Maybe I should have said, " furniture placement"!!

The room seems pretty bright, but blocking the window with the tv doesn't help. I'd admit to watching tv and build the room around it. Put the tv on the long blank wall and whatever entertainment stuff around it. Then rearrange the seating in an L shape so you can see both the fireplace and the tv.

Long blank wall... The wall with the mirror on it, right?

We have no other entertainment stuff. Just the TV and cable box. When I look at my pictures it looks way too busy. Maybe delete stuff? Make two sitting areas?

Can you take a pic looking from the wall with the mirror towards the other wall? It is hard to get a perspective of the room without seeing that side.

Oops!! I missed the first pic! Sorry!

I would definitely move the tv over to the wall with the mirror as suggested. Do you have something long to put underneath it?

If I put it on that wall I can't see it from the sofa. I need a bigger screen!! That's why it's where it is. How that for a decorating dilemma, bad eyes??!!!

You didn't say anything about paint, but your room would look so lovely with some color on the walls. Maybe a pale yellow that the light can reflect off of? I might try moving the tv to the wall where the mirror is, I don't think the mirror works.

Can you draw a layout of the room as it is now? It's hard to see from the pics.

How about the sofa on the wall with the mirror and the tv on the wall with silver shelves?

I'll draw a layout but it might not be pretty! I'll get it up on the site in the morning. Thank you all!

I agree with aktillery!

With the DH! Lots of room. Going to replace the coffee table with something glass and brass.

It's not ideal for convo. The chairs are too far apart. But at least it's a start and I like it. Thank you. And keep the ideas coming!!

Hi!! I'm hoping to get some feedback on the new furniture arraignment. Thanks!! Looks like I still need more seating.

I personally don't like the looks of the TV on the mantel. (Don't like TV's mounted on the wall over the fireplace either). I would take down the mirror and put the TV on that table. Turn one of the chairs to face it, if you can't see the TV from the sofa. Otherwise, I would go back to your original placement.

I did read the thread and saw that you can't see the TV on the wall everyone suggested. I would face the sofa to the fireplace and put the chairs on either side of the FP facing each other. Put matching end tables and lamps on the FP side of the chairs.

You need a larger rug that the sofa and chair legs can sit on to pull the seating into a conversation group.

There is a little bit of a sense of clutter in one corner. I might remove the etagere from the room, thereby removing the clutter it contributes with the stacked books. Put the small table on that wall with a small lamp and some framed photos. There's possibly too many large lamps. I think I count three plus sconces and overhead lighting, but the placement is better in your new photos.

I would also add a few larger pieces of art on the wall, table and/or mantel and bring some touches of red in. That will make the walls relate to the conversation group around the FP, which is the only place you have red.

I think you need a bigger rug, but for now you can turn it the other direction and centered with the fireplace. Pull the chairs and sofa forward until just the front legs are on the rug. Or goes that not leave enough space at the arched opening? It's hard to tell without a drawing and dimensions.

Thank you all so much for the help!! Yes a bigger rug is a must, working on that, and the lamps always did seem somehow not right. I don't like the tv up there either, we thought we'd try it out. I think I'm going to bring in a decorator, it is too much for me to decide what to do!! I thought I had a vision for that room but I've lost it. It's an awkward size with a floor heater under the arch. I know you can't see it in the pics. it's an old house and I'm confused about how to decorate it. Now that we've been in the house for 4 yrs I think it's time to get pro help!! Thanks again for the suggestions. I wish you guys could come over and help me in person!!

You could put the sofa on an angle. I just looked at a condo with that kind of arrangement last week. And just for kicks, I would try the tv on the mirror wall, and move the sofa facing the fireplace, directly across from it, and keep the chairs where they are, only moved in closer. That would make a pretty tight square with the sofa on one side, the fireplace on the opposite side and the chairs on the other side and the tv opposite that. Or even try that arrangement with the tv in the corner by the window.

Could you put the TV where the estager is (bookcase). Then put your Sofa under the mirror and your two chairs where the sofa is now? Tables and lamps placed accordingly. I am not liking the TV on the fireplace either.