's website and it can be customized:

So 2 comfy chairs and sofa…$10,000….let me take a look

French doors…arched windows..curved archways..trimmed out pillars…all traditional elements.

Interesting to see how differently we view these elements. Having only lived in homes 80 - 200 years old, the actual structure of this home seems so modern to me that those items you listed don't seem like traditional architectural elements in this space at all. They just seem like a few trim choices in a quite contemporary home, which is why I think it is fine to not stick to one era or look in here.

As a black dog owners, I tend to stay away from anything velvet. Total dog hair magnet.

Both of these sofas would look nice in your space and help bridge all of the furniture and varied looks of the space.

I'd go for a dark charcoal grey.

Any extra details added to the architecture trims and such is what makes traditional traditional…crown moldings….built in bookcases….trimed matching columns…matching French doors…..pairs and symmetry are a big part of traditional style…really just trying to get your style…and your home and DR to me leans traditional..just trying to nail down what you want to achieve…so do you perfer leather for sofa or chairs…it all needs to fit in your budget..so looking at the more traditional styles in leather your sofa will be the big ticket item..

This is a beautiful leather sofa they have and it could be paired with two of these recliners in a charcoal fabric…mixing traditional with a trasitional styled recliner.

Showing a green leather sofa and parchment recliners if you're looking for this combination.

I'm also suggesting you lower your dining room chandelier and install your curtains higher.

I have no idea what was wrong with your original sofa choice. And you must have really liked it, if you already ordered it. With the tufting and overall style of that brown/camel leather sofa it for sure could bridge the gap with your traditional pieces, and imo give you a nice chic eclectic vibe. I currently live in a 1940‘s townhouse in NYC - VERY traditional architecture - original moldings, original period sconces, high ceilings, etc.; and I opted for a non- traditional type sofa because I did not want the place to look like a museum. I do have some other more traditional pieces in the place, but I am doing a mix.

Go with what you like and if you like that sofa just get it, your instincts are good.

@freedomplace1 - I had always embraced eclectic style out of necessity - low budget alley way and craigslist finds. However, it wasn't until I moved into my 1852 Philadelphia row house that I began to actually appreciate MCM sofas. I wanted to lighten up the look so it didn't seem -- as you mentioned -- museum like in there.

I wondered if you're screen name is after Freedom Place in the UWS, but there are no townhouses there that I'm aware of. (I'm up in Washington Heights.) Anyway, your home sounds beautiful.

Hi Kendrah,

Yes... you are brilliant. Freedom Place on UWS was my inspiration for that. I lived in the area at one time. And I know there are some fabulous places in Washington Heights. I knew someone who had a townhouse there across the street from a historic house (I’ll add the name when I think of it).

I agree, Kendrah, on the mixes. Your 1852 Philly row house must have really been stunning, and I see how you would totally understand going toward the eclectic with such architecture.

The Jumel Mansion. His house was across the street from it.

https://morrisjumel.org/

Hello! I am back with other sofa options and would appreciate your opinions.

I like this sofa in a light grey with the ottoman. I have room enough for 2 sofas, the sofa and the chair and half, or 2 of the recliners in the same fabric (suggestions on coordinating fabric?).

Thanks to all who comment

I would select the sofa and the chair-and-a-half with the ottoman. Not a fan of that recliner. You can get recliners that look like regular chairs. You might also post a floor plan of your living room to get better advice.

pictures of the entire space are included in the thread.

I would do two sofas facing each other in front of the fireplace..than find two recliners that are a bit different fabric that compliments your sofas and face them to the fireplace with a rectangle coffee table between the sofas and small side table between the recliners..we had that same layout in our last home and loved it!

I love HIWE’s layout suggestion. Get two of the gray small sofas and shop for two comfy chairs. I happen to like the one you posted.

There ARE recliners that look like wingback chairs, or more “I’m not a recliner”-looking shapes. Worth scouring your area for one. I bought a non-traditional recliner and it’s on its 4th fabric. My husband loves it and we just reupholster it to fit the next house.