Hey Ideefixe! Oh I agree the room is still off balance. I don't mind the suggestions. I've tried just about everything as far as arranging this room. The arrangement before this one had the wing and web back chair flipped but with suggestions on here it was moved to the way it is now. Like this. Here's a shot of how the rest of the room is arranged. That mirror will move. Yes, yes I know some of you are smacking your forheads..:) With the tv jack being where it is and the entrances this is what it come down to. I attached an old thread where I finally split the entertainment stand. Here is a link that might be useful: musical furniture.

fill in the side spaces as I've mentioned. you could do open shelving below a countertop if you have to. center the stove, build support legs/cleats against wall to support a countertop. you could do butcher block or stone. then build open shelving below. you could buy 18" or larger base cabs, and remove the doors if you don't think they would match. or build something similar to match the old ones. or buy a little freestanding piece like this one (easy to make one too) do the entire wall in a ceramic tile or a large sheet of stainless steel, and put up some shelving like shown above.

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I would like to see the chimney and firewall be the same material. If it were mine, I'd probably add brick behind to match and paint it all white (with a heat resistant paint, of course). I would then think about a tile for the floor that is closer to the wood color (but not a wood look tile) so it blends in, or maybe make a statement with a patterned cement tile. Does your woodstove brand have matching stovepipe available? If so, I'd switch it out for burgundy pipe. I don't know the technical aspects of using tile, but some of these with white tile is a more modern/contemporary look than the brick. not this stone, but with matching burgundy stovepipe: white brick: tile? fun hearths: this one with white brick