I didn't expect to be flooded with replies but coudl someone say something?

Perhaps you should post in the home design section also for more views.

I'm not sure how you have your room set up when it's not christmas, and I'm not sure of the demotions of your room. I'm no pro, but I would get a couch and two chairs kind of like you have I'd move the couch so its facing the window and put the chairs on angles in front of the window. I know theres not many ideas on here for normal size homes.

A simple layout with some dimensions would be useful and will probably garner more replies. You can sketch it on paper and take a pic and post it if you don't have an app to use. Also some idea of interests and where you are. Do you like to read then make a library setting, if you are in Florida then design suggestions will be different than if you are in Michigan maybe.

Many people are converting their formal living room into libraries. Most, but not all libraries have leather furniture in them. You could move your leather in to that room, and replace the family room, or pick new furnishings to create a warm library feel usng fabrics.

I measured roughly using the 20"20 porcelain tiles as my tool and here is what I got. The living room is 13 1/3 ft deep x 18 1/3 ft wide. The window is app. 10ft wide. We are replacing the window with one that will have a larger center picture window and a smaller sliding window on each side.

The normal arrangement for furniture is the back of the sofa to the window, centered. Two chairs angled on the wall where sofa is now in the pictures. An old recliner is in the area to the left of window as you enter the room. There is one bookcase that I now have on the wall that you face as you enter the room from the foyer. It's in the left corner with a small round table on the other side. Coffee and end tables too. We used to have an upright piano that took up alot of space but that is now at my son's house since he is the one who plays.

Interests, hmmm... I am into genealogy and the bookcase holds pictures of ancestors. We also have two portraits of ancestors on the formal dining room wall, same wall as bookcase and its also the wall with the buffet on it. In the formal dining room, I also have two shadow boxes with engraved antique silverware from my husband's family, plus some other family treasures.

We live in Florida. Most houses the age of ours are similiar. Our house is one of the larger homes, although not as large as many of the northern peoples' homes here on Houzz forums, or as fancy. I just want something that fits with the porcelain tile that we chose ( we have two dogs that love to run and play). I had wall to wall and just got sick of it. I love my area rugs, I know, not an in color that is "in" now but it will stay. Window treatments will change once we decide what to do with the furniture and new windows are installed. The walls are Pewter Vase - I thought it was a Sherwin Williams color but my paint strip doesn't say that. Its a nice netural gray, doesn't read purple in the room.

At one time, I had thought about putting causal furniture in the room, without any area rugs. That was when my first grandson was a toddler and we used the area for floor puzzles and playing. However, the tile was too hard to sit on and we had an echo. I have another toddler grandson now and we have enough space for him to push his toys in a path around the foyer, living room, dining room, kitchen and into the family room. I don't forsee it being a problem to get new furniture but its another reason to consider price and style.

Thanks for the comments so far. I appreciate your help.

I also would suggest reposting this in the decorating section. I am sure you'll get plenty of suggestions, and maybe include a floor plan.

I had posted on the decorating section and basically got told to look at the pictures on Houzz. I am also intimidated by some on the forum, whose homes look like they could be covers for decorating magazines. No matter how much you tell them you can't afford the furniture they buy, they still suggest it. I was hoping I could get a more realistic opinion here.

Oh, so sorry your experience did not seem pleasant. Yes, many of the posters do have magazine homes, but just as many are thrift store, Craigslist shoppers that just have an eye for decorating. As far as looking at houzz, I suspect it was for you to look at pictures to see if there were any styles that appealed to you. Sometimes figuring what your style is will help you start figuring how and what you want to decorate with. Well made high quality furniture is available on craigslist, knowing what those brands are will help you make a good decision if you decide to go secondhand. I feel like I only have seen one angle of your home, the front door & front window. It's hard to tell what's on the other side of the room, or what the dimensions are. So you may want to include a floor sketch. It's a start. Oh, and include Windows, doorways and walls would be helpful