Yep. Difficult for sure but that's where the cable cord is. We have a toddler so we very rarely watch tv sitting down anyway- typically we just have the news on after work while cleaning/cooking/playing. :)

Ideally, furniture should match when it's in the same space, but your dining table doesn't have to match your living room furniture. Any chance your husband would build more natural pine furniture? If not, perhaps you can use the pine end table in another room. Still, you should be able to find blonde furniture such as THIS that might work with the pine table.

As to TV viewing, you should not put your TV in front of a window as backlighting during daylight is hard on the eyes. As you have the furnitute arranged, the best spot for your TV is the wall next to your entry and subject to viewing interruption. Therefore, consider setting your sofa in the middle of the room facing the one wall that offers viewing without backlighting or viewing interruption.

Wow thanks! I will check out whether this will work. Here's something I threw together- what do you think about mixing the pine with white and chocolate brown? Looks great on the screen but maybe awful in real life? I think perhaps in the future he will build us a pine dining table and chairs but that's about it.

All your selections IMO look thrown together with no visual correlation. Don't even consider that lantern in this room. Which gray sofa did you order because one looks like it's from Crate & Barrel and the other looks like Rooms to Go.

Your area is too small to entertain all these various styles. Eclectic is when you combine styles, but there's an art to that and this is not a good assemblage of styles.

That’s why I’m here! Lol. It is the crate and barrel. Just found something similar on the Houzz sketch program.

I’m scared to try to match the end table again. I bought two pieces online last year that I thought matched but didn’t.

mindshift, I went to the house today and considered your setup. I think it would feel too cramped and wouldn’t work with the toddler (or with our guests, who have small children). We need to be able to see them, and have room to sit on the floor and play.

Tv.. we have blackout shades so no worries with light. Plus we really only have the tv on when it’s dark.

This sofa from Crate & Barrel is 93" long. You don't have room for a 93" sofa. You should be considering what is referred to as 'apartment sized sofas'. They are usually 72" or less in length.

sarafvosz, I just used the furniture and rug that were part of your layout. I have no idea if they measure the same as your actual furniture. The chairs look tiny compared to the sofa. Most chairs take up roughly 3' x 3' so the chair Beverly created for her mock-up is more in scale with the sofa.

CAD programs are fun to play with, but the selection of furniture is often limited. Since you have a small, oddly-shaped space you might be better off drawing a floor plan of these rooms so that 1 ft equals 1 inch. Measure your sofa and all the furniture that you intend to use in your home. Then draw the furniture outlines on a separate piece of paper using the same scale. Label and cut out each furniture piece. Now you can place the furniture pieces on top of the room and move them about to see how they fit. Since you will be ordering online, make note of the size of chairs and tables you are interested in. Draw those outlines on paper, label and cut them out to see how they fit before you buy. If you do shop an actual brick & mortar store, take a tape measure with you so you know the size of something before you bring it home.

I also agree with Beverly that wildly mixing furniture styles and colors could give you a flea market look. Pick one style for your living room and stick with it.

We actually have the 83" lounge. Sorry, should have been more specific. It is still big in the space but we love it (not to mention spent $$$$ to get it here) so we hope we can make it work. All our existing furniture will be moved into the house this weekend, so we'll have a better idea of things.

Once I pick out furniture, I plan to lay down tape with the measurements in the house before actually purchasing, so I can really visualize the size.

My main concern right now is color. I can't find matching sets of any furniture unless I go all-white or with a boring cheap look. With the gray sofa and that goofy colored table, should I go all dark brown stained furniture? Not sure what search term to use for that. Or all antiqued/distressed gray?

My main goals are to get a kitchen pantry or buffet/hutch ordered, along with a tv console. I want both to have adequate storage. I've been racking my brain and scouring the internet for days..

Considering this console. Seems like it would go well with the table? Measurements seem like exactly what I want in a tv stand and it has great reviews.

The console color seems to work with the dining table. It's sliding barn-door front repeats the colonial/country/primitive design you prefer. If you want everything to match, pick a color and style and stick to it. Your sofa's style is basic enough to work with anything, but you need a style that repeats from the living to the dining. If brown is going to be your color, move the pine table to another room.

I think that's what we've concluded. Thanks for your input. I'm glad I took the time to gather advice and mull things over as opposed to ordering things on whims this time. :-)