is the piece where you want the desk about the same in depth? looks to me like it should fit there. how much room between it and the end of the tv table? you'll need room for a chair...

they make diverters for those floor registers. I have 1 here I tried to use. the dog didn't like it. she prefers to lie flat on the register in the summer... lol!

you shouldn't need one tho with the desk in that place.

love the little painting - so much detail in it!

IMO, it could be too much wood and same height stuff in that corner. What's in the rest of the room? Love your wash stand. What are you going to do with it?

I'll try to draw a graph paper view of the room tomorrow. It's long and narrow, about 11'10" by 23'. This includes the entry door, the front closet, a tiny "breakfast nook" two doorways on the west side of the room, and a nearly 10' wide window on the east side.

It's a mess!

If the wash stand does not stay here, on the left side of the big window, it may fit (barely) on the right side of the window, between the big window and the front door. That area has the same floor vent problem.

The TV is on the north wall right now. Before it's set in stone, I'm going to try it on the west wall, which is 12' wide and has a smaller arched doorway on one end and a larger 5+' doorway on the other. Once I decide which wall works best for us I will have the TV mounted higher on the wall. I want it to be at least 12" above the top of the cabinet.

Missouri Bound, right now the south corner of the room holds a 36" round breakfast table and two chairs. I have to keep the "walkway" from the front door to the kitchen open, and then the "living room" area begins about where the big window is. This space is about 11'10" by 14' max.

I hope to have at four chairs - two matching recliners with legs, my old swivel/glider/rocker, and a brown leather monster for DH! Also the TV/Stand, writing desk, and two end tables in this room.

For the next year it will be our only living room." Once the larger sunporch is converted to become the main living room, this smaller front room will be an overflow "visiting with the girls" room and the place for me to watch all the birds. It will still have the TV.

Steph, I measured the desk last night; it's 56" tall, 36" wide, and 22" deep. Right now the top of the TV is 57" tall. That does present a same-height problem, but once I have the TV wall mounted it will be taller.

The wash stand is 19" deep, too, but I may have to move the TV to the left to have enough room to move the chair in and out.

I'll play with the graph paper and the post a photo of it. I really need to work in a bookcase, or two, also.

Anyone got a sledge hammer?

I still do not think the register is an issue at all. That desk is so tall it is not going to block the air. Honestly I have two large pieces of furniture over registers raised up the height of a 2 by 6 the flat way. So 1 1/2 inches for thst heat to come out. Been this way for 8 years. No issues and one is/was the gun cabinet. Hubby never would have put his rifles at risk. Then I have an antique buffet about 6 inches high legs over another. The end of a commode about 5 inches high partly over another. WE no longer use the furnace because we now have the two ductless units but we did use it for 8 years.

I am not sure the two table top heights in the corner like that would look good. I shoe horn furniture in all the time myself but try not to do as you are doing here. I think you would have to put it over there to really tell.

I am going to be going through the same furniture swap in two rooms here as soon as I can get the paint on the walls in the studio so I better get to painting. Wanted to get some coffee into me before I start climbing the ladder. I LOVE the 9 1/2 foot ceiling vaults in this house for the open feeling but painting them scares the heck out of me. Today is the day I only have a 13 foot stretch to get done. Shudder. Once that is done I am golden for the rest of the walls so doing it first. Yes I am another vertically challenged person.

be careful Shades! how about a long, long handled roller?

I also have vaulted ceilings and love the feel of openness it gives. wouldn't want to paint it tho.

Steph I need to cut in the paint at the top by the ceiling as I am not repainting the ceiling. I do not do much dancing on the ceilings any more. LOL I have 2 walls done now waiting on paint to dry so I can move furniture out of the way to expose more wall and also taking a rest.

Caroline where are your graph cut outs? I have done it for both rooms I am changing. I LOVE pushing the cut outs around verses moving the furniture. I think I have both rooms figured out with a drastic change of plans but will do another thread on that and not eat into yours.

LOL Shades - my graph cut-outs are still on the "to do" list. I can't wait to see you drastic change of plans! I know I'll find inspiration there! What color(s) are you painting, and in which room?

I moved the desk in last night. It can, eventually, go back in the sewing room, but I really want it in the LR. I swapped out the Purple Martins print with a photo taken in Spain.

There will be a chair to the right of the desk; the old Purple sofa will be replaced with another chair that matches. The old, sleepy sweetheart stays!

Click on the photo to remove the distortion.

From further back...

It's just such a tiny room. Harry's love seat is temporary. He can not get up and down from the floor, but I can boost him up on the love seat and he "rolls" himself off, front legs first.

The "lines" are the morning sun through the blinds.

I thought the same MObound. This looks just fine and a wonderful foot warmer in the winter. I have a register under my half round table in the dinning room and when I used to use the furnace it was so nice to sit there drinking my coffee or tea and warming my feet.

Caroline I just LOVE your desk. I do hope you leave it in the living room. Will you be using your computer there or just paying bills or writing? MY half round table has shelves under the table on the round end and I am going to dedicate one of them for all this paper work I have to deal with for Joe. I really dislike the looks of a stack of file folders on top of the table. I suppose I should take them into my tiny office space in the sewing room. But then some one calls about some thing or other and I have to walk back to get them. For now I want them handy to the phone.

I like the desk there too. How nice to be able to look out the window at a glance. I have a thought for you. You talked about having an entry way at one point. What if you put the wash stand perpendicular to the wall, at the door, with the drawers facing the "entry"? Then put a chair against the back of the wash stand effectively making it a sofa table?? Could that work?

Thank you, all. This is my writing (checks, envelopes, notes, cards, etc.), reading (real books, with a bookstand for the heavy ones) thinking (deep thoughts, LOL) desk only. The computer is in our den, comfortably housed on an early 1900s mission oak library table. We use a "regular" computer chair there for ergonomic reasons and love the vibe of the old library table combined with the three over-stuffed bookcases in that room.

I love your half-round table and its shelves. You are wise to keep your current paperwork tasks right there. Once everything is finalized, then it can go into the office files.

I love the home-made writing desk, too. It truly "belongs" on the other side of the window but he-who-shall-not-be-named simply would not agree to the less wide window. For three years I delayed replacing the old gapping window hoping he would agree to a slightly smaller one. I begged, pleaded, bargained, described, sobbed, explained, pouted, raged...all to no avail. Now he sees what I was saying.

The north wall, where the TV cabinet is set, is 11-ft; 9 and 1/2 inches. (Roughly 141 3/4 inches when we used the tape measure on it.

The cabinet is 50 inches wide. Once I decide this spot is its real home, the TV will be mounted 12-14 inches above the cabinet. I "know" this is where it goes but I'm still going to test drive it on the west wall, where the loveseat is now, just to be sure.

Next to the wall where the desk sits is the front window, 108-freaking inches wide, the wall opposite it is only 135 inches wide. I wanted an 80-inch window. I will make it work but I feel sadness every time I look at that gaping hole that should be part of my living room walls.

Oh, I digress.

The east wall/corner where the writing desk sits is 57" wide; the desk is 36" wide so there's roughly 10" of painted wall between the desk and the window blind, and the desk and the corner. I can pull the chair out and sit in it without bumping the TV cabinet, but I have to be careful.

I will probably add a purple/plum print desk blotter and a similar seat cushion to add bit of color.

To the right of the desk is The B.A. 108" Window, then 38" of wall; next to the 44" of front door which butts up to the closet door.

I will post more photos, but have to push the rag-tag collection of odds and ends chairs around. I don't want to admit to The World the sad state of affairs in that room. I have decided on the new furniture, which will be my old small foot-print swivel/glider/rocker once it's repaired and recovered, plus two matching easy- club- or smaller high-leg recliners, and a third matching piece covered in leather to suit the hubster. End tables where possible, a lamp or two, an area rug...then on to the larger four seasons porch.

Here's a corner of the 10'x11' den/office/his dressing room where the library table and computer live. I love this room.

The ceiling is the same color as the upper wall, the "red" walls are a deep, rich burgundy, although you can't tell it here.

Color still isn't correct, but this is closer than the above photo. I built the funky bookcase in my first woodworking class. 48" tall 65-ish" tall. The old maple bachelor's chest is an early 1950s workhorse. One drawer is office items, two drawers are his stuff.

Murray's Mom - My neighbor and I tried that very idea while she was helping me carry the desk from the sewing room! Right now, with the old beat up recliner there, it did not work, but once the glider rocker is ready we're trying that again. The chest will form an "entry", plus be the end/lamp table for the glider.

That sounds like a good plan! I love how cozy your rooms are and how warm the colors are. Great bookcase and even neater to know you made it yourself! I love the trim in this room too. So inviting!!

What a lovely room Caroline. LOVE the walls and all your Beautiful molding. Your office chair is a pretty one. Some day I might invest in a nicer looking office chair for my now in living room work table. I need the good chir for the same reasons you do. y poor back. I did take the arms off my chair to keep myself from leaning over on them. Not good for me. Actually if I took the cover off my chair it is the right color for this room. But the cat hair. UGH. Maybe they will stay off of it now there are so many other softer places to sit. Will have to give it a try. Saving me $$ if it works.

Honestly I actually laughed out loud at your BA window comment. Glad I had just swallowed my tea. I also have the window issues here with no way not to put things in front of them. Now that watching TV in the day time is not an issue I am really enjoying the wide open feel of the room with curtains open. Course I am filling them up with plants.

Shades, I picked this chair up for about $30 at a thrift shop 10-12 years ago. The fabric on the arms is looking shot, but it's still going strong.

I love that room caroline. I'm sorry you didn't win the battle of the window. Sometimes husbands can be so oblivious to how things look. Finally, finally, finally, got my dh to see that his recliner looks bad, and not just in the room, but it just looks bad. I thought he was going to get rid of it, but no, we get to take it to the new place. :(