well if you could add sofa or 2 would be better than the sectional. but as it stands now, i would have the sectional face the fireplace. place the tv next to the fireplace. have the 2 recliners on right wall. now what to go with? you want black and white? or?

Have you considered a back to back sofa arrangement? Float your two sofas back to back in the center of the room so each has a similar sized area in front of it. Give each of them a coffee table. Maybe that small clover leaf table can serve as one. They usually arrive 1" above or below the sofa seat. Try the demi-lune one in your foyer. Put your hi-boy desk in the center of the back wall and hang a knock out piece of art above it. Flank it with a pair of chairs, each with its own table and a new lamp. Your floor lamp is a bit small and the table lamp too tall. Move your bar stools to a bar area, perhaps in the kitchen. Add one more chair to the foyer end of the space. Here are some helpful charts for the details.

Thanks partim! There is totally enough space if I downsize to a love seat (and probably less chunky chairs) and completely do away with any entry prep space. That's similar to how the original owners had it so it might actually be one of the only other ways to go versus what I have now. My main hesitation with that is that it always felt so cramped squishing everything into that box in front of the fireplace, but I might not be imagining it as others would.

If you think there is any chance that there is real wood paneling or sheet rock beneath this paneling and want to find out, you might be able to see by gently prying off a short piece of baseboard such as that short piece between closet and heat/ac vent left of the tv. Even if there is sheet rock beneath the paneling, repairing the holes would not be worth trying to reuse it. At least first try painting the paneling. Since there are white leather furnishings, consider painting the room a light brown -- a tan but without the pink or yellow hue, and paint the heat/ac vents, too, along with the interior of the closet. Mixing shades of whites can often make one or more shades of it seem aged and even dirty looking by comparison and that also applies to some white-ish pale gray colors. You could add a table height shelf the full width and depth of the closet and then less deep shelves for displaying family treasures. A wheeled cart or cabinet could be rolled beneath the new "desktop" for storing yet making readily available any pet or baby items needed to be kept within reach of their owner. Paint all that the same color as the walls so that it mostly visually disappears while being a more practical space. If that tv works and the picture is really good and the size doesn't bother your parents, then parents shouldn't throw money away at another one yet unless they find a really good sale. My first flat screen cost well over three times what I would pay for a good brand name tv the same size now -- and that's with tariffs in place. There are also more options now. In a few years and absent tariffs, an even better deal might be available.