i would make it the kids' toy area/playroom if you have young kids and want to keep their toys out of the family room... obviously set up storage/toy boxes/easel, etc in area that isn't visible from doorways! if you have kids and they're alittle older and the house doesn't have a basement that you'd be going down to, it seems a good size for a pingpong table! we had a basement full of assorted game tables, and pingpong was by far the favorite! but, foozball could work too. either table could fit in the fireplace area and not be seen from the other room when looking straight on... if you don't have kids, i would probably set it up as an excercise area if you don't belong to a gym...

Something about your measurements of the spaces seems off. I can't see a 7.5' length anywhere in your living room. Double check your notations. If your family enjoys table games, the sitting area would make a nice spot for a game table and chairs. Otherwise, make it into a lounge or reading nook one or two chaises. I agree with TV between the windows. Try a sofa and four swivel chairs. Keep the scale smaller and use a 3-seat sofa to seat 7, Then squeeze in a pair of smaller chairs in the corners right and left of the TV that can be pulled out for viewing. The coffee table can have space underneath for a couple of poufs or stools to seat extras.

Oh lucky you! I would LOVE a separate living room. Consider how you want to use the space. Preferably, something other than "a pretty place for people to see when they walk in before they go to the family room." While that's fine if that's what you really want it to be, it has become the reason people are (unfortunately, in my view) eliminating "formal" living rooms in new homes. It's SO nice to have an away room, which this could be for you. So, conversation? Reading? Any musicians in your family? How about board games? In my house this would be the reading/conversation/music room, so I would furnish it with 4 comfy chairs in a circle with a center table, maybe a bookshelf or two and a piano. What you do with it depends on the space you have.

The countertop is not deep enough to accommodate stools. Addressing both the dogs and the windows (fading), an outdoor corner sectional would work. Not having measurements of the coffee nook, I would not take up space with that console. I would replace with a folding table for dining guests. This would accommodate. a few, with one side up, or more with two sides up. When not in use, your coffee maker can go there. Add folding chairs into the mix.