I think more needs to be off. Can you take more pics?

table being replaced. chair ciming and end table as well

Personally I would pull the sectional off the rug by about half a foot more.

That rug look out of proportion for the space and existing furniture.

The rug is a bit large and out of proportion, but looks like if you moved the sofa further back, it’s going to block the access to the sliding door, and may be too close to the island stools….

Is this a rug worth keeping? If it is new/in good shape, you might look into having it cut smaller? Not sure of the cost, but I’ve been told that rug binding is pretty inexpensive. Otherwise you may have to leave as is. I’m not sure that most people would look at it and even notice if you hadn’t asked the question!
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The rug could also shift toward the fireplace a bit more and then you split the difference. If you get a chair to go by the fireplace or across from coffee table it will balance things more too

Sorry, lost my original comment which was get the sofa onto the rug. Yes, the rug is too wide as is, but it is a great way to add two more chairs.

I originally had a smaller rug but i am adding a chair and wanted it to be fully on rug. is it ok to have chair fully on with sofa not fully on? also, waiting for an organic shaped coffee table as well as end tabke.

It’s fine but if not liking, see how it feels with rug pulled away from fireplace (which may look better) and allows back feet to be on the rug but barley.

I immediately noticed that the rug’s length felt off, but with adding an end table and chair, and suggest moving sectional over a bit, rug/room will feel more balanced.

Yes. Absolutely okay. Ours is same. Our sectional front legs are on rig but the two chairs are fully on rig.

Our sectional should be more on to be honest but keeps strong shoved back by kids!

after seeing these pics im wondering if there should be 2 chairs vs one swivel

Actually, and please forgive me as well........

But I am wondering why you have 11 posts on this area of your home, since June 2025?

It may lurk in one of your posts, I have no idea. Post a VERY accurate floor plan of your living space. Note for us the dimensions of this couch. What exact coffee table did you purchase?

How many feet are behind that sectional, to counter top edge?

What is the length.....BOTH directions

of this, and what is the depth in inches...( ;looks at least 45"

Everyone can yell and scream, the op will get mad.

You DON'T have to struggle like this, with 11 posts. and make us struggle to provide help.

It begins with what your walls will CONTAIN, traffic through a space does define where pieces may be located, and the sizes of furnishings. ...couches rugs, tables all. For that, you measure and show, or you post the floor plan the builder provided.

The relentless effort and insistence on forcing an oversized sectional into every home on this planet? It will bite you in the "can can", guaranteed..

Do you have a couple of chairs elsewhere you can try to get a sense of how it would look and how much space would be taken up. I kind of think one might work better in your space as it is.

• Find the center line of the fireplace
• Center the coffee table on the centerline of the fireplace
• Slide the sectional away from the window and doors to give the area some breathing room
• That will work with your existing size rug
• Add a lounge chair to the corner area
• Add a drum table to the sectional and or the lounge chair. You'll probably want to add a floor lamp to the location of the lounge chair.

It's the same sectional you asked about "exchanging" months ago? Down here from another of your posts?

This

I'd try taking what appears to be a corner section out of the sectional, make a single couch. Get a rug with pattern that you can walk on without fear.........as long as you can back up island seats.

That area appears to be only about 13' deep, just adding up slider and adjacent window wall.

There are flaws in the build, undoubtedly a spec home.....and windows, slider in the wrong places to any deck or outside space. Too late A single sofa, two swivel chairs. A comment you received, btw on one of the earlier posts, from another Pro.

A measure and drawing of the entire living floor would have saved a lot of questions and posts.

Just because you want something, doesn't always mean it is the best for the space you have.

She's annoyed now....

This is yours...I went digging in your multi posts

Here, down below......with your sectional from that search. Get a rug you aren't afraid to WALK on and stretch out the room, I don't love "square rug in a square space effect. Have the kids remove shoes! Add case pieces for some lamps to sit upon, as they are jewelry in a space! and warm up the chill in there, especially at night. Add some color!! or put more variance in hue, textures to the neutral palette.

Or?

Take out the corner of the sectional.

Pop some pull up poufs at a coffee table. People looove to perch and nibble!

Let me also ask this? You are only eating at the island? Do you NEED a dining room? Is the tv, not the real "FIRE?

Look here::::

Is that the "every day sit down dining or the place you dust until you must use it?

I realize you want to see tv from the kitchen, be all together while you make a meal, ......

Just saying the great room could be a super all purpose dining, and the honkin tv could be low in here, with a sectional.

I really could shoot the architect. Not the best laid plans of mice or MEN.

There's but one point to this:

Your best friends are your floor plan from the get go, and ONE DARN THREAD! for Houzzing, at least for one big area like this. A bath? Okay... But.

I think you need to stop the multi post spin, the rattle of too many voices here, and get an interior designer you can trust,..........local and on your site.

There’s nothing wrong with the sectional or the rug. The placement just needs to be tweaked. It’s a lovely space. Enjoy it!

No there isn't anything "wrong " if you're HAPPY.

Sometimes....you can do better. A nine foot wide rug, is really not WIDE enough for the space. Tuning it? Is only going to give you nine feet front to back.

You want a 12 x 12 rug? Okay, you will have a clear path from the mud.The feet and inches don't lie.

Shove all back toward the window,? make it 12 x 13....you have to get to the slider.....which appears to slide from right , to left.

The op will please take a picture of the space from the kitchen island TOWARD the fire wall and mud entrance, and straight on.

Additional pics are in this original thread. Also a different rug!

https://www.houzz.com/discussions/6513936/having-a-hard-time-selecting-color-for-my-coffee-table

^^ No KIDDING ?! !!! Sherlock : )

Where do you think I got the one above....and the floor plan with the feet and inches?

Yes......from somewhere in the midst of the dozen she has.

Could we admit that nearly a dozen posts doesn't get an op the best context for any or all of a space that for many, are adjacent to this room?

If you just saw the pics on this thread, and only this thread, would anyone KNOW traffic comes into her space from a mud room as well as a front foyer? How many folks even would know to click on her "activity", bother to go back and forth between threads to "weave" it all together?

There are some ways to get really, really good help from an awful lot of people on this site ; gen pop or pro..

The Op has been in "ask mode" since early June on this space. ......and asked by contributors some of same questions asked here on those other threads.

There you go.... : ) Happy Turkey day

Don’t comment if you aren’t getting what you need from the thread or the OP. Enjoy your turkey, maybe it will give you a reprieve.

Jan, not everyone is as savvy tech wise or understanding of the rules of Houzz. most of us are just doing the very best we can. not sure why you respond to threads that bother you so much! Give Mel Robbins ”Let Them” a read. i think it might really help you.

They are not my rules

It isn't a "tech savvy" issue.

No matter the house, whether large or small - walls , windows, fire, TRAFFIC in and through and out of any space, will define what fits well or does not.

It's a rule of all design, any room, anywhere.

The most BENEFICIAL way to help? Two:

Put a designer physically in your space?

Put a designer virtually in your space.

Houzz is the virtual. That is the why of one thread......you are asking multiples of designers, which can get confusing enough, but making a post of every aspect of that space? Quadruples the designers, the comments, and most won't know there is valid or valuable necessary information on a different post.

It's just a "rule" for easy or hard, valid or not....and its just a simple truth. Sorry ! Indeed, have a happy Thanksgiving!

OP I hope you gathered enough advice to make some decisions. Please post updates once your new coffee table and chair or chairs come in. It is a really great space and you have lovely taste. I am looking forward to it all coming together.

Thank you @WestCoast Hopeful! i appreciate you!!!

I am not one thta thinks all legs belong on the rug I have many clients who have expensive hand made rugs and no legs sit on them. IMO you need a bit of fun in taht space so mabe a huge cowhide instead

Thx @Patricia Colwell Consulting. ill getvthere at some point!

Sort of scared to post for fear of jan getting mad at me but here goes. my sofa has a hole in it. brand new. They are making me a new one but the new one will be a different dye lot. already have rug. does the sofa fabric work or is it too busy? Pic below is rug (already own) with sofa (large swatch) and chair (small swatch). I thought it picked up some of the rug that looks like stone.

On my screen the sofa fabric looks very grey, the chair more beige, the rug hard to say as on the right it looks multi colour but below the sofa fabric very neutral

I'm not getting "mad" at anyone. But I am seeing/ sensing a big struggle here, and it is not without a reason.

The all neutral scheme is one of THE most challenging to pull off. The screen shot of the combination ( replacement on the sofa fabric ).....................

Want me to lie? It feels muddy? It feels not enough contrast? I think you feel that as well, and is why, of why you asked? Yes/no?

It doesnt feel muddy to me, no. I dont want a dark sofa bc im getting a dark table. someone i am getting furniture from suggested the sofa fabric was busy and siggested a sofa that is more monochronatic and that doesnt feel pretty to me. i want a warm neutral vibe.

This swatch felt too ”the same” and that the sofa would just melt into the floor

Although the color seems closer to being right

Well. Monitors have been known to lie, but this is a brand new Mac, and to now seems incredibly accurate. You have to be happy, all the pics are evening? Maybe that is why if feels a bit chilly.....to me. I'm not clear the exact coffee table, other than the "organic" shape, and it's dark.

Just makes me want a bit more contrast, and nearly always .......rugs don't show well, or accurately online.

The space is just blah not bad just not interesting at all I like contrast and some color in a space it makes for a more interesting room. I see no art at maybe get some art then pull colors from it for the throw or acouple of pillows . The rug is not good at all IMO but for sure you need some life .Even an organis shpe coffee table in glass and wood like the Noguchi would be better . You need lighting for sure . Start with lamps to light the sapce the logical choice of cours is endtables but in this case , one end table and lamp then a nice arc lamp where the tree is to light the center of the space . Baby steps but I might wait to do the rug until all the rest is done I do not find the sofa fabric busy and texture is always good in a space