Pay attention to the height of the back. Might be confused as to why manufacturers want to put a full size seat, and than create a backrest that will not reach the shoulder blades. People would sit longer on a park bench.. Because you cannot 'sink' into a sofa seat and support your shoulders, neck and head for any length of time at all, unless you want hair products on your newly painted walls? You might avoid memory foam seats. And microfiber fabric takes alot more family use, than leatherette. But it only looks nice if the foam inside of it, holds the shape of a cushion, not a derierre. When you do go shopping, look at the premium priced sofa lines first, THAN go into the larger showroom and sit on what they are trying to sell the public. Often of it sits alot like a pile of goosefeathers, or crumbles of foam from a pillow factory. After you are a bit weary of sitting and rising you realize how you would feel at home if you have to keep up with a young family or children. Take a measuring tape. After you measure the space you have available, you will be able to make sure the new furniture is not too wide, and the chaise too long, or the curvature of seating to far off the chosen wall area. It's so hard to judge the scale of the furniture after you get mesmorized in the showroom, but it is alot of fun to see all the pretty ways they make things look so nice.

I think Crate and Barrel would be a good choice for you, based on the style you have in your ideabooks. They also have sofas that are not clunky.

Before you do any shopping, though, you need to carefully lay out a floor plan and measure. This is critical.

You can do a sectional. Keep in mind, though, most adult visitors want their own seats.

And in the style of gray you shared, all I could think of is no one will sit on the end, but magazines, junk mail, someone's cap, a purse.....LOL Yes, I said last time we bought a couch...no more. Recliners for everyone, with their own armrests and footrests...and than LazBoy sold and is manufactured for more profit, basically.. The most popular seating in a room, is the loveseat recliners with the cupholders! when the family is home. The loveseat recliners go first/2 pair of them, than the club chair(often with 2 kids), than the ends of the 3 cushion couch, and a dining chair with arms will be turned into the group, beFORE anyone sits on the center couch cushion(except someone's in house puppy.....he is there right away!! 2 chance that one of 2 people on the armrest cushion will pet him.) I still like the theory of the 'group sectional' but when you look at resale sights, they are ALWAYS there, with 2 cushions near the ends kaput, and if there was a dual recliner in the center with armrests, those look really awful ie used up.........and the 2 cushions on the right and left center look like no one ever sat there. So, now, depending on the size of the area, pick and choose amongst I think at least 1,- 2 recliner set, 2 chairs with one ottoman, and 2 nice chairs with arm rest, OR a rocker and a chair, is a better option(and, albeit, more expensive).. If you have alot of friends/family with some knee or back problems after a lifetime of wear and work, those firm sitting chairs with or without seat cushions/lumbar pillow, and a firm armrest are what they prefer to sit and rise gracefully out of in a social gathering.

That sectional is too big for your room and mostly unusable real estate. Listen to CDR you need to do a plan before you shop.

IMO devoting that whole big wall to the TV would be a mistake. I would place the TV on the wall below the penisula.

Start centering rugs and furniture on the fireplace and the opening to the room.

That's an interesting idea, Beverly. I am glad you said it. Great idea for that area!! Best of all, whomever is sitting on the couch can communicate with the cook in the kitchen too!

Here is a chart to show you that the TV doesn't need to be mounted too high, and the distance that governs the size of the screen.

It is a long, narrow room with challenges. You certainly can place the tv on the peninsula. However, I'd place the sofa so that foot traffic can walk behind the sofa. Otherwise, foot traffic walks between the tv and the sofa.

If you place the tv on the long wall, that does not mean that you cannot have other furniture on the long wall, such as a bookcase, another chair by the fireplace, etc.

One of the reasons I recommended the tv on the long wall side is that many people like to watch tv while cooking or from the dinner table. This will factor into where you want the tv placed.

I highly recommend you try suggested arrangements with your current furniture to see what you like and what works best for you. Please post photos of the new arrangements.

Thanks.

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