It's too bad you're getting rid of the entertainment center. I really like it, and it adds needed height to your room. Can you use it just for storage? I also can't imagine a 52 inch television being too far from your sofa. Have you checked to see how far the suggested distance is for a television of that size? Very pretty room.
Dee

I LOVE your family room. The fireplace and wooden beams are absolutely gorgeous. I agree with deeinohio that the armoire provides some nice height to your room. Where do you plan on putting the new TV? If you keep the TV in the corner, I would suggest placing it on a high and wide chest of drawers/ credenza.

Also, may I ask what paint you have on the wall? It looks vastly different from picture to picture.

One thing that I would suggest for this lovely room is that you move the rug over so that your furniture was placed on the rug, instead of being pushed off to the side like it is now. Center the rug on the fireplace, and work from there. It looks disjointed as it is now.

You have a really stunning room! I love the beams, high ceilings, fireplace, and windows. I'm not certain that I have very specific suggestions on exact furniture or TV placement, but I have a few general suggestions.

The space looks really large, so I would recommend placing large seating pieces (either new sofas and/or chairs, or the current sectional) more in the center of the room rather than up against the wall. I like to see furniture fill out a room rather than decorate the edges. You could even do two luxurious sofas with lower backs facing each other and then place the TV on the wall to the left of your sliding door. That would make a functional sitting area and maintain the clear view to your gorgeous fireplace. I would definitely not block any of those beautiful windows with large furniture pieces.

I can't wait to see what you do with your space.

Have you tried moving your sofa and chairs over so their front feet are on the edge of the rug? I think it would cozy up the room. You could put the flat screen on the flat wall next to the sliding doors.

Thank you all for your feedback and ideas. I like the idea of keeping the height or perhaps purchasing a big piece of furniture for the TV. Pricklypear- you recommended two sofa's facing each other, where would the TV be?

The color on the walls is Ben Moore Shaker Beige, and it doesl ook different, pictures were taken at different times and last night I snapped 2 shots with my on-board flash.

Thank you for the room centering rug suggestion and moving the furniture out, I will try it. If I was to get a new couch what would you recommend?

Any other suggestions would be great.

Just for now -- Swing the current sofa out to the middle of the room and turn it so it faces the fireplace -- and flip the rug too. Cozy up the rug to the new placement of the sectional -- and put the sectional's feet on the rug! :)

Take the long console table and place it behind the main part of the sofa -- to create a sofa table.

I do like the armoire -- and perhaps it could be still used for the new TV OR check out this one from PB .... and check out their sectionals on their site .... maybe a smaller sectional -- with a leather recliner might work in your lovely room?

Here is a link that might be useful: Possible future console for new TV

I love your great room. Those overhead beams are wonderful. I'm not great at furniture placement but I think your rug should be pulled in closer to your couch.

I agree that your entertainment unit looks good in the room. Maybe you could put it on another wall and use it for some other purpose.

That is such a beautiful room. I also like the idea of swinging the sofa out to face the fireplace and perhaps move the EC to the opposite corner, unless there would be too much glare from sliders over there.

Like teacats said, turn your rug and place the front of the sofa on it and place that long table you have behind the sofa.

I think the sofa would look nice facing this way, because it also follows the lines of your wood beams. When there are so many interruptions in a room with windows, etc., floating furniture might be an answer.

With your new furniture, maybe just a sofa, with two nice chairs on either side of the fp. the other configuration might be sofa and loveseat with chair in corner tv is not in.

Again, your room is just beautiful and has so much going for it already...let us know what you decide!

Squeaky

You have a lovely space

I'll echo what others have said about the rug, entertainment ctr, and pulling the sofa out.

ALong the lines of pulling sofa out - I would suggest the possibility of treating the space with 2 separate seating areas - Since it is so large it seems to call for that. One space could be centered on the fireplace w/a rug and seating facing fp
The other could be the TV area - From what I can see of the room the most difficult challenge you will have is placing an LCD TV due to many windows & lack of wall space. I would rec not ordering the LCD until you have configured the room and know exactly where you will place the TV - for optimal viewing you would need it to be 30-32" from the floor, seating not on angle to TV, and limit the amount of light hitting the TV - You may end up with a different TV & different size depending on where you place it.

I posted this in your other thread. Someone posted a link to the Cote de Texas blog yesterday. In the blog was a photo of a living room which reminded me an awful lot of your space. It's probably more formal than what you would like, but I thought you might find some good ideas...

I'm sorry that I don't have a picture. But I saw this on TV once (can't recall the show or even the context). There were two sofas facing each other, and the TV was behind one of them. As long as the number of people watching TV fit on one sofa, the layout worked well. The backs would need to be low enough not to block the view of the TV. If you do that, I would place the TV on the wall to the left of the sliding doors, where your cabinet is currently angled. I'm not certain if that would suit your lifestyle or not (especially depending on the number of family members and how many people watch TV), but it could be a fun alternative.

You aren't going to like this, but that room is just not giant TV friendly. I'd be tempted to use the one you already have up there and make the basement the media room. That is, if it's nice and you wouldn't mind spending time down there.
If you are firm in doing it, I'd follow pricklypearcactus's advice and not worry about every seat having a view of the TV. I've placed low chairs facing away from the TV and it's not a big deal. The TV is usually off if we have enough guests to use the chairs.

Agree with the other posters.... Beautiful room. You are lucky you have a great space to work with and with the right furniture placement it will look fabulous. Below are some inspiration pics that might give you some ideas on how to float the furniture in the room.

One thing I don't think anyone mentioned is that the armoire blocking a window is usually not something a decorator would do but, I'm not sure if you have anywhere else to put a TV. Do you have pics of the other walls?
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Center the rug with the fireplace.

Take the bookcase out of the left corner of the room and put that in the space between the kitchen and FR, where the console table now sits.

Move the sectional down toward the fireplace, (after centering the rug), add an end table to the outside of the chaise part of the sectional. Someone sitting there wonâÂÂt want to move to get a drink off the coffee table. Be sure there is a lamp there as well, to light that corner of the room.

Move the armoire to angle in the corner where the sectional was sitting originally. Use it for storage, perhaps add shelving or even a pull-out shelf for a computer center which can be closed up and put away. The piece is very nice, and gives good height to balance the fireplace and high ceilings.

For now, try the console on the wall to the right of the fireplace, and place the new flatscreen on that. Later you may prefer a more substanial cabinet, which can hide other components and store DVDs, etc. If you do that, then try the console table behind the part of the sectional that has its back to the kitchen.

Add a comfy upholstered chair in the corner, a bit closer to the fireplace, where the armoire was, along with another small side table and lamp.