Nothing in picture is staying. All items are from other house and are just there until I decide what to do with room, what can be reused and what really must go. Ceiling in room is near 25feet. Lighting other than lamps will come later. Large art is a must. DH says that will come after the furniture. We have been getting ideas as there are also walls in the entry and stairway that need large art. I kinda like the idea of the curved sofa. Not sure if it facing the big wall will work. It may make room look too skinny. We actually did consider flipping the room at one point but decided to keep it the way it is. The room seems long and skinny but the width is actually decent. I think the real problem is that the windows in corner of the front of the room. It makes one want to either be in the area by the windows or be in the area where sofa is. We tried to overlap the sofa on the window and it looked like we were overlapping into that space. I agree that those sitting on sofa in the current layout feel on display as it is first thing you see when coming down the stairs or coming in the house. At one time I thought maybe doing a loveseat a few feet from arch with a sofa table behind it. DH was not too sure about that. I think he felt it chopped up the flow of the two rooms and when sitting on loveseat your back would be to the diningroom and anyone coming from there and the kitchen beyond. I am really into Feng Shui. Flow is important to me. I am just not sure how to achieve it in this room. Here are other views of room from a while ago- note other paint colors. View across room, looking towards entry from the sofa wall.

I do not have any furniture for this room, currently I have two dining room chairs in there so it's not just an empty room- so anything you can imagine in a living room is fair game. I am neutral about having a television in this room. I can always mount one above the fireplace if needed or use a tablet. I plan to use this room as a gathering place for a few friends/family to sit and talk sit. I would also use room to read or relax in my free time. My home was built in the early 1900's the house is pretty traditional. I have very high ceilings (12 ft) and very tall windows (6ft.) Windows are just normal double hung windows. My fireplace is dark Mahogany wood (very similar fireplace photo attached) Stairs are also traditional/colonial- dark hardwood floor on stair treads and white risers. (Very similar Staircase photo attached below- I do not have wainscoting though)

Something like this.... Furniture focused on the fireplace not on the walls. Float sofa and chairs. There are several ways to place the furniture without having it against the walls.

Contemporary--tilting toward traditional. All over color:BM revere pewter, all over trim and ceiling BM White Dove,fireplace accent wall BM Kendall charcoal, floor is medium wood (stain not final)This is inspiration room for my fireplace it will be painted (not wood) striated Naxos white marble. I love the furniture but not sure about all chairs and no couch being right across from dining room. Also,mezzanine over left side of room will have black metal railing similar to picture below.