If you post all the room measurements I could help try out some scale drawing layouts to maximize your space.

Go Flo! I can't wait to see what you will do with this room. It has so much potential but it may take a pro like you to unlock it.

Yes, if you go up you can see pictures of me trying to face it towards the fireplace. Unfortunately the space is too small. It does not fit

Here's an AI rendering with the Napa sofa and what I think is a natural-fiber rug. (The orange shag could also work.) And please pardon some of the AI-standard choices. Looking at your "before" photos, I see someone who appreciates the aesthetic qualities of unique, hand-made items, so I'm sure you would choose more interesting accessories!

I could also see an irregularly-shaped, thick sheepskin rug layered over this one, under the coffee table (which AI "grew", by the way, for better scale with the room).

Simplynatural has a nice plan. Depending on how many guests you have over at a time, if more seating is needed you could also add a bench.

I think a more interesting rug would make the room look more “done”. Here are three ideas I found on Etsy and Amazon. I searched “beige and blue rug”.

With the sheepskin--just for fun:

I put a live seat facing fireplace wall. It has a faux “entrance with bookcase making wall to right of door. The front door swings the wrong way but too expensive to change so we make it help with arrangement. A pair of 12” x 12” cubes for propping up feet or setting a tray for a cup of fav beverage. A slide gender sofa table for extra set down space or a book or snack. A small scale swivel chair in the window corner would add guest seating. The other corner I put a big doggie bed. But another small scale chair would work too. I put a couple baskets on bottom of bookcase by the door for quick stowing of shoes etc. A small half round piece on the shirt wall of dining room with a mirror above would bounce more light around your room. The lines with arrows represent “traffic flow” and while a bit tight, you would adapt quickly. A small round drink table sits beside the chair in window corner. Love seat would be slim line 58-60” long x 38” deep. I didn’t review other ideas but in scanning I didn’t see this option. Each square equals one square foot.

If I'm remembering correctly...this thread was done a # yrs ago? I like the couch either way. Facing fp or window(back) Is the front door used daily? Doe u need shoe storage? It can be placed near window & behind couch.

@Flo Mangan here are some photos the OP posted when I asked her to move the sofa as you suggested. The current sofa is too large, but she is considering a new sofa and could choose something smaller. What size sofa were you envisioning in your layout?

I put a love seat size sofa that is 58-60” long x 38” deep. The current sofa is too big for this room. The sketch is to 1/4” scale.

I love love seats. Some people think two people won't sit on one but I guess it depends on the people because couples we invit over do all the time, and so do we, especially when we have to look at something together. Also, some people say you can't sleep on one, but I have since February due to our renovation and a couple of colds our contractor brought into the house. I love the way I can sleep slightly elevated when I have acid indigestion. I'm afraid I am going to have difficulty going back to a real bed.

https://www.mpettipoole.com/blog/the-bungalow-living-room-an-update

This layout works well for me. Unfortunately I have tried loveseats in that room and they still cut off traffic.

Here is another photo I found of inspiration. Similar layout and it even looks like the door may open onto the couch as mine does now. Sadly even loveseats don’t fit the space well. I have tried one before. Not a deep one either.

Two more

Too bad the front swings into the room instead of up against the door. If the door ever gets replaced I’d change that.

What is the most important traffic direction or path to you, Jennifer? Maybe that's the source of layouts that don't work for you.

Probably the pathway from the door to the kitchen, which is through two doorways.

From all you've said and the photos you have presented, this is the arrangement to copy. Make the sofa small enough to allow some room for lighting in the corner by the bookshelf, perhaps a floor lamp with a little shelf for a beverage (or use one of the shelves). Angle the chair as shown and consider one with a matching ottoman to provide a sense of a reading corner but also provide an extra seat on rare occasions when you have more than the usual number of guests over. Place a floor lamp (down-lighting) behind it for reading light, and make room for a small place for a beverage. Along the wall opposite the fireplace, find a console. In the corner you see when you first walk in the door, to the right of the opening to the next room, don't put a chair. I suggest an attractive floor lamp instead to light up that otherwise darker corner and provide a welcoming feel. Maybe plug it into a timer set to light up 15 minutes before you usually arrive home. Think about using a torchier if you want to keep the light-colored ceiling.

I saw you are looking at English tan leather for the sofa/loveseat. I love real leather. It's very clean. It's cool in summer. It doesn't like direct sunlight, but that shouldn't keep you from enjoying it. What material and fabric would you like for the chair in the corner? More leather but a different color like cream, black, or navy? Or fabric? You will have blue in this room. Do you want more blue? Or green? What color scheme would you love to have? Will you stray from safe all neutrals? Your wood flooring and English tan are colors, a sort of caramel. Your blue wall hanging invites you to have a complementary color scheme of caramel and navy/cobalt/indigo if you like that. An alternative color scheme with caramel could be triadic by adding olive green and anything from navy to wine... multiple colors in that range. I forget, were you thinking of painting your walls or leaving them as is?

I kinda like this layout except for the second chair. Your rust rug would be fine. The rug in this photo repeats the window treatment. What window treatment did you want? The console anchors the hanging. The teal door may be fine as is instead of painting it white. I don't like all the pillows on the sofa...cluttered. And stiff fabric pillows slide down on leather and look stupid so choose any pillows carefully. Big floppy square ones work on my leather. I wonder if you could find a chair that would pick up one of the colors in your wall hanging, including cream/white.

Good point about the pillows. (I would still want the room to seat four, though.)

I am thinking no windows treatments. I have some privacy film that projects rainbows into the room and I like it so I will be covering the window in this room with it.
I am looking for a low profile sofa I think. I want it to be closer to the floor. I was looking at Moroccan floor seating but I think it might not be practical and functional with a dog.

What's the ideal length for your sofa? What's your budget? This is the Marin sofa from West Elm. It's 71". I'm showing it to you in the distressed performance velvet.

https://www.westelm.com/products/marin-sofa-h6955/?subGroupId=marin-sofa-h6955-SLAV-color-light-cardamom

Probably 65-75 inches. I’d like to spend under 2k

I added a link to one up above.

I like that one but I’m not sure if it will sit low to the ground. I’m looking for a shorter than standard sofa because I don’t want to give up the coffee tables height

I think the room is enhanced with Flo‘s arrangement, and the sofa facing the fireplace. I would group your small art pieces together into one area…rather than close to the big wall hanging. Let the big fabric piece standalone and move the small woven piece off that wall.

Or add lifts on legs.

I recently saw this and think it might work in my house. Then I might do two chairs in the room where I have the tapestry now. Some comfortable chairs and probably smaller in thinking, and those can face the fireplace

This is what ai did when we put inn japandi. It could work with a 72 inch sofa

Pretty but where is your pathway?

Nice & the path is where u want it! Spaceous & cozy!

The last one you posted seems to give you the most walk-through room actually as a straight shot. If there’s anyway you can change that door I would do it for sure, mine opens the way yours does and I curse it every time I use it LOL. You can look at that door you have and you may be able to turn it around opening the other way. It takes a little bit of handy work of a DIY handy man if you got it. This layout also gives you access to that window and opens up the centre of the space even if you added a chair over by the window that gives you four seats.

I have 4 chairs in our family room. That could work in your room. Might try that. 3 are recliners but compact. We love it! I donated our oversized sectional chaise/sofa. Couldn’t be happier!

To-scale floor plan for the japandi rendering above (with a second chair added). Sofa will be off-center with the fireplace to allow space for the door swing.

An advantage of the Japandi arrangement is that the coffee table could be positioned closer to the chairs and fireplace. That would provide your direct pathway to the kitchen. If the chairs were a swivel type or lighter weight rattan, they could turn towards the fire for a cozy conversation... or towards the sofa if you had more people. @simplynatural could the sofa fit in here as a sleeper sofa for guests or refuge by a fire in a power outage?

Yes, @kl23, the sofa could be a sleeper (although I don't recall OP asking for that). The coffee table would have to be pushed up against the fireplace or over to the window to open the bed, but it would be possible. Here's the floor plan with the opened sleeper sofa indicated (using the dimensions of the 71" Barrett II sleeper from Crate & Barrel):

I really like your latest layout with the Japandi style. Even though it's not ideal to have the pathway in front of the sofa, it really does open up the space considerably. There's no obligation to have a coffee table either. You could do a small end table on either side of the sofa to set a drink or book and then have small round tables by the chairs for the same thing. If you can manage a set of nesting tables on the side of the sofa furthest from the door, you could pull one out in front of the sofa if needed.

That “Japandi” room image sofa position is horrible Feng Shui. What you have now, with the sofa with the back to the window, is not great, either. But it’s good that it’s only one, relatively small window; plus, with the length of your current sofa, at least some of the sofa clears the window. Placing the sofa in direct entry path to the home entry door is not good. It is also not good aesthetically nor functionally.

Here is the Feng Shui:

https://www.homebaa.com/blogs/furniture/feng-shui-sofa-placement?srsltid=AfmBOorHWOKGwParmfL751lFLG3wFfiazrtAlFdRydXo-7Hf_XZ_MIqw

If you are going to try that layout - put your current sofa there and live with it for awhile - before you purchase another sofa.

You might be able to put a folding screen on the left side of the sofa, so as to shield the sofa a bit from the energy that’s flying in. You wouldn’t want to block the entire view of the door from the sofa, though, because you need to be able to see the door. You could also maybe put a sizable plant to the left of the screen.

It’s really not a good sofa placement. But you can try it and see if it works for you.

I am having trouble removing the existing sofa; but here is a visual with the general sofa placement I had mentioned, in my very first comment (way up thread).

Along these lines; except, the table and lamps need to be a bit taller/bigger. And the sofa table could be slimmer.

You could put a swivel chair or two in front of the window, instead of the sofa.

If you are getting a smaller sofa, this placement would be better than having the sofa in the house entry- and or floating with back to house entry.

You said this placement I had mentioned doesn’t work. Maybe you do not want to block the dining room. Maybe you prefer the open expansive views from the living room to dining room and dining room to living. I understand that.

Imo, washable slipcover(s) for your current sofa would be the best move. You have a dog. Plus, none of the sofas you are considering seem to be as good quality or as comfortable as what you already have. If you are considering a leather sofa, that could be helpful with your dog. But for under 2K - you may possibly not get the quality and comfort of what you have. So if you are going to keep a sofa in the current position, seriously just consider slipcovers for the existing sofa.

@simplynatural I don't think Jessica ever mentioned a sleeper sofa. I just wish someone had mentioned it to me when I invested in seating. So many key pieces of furniture can be multi-purpose.

Would it be possible to get a new door that swings the other way? That way there is room for furniture and not an awkward entrance?

Kl23 One of my regrets when I bought a new apartment size sofa was that I did not shell out the extra few hundred dollars to make it into a sleeper sofa. You never know when something like that will come in handy. And a sofa is an investment that will last for years. It was shortsighted of me so it’s definitely a good suggestion.

Not possible to get the door replaced with the current budget right now, but it’s something I will consider in the future. I agree that having the sofa on the wall with the tapestry doesn’t make sense. I don’t think having a smaller sofa will make it better.

I’m probably going to keep the one I have and slipcover it though. Then a jute look a like rug (so no shedding).

If budget allows for a new sofa, look for one that is slightly smaller in length and with smaller arms. You'll probably have just as much seating space without the big rolled arms. I order online when I'm looking for a particular style and don't have to worry about being super comfortable, but for something I sit on a lot then I make sure to test it out for comfort.

I used some of the furnishings from your Japandi style pic for this one, as I like that style for your room. It's calm but really lets the tapestry be the center of the room. I like your wall art but felt that it needed to flip - easy peasy, and then added a new blue on the door that works better with your tapestry.

Added some additional lighting so you don't have to have harsh overhead lighting all the time. You can purchase new glass shades for the ceiling fan if your not ready to change that out, which will help update it a bit. Notice that ai changed the height of the bookcase, which I think works well with the sofa. Is your industrial bookcase one that you could shorten? If so, I'd consider doing that.

Ai makes the room appear larger than it is, but I think from looking at your original photo that you'd have room for everything pictured, but it may need to be adjusted - like the coffee table needs to move a little closer to the sofa. It's fun seeing your progression, so keep us posted.

That looks really good and probably is similar to the layout I will do. The wall that the sofa is on does not have an outlet, but I was thinking some battery powered lights for right there

They've come a long way with battery powdered lights but I find the ones I have annoying as they always seem to be out when I need them - and replacing batteries all the time aren't that fun.. I don't know if you have enough light at the windows during the day to power an outdoor solar powered lamp, but that might be something to try. I've not tried that myself, but just throwing out an idea.