How close to the dining room is the love seat, can it be moved further back to open up the room more? Also I think that the drapes seem to make the couch look bigger. Could you take off the tiebacks and extend the drapes beyond the outer edge so they look wider and let them hang straight down? That would help with finding a little more balance. I think, when you remove the entertainment center, that the room will look more cohesive. Try to find a tv. table that is narrow so as to keep the space open. I'd remove the rug, it's too small for the space and, if you were ever to replace it, how about a lighter shade and trade out the pillows to match the lightest part of the rug. I can understand how you'd want to keep your couches. After all, we have to live comfortably. Is your dining room table a rectangle? If so, could it be moved in the other direction so you could have a more spacious feeling? Just some suggestions, I'm sure you'll get lots more.

The stove is gas and we've never used it. I would love to tear out all the brickwork but the original chimney is walled off behind it so it would be a huge, expensive project if it's even structurally feasible. This house has a lot of projects and the main level is my priority so the wet bar will have to wait even though it would be great to have that done. Maybe I can find a slide to attach to the wet bar...they climb on it anyway...and then put the climber on the back deck if it will fit. My boys play outside a ton when we have snow, but 2/3 of the winter we have no snow and apparently it's not so much fun to play outside when it's cold, windy, and dry. We did have the room open for a playroom when we first moved in but then DH insisted on getting that sectional. I would have preferred just a couch and more open space. Maybe if I split the sectional up I can make the room more open again.

Not a pro. Generally, I wouldn't use poufs in a TV room, which is how you're planning on using this room. Those are better in conversation spaces, IMO. No one wants to sit on a pouf and watch TV. Also your french doors open the other way, so you could encroach on that space with furniture a bit. Maybe even keep the door away from the TV locked closed. You're too far from the TV in all of these. If you have 1080p, recommended distance for a 70" TV is 9'. Everything else is closer. If you have 4K it's even closer than that (we have 4k 85" TV and we sit about 8 feet from ours). Of course you can sit farther away, but it just starts to feel like watching TV from across the room. I would reconsider a coffee table (sorry I know you said you want to keep it) and instead use the C shaped tables that can move/slide under a sofa for drinks etc. For additional TV seating you could do a sofa table bar with stools. Then you might have space in the back of the room to use as a small game area.

How many people watch tv in this room? I would put the TV where the chair is first. Then I would take one of the couches out and put two swivel chairs in its place. A table with lamp on it could be between the two chairs. Or put a couch facing the TV with two chairs in front of the window. A floor lamp at the end of your couch would be useful. With TV on the longer wall, you could get a longer TV console and put a tall plant on the side next to the door, If you use a recliner couch, you really can't use a coffee table or ottoman and since your room is smallish, I would use only end tables and keep the center of the room open since it has two entryways. The chair you have could be where the TV was in the picture....a good place for the floor lamp beside it. If you wanted to watch TV comfortably from the couch and two swivel chairs, you could get a corner console and put your TV there. Lots of possibilities,