For your first plan, I'd move the chairs closer to the fireplace and angle them into the room a bit. Then pull the sofa off the wall and a lot closer to the chairs and fireplace. That way, you'd have a much cozier seating area, and a good traffic flow to the porch door, going behind the sofa.

With either layout, you could put a console table on the long wall, or a credenza for more covered storage.

There's another option of putting the sofa facing directly in front of the fireplace preferably with a large rug under and in front of it to accommodate the area. Then put the two chairs facing each other as they show in the photo. Have the sofa floating and put a long table behind it and merchandise it well. As for the long wall I would place, in the far right corner of the room, a very comfy chair and floor lamp next to it for reading and I'd make the rest of wall either a wet bar or a gallery. What type of furnishings do you have so far?

I can't see the pics...

This is how I did our livingroom, it's almost the exact size and layout of yours:

Ghostly, it is very helpful to me to see your approach. I wanted more than one grouping in the room, but I couldn't picture it. If I think in terms of rug islands, though, I CAN divide up the space in my tiny brain. Very helpful.

If the entry to your room, like mine, is in the lower left hand corner of your drawing, then do you have a strip of bare floor at the entry? If so, the long dimension of you larger rug must be about 12 feet? And the width of the other rug about 4 feet? If so, did you use a 6 foot long sofa?

The site I have been playing at, mydeco.com, is very useful for getting visuals. Here are my latest. I'm going to put some rugs in later tonight.

I have a similar LR.

WIth a couch and two chairs, face the couch toward the fireplace, trying it both against the wall and closer to the hearth. But keep the chairs perpendicular and (important) very close to the couch.

I think the facing loveseats close off the room too much, but you can use it if you create a very distinct seating area toward the viewer's side of the picture. If there is room, flank the fireplace with chairs as in the first picture (but use lighter, smaller chairs) and then add the couches. A long backless bench on the aisle side can complete the arrangement. If that is too tight--and it may be, then put sofa tables behind each loveseat. For the other seating arrangement, try a games table with comfortable chairs facing it.

BTW here's an image of a similar living room:

I'm thinking the room you posted, marcolo, is only maybe 10-12 feet wide. But it does hightlight the question: Do a few additional feet of width in my space would let me place small twin loveseats across the room, instead of lengthwise and put a big cabinet, perhaps containing a TV, agains the wall opposite the fireplace?

It seems like there's room, but I'm not positive.

Love the nested end tables in your picture, In my house the litle vignette up front would feel forced, I think. But I did want a library-table in the back by the bookshelves.

Are you against putting a TV mount above the fireplace? It might be a bit high but I personally do not like the low to the ground TV stand types.

I can tell you from experience that a honking armoire is absolutely NOT going to work in that room. If you need a TV, you'll need something very slim and probably wall-hung there.

Note that in the picture I posted, the near side of the room is a dead end so there's no serious traffic. You have doors, so you need to leave room for easy package.

Hi Jamies, my front door entry is on the lower right of the drawing, and the rug with the two chairs and table is a 5 x 7 and the one under the sofa I believe is a 10 x 12, it comes closer to the TV console than in my drawing but doesn't go under it. And yes, I believe the couch is either 72 or 74" long. There is a strip of bare flooring between the large rug and the smaller one (about a foot and a half wide maybe).

To the left of the chair nearest the couch is the hallway to the back two bedrooms (computer rooms for hub and me in actuality) and the entry to the kitchen. The console the TV is on is 17 inches deep and doesn't crowd the room, it's 30 inches high which for us is a good height to watch TV.

Good luck with your space planning!

I don't think love seats are functional enough to use if you can use sofas instead. They are not that comfy for more than one person, and you can't lie down on them. With a 14 ft. wide room, you can easily put two facing full size sofas where you have the love seats in your mockup. This is what we did in a previous house with a similar layout. The TV was opposite the FP, and there was a second smaller seating area at the other end of the room with two club chairs and a lamp table. Armoires for TVs are on the way out, IMO, because you no longer need such a huge piece to conceal the electronics. Shallow bookshelves that incorporate a space for a flat screen and a few accessories, or a credenza sized unit with some artwork added around the TV to make it blend in a bit, would have more longevity, I think.

I don't think love seats are functional enough to use if you can use sofas instead. They are not that comfy for more than one person, and you can't lie down on them. With a 14 ft. wide room, you can easily put two facing full size sofas where you have the love seats in your mockup. This is what we did in a previous house with a similar layout. The TV was opposite the FP, and there was a second smaller seating area at the other end of the room with two club chairs and a lamp table. Armoires for TVs are on the way out, IMO, because you no longer need such a huge piece to conceal the electronics. Shallow bookshelves that incorporate a space for a flat screen and a few accessories, or a credenza sized unit with some artwork added around the TV to make it blend in a bit, would have more longevity, I think.