Love the room like this! I would pull the coffee table so it is centered with the couch and maybe 18 inches from it. Then pull that fun chair by the fireplace in to the room a bit more........closer to the fireplace and up just a titch.

How about rug?

Think I would also maybe take the two smaller things off the mantle and let that beautiful glass piece stand alone there. Can they go on the piece beside the fireplace or on the coffee table, as I am guessing they are special to you.

What about adding a small round table in between the two chairs in front of the window as well? They are a much smaller scale so you need to make them part of a larger "story" in order to balance them out with the rest of the room. I agree - pull the occasional chair forward to make it part of your conversational area and move your coffee table in front of your sofa. I would get an area rug with some colour in it and make it large enough to include the front legs of all the chairs and sofa, and close to the hearth of your fireplace. You could also consider some full length drapery panels to frame your window. I happen to like the balance you have created on your mantel.

That's a bit of a problem! If you put the coffee table in front of the couch, you have to walk around both to enter the house. I think I'd put the couch and coffee table back in front of the window, so you don't have to trip over them when you enter the house. Chairs back to the wall with a small table and lamp between. Perhaps a small bench with cushions in front of the fireplace, so you can sit facing either way and as sondramartina said, a rug.

I really do not think there will be a traffic flow problem with the coffee table in front of the couch. It is a small table and round, which helps a lot.

I agree with abbyjean, the coffee table needs to be closer to the sofa so that you can use it. I don't see a TV in this room so it doesn't matter if people have to walk in front of the sofa to get through to the rest of the house.

Please check out the thread entitled "I feel like something is missing." Their room looks very much like yours and has the sofa floated.

Ha! You have my living room. Well, yours is actually a bit bigger than mine, I think.

Either float the sofa so people entering the front door walk behind it, or put it back in front of the window and float the chairs facing the fireplace. (FWIW, my sofa is under the window, and I have a long bench in front of the fireplace to create an entry.)

HI -- I use to have a room exactly like this . Pull the sofa closer to the fireplace and put in an area rug for it all to sit on . This will give you a walking space , sort of a hall behind the sofa . Reposition the big chair in the corner - turn it a little to the left . Maybe add some full drapes. Love the spooky eyed cat in the second photo. Charming place !

thinking that if the sofa was back along the windows (but out about a foot) and the two chairs across from it flanking fireplace with coffee table between, it might feel right

How many folks come thru the front door? Everyone would just deal with the table.

Would love to see the table moved and maybe a pic to show us how much room there is to walk there. I just really hope this can work as I do like this arrangement.

I agree with abbyjean. Just pull the round table closer to the sofa and inch up the larger chair to round out the conversation area. I love to use round rugs for convo areas but with the round table, a square rug might be better. I'm not sure a rectangle would help you visually. I've been known to turn rugs on an angle but then not everyone is comfortable with some of my out of the box ideas. I really don't like straight lines and prefer angles and curves.

Floating the couch in front of the window is an option, of course, but it seems the visual weight of the room would then become disproportionate when you factor in the curtains or blinds or even just the mass of the window frames. Having the sofa across from the fireplace feels natural and easy not forced and also allows for cuddling in front of the fire with spouse or kids or significant other.

Putting a small table with a lamp between the two chairs at the window seems an appropriate idea as well. The flexibility that will give you during the holiday times for decorating will be an added bonus.

Once you add a wonderful plush rug and some great art on the walls, you'll be in great shape. Happy Decorating!

I don't like putting all the furniture up against the wall..move the couch closer to the fireplace so people coming in the front door walk behind it. You will have a really cozy living area..

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