I recently purchased my townhome and am looking to make some changes to the place. One of my first priorities is to find a good location for the TV in the living room as well as the furniture arrangement for the room.

The room has a fireplace as the centerpiece to the room. The home was built in the early 90s, so a large widescreen TV doesn't fit well in the floor plan. Currently, the TV is mounted above the fireplace, but I don't like how high it is. I like the fireplace, but it's not going to be used nearly as often as the TV is.

I attached photos of the room from different angles. I'm thinking I'd like to build a window seat in the bay window, so the chair would likely move to the left side of the couch in this arrangement if the focus was to be the fireplace wall.

These are the possible scenarios I've considered and the pros and cons that I see:

1) The north wall to the right of the fireplace in the corner of the room.

Pros: Close to the fireplace, so furniture arrangement can easily focus on both.

Cons: I would likely build some cabinets and shelves on both sides of the fireplace. The angled TV on the right side might make this cabinet odd to design in the corner.

There is 50" between the mantel and the window. This is enough for a 55" TV, but that would be the biggest and it would span the entire distance between the mantel and window, which might be too tight and not work well.

2) The west wall by the door.

Pros: Plenty of wall space for a big TV, media console and speakers. May allow for more seating with possibly two couches and the window seat.

Cons: The room would have two walls furniture would need to be arranged to focus on. The couch would likely need to move back to the south wall against the stairs. I'd prefer a couch that faces the TV, so I'd probably have another one facing that direction, in front of the window seat. I'm not sure how that would work with some space left between them, with the path to the stairs, couch close to fireplace, etc.

The distance between the seating, especially the window seat and the TV would be much greater with the length of the room in this direction. I'd have to have a much bigger TV to have the same size relative to the distance compared to seating in the other direction.

The front door would enter into the room right in front of the TV. I'm not sure how that would work with traffic and flow through the room.

3) Redesign the fireplace for a lower profile to allow the TV to comfortably fit on the north wall.

Pros: Furniture arrangement can easily focus on both the fireplace and TV (same as first).

Cons: Would require demolition/remodeling of fireplace/mantel/hearth/floor. Still not sure how the TV and fireplace would best coexist on the same wall.

Any observations, insights, comments and opinions you can contribute would help a lot in making the right decision for me. This is my first home! Thanks.