Have you checked out West Elm in the city? I am a big fan of divans and they sell a lot of them. They are modern and are sold in sections so you can configure them in the way you like. West Elm stores are located all over the NYC metro area. Check out the site--they have great sale that's going on right now so you may be able to get a good deal on a sofa. Good luck! Here is a link that might be useful: West Elm

Long console on the TV wall and TV siting on console. Lose the shutter as they are taking up real estate and breaking up the room; replace with cell shades or blinds, add stationary curtain panels. Center the sofa on the long wall and center the art work about 5 inches bottom of art from top of sofa back. Place your two chairs on either side of sofa on an angle so you can see tv from all seating areas. Buy two small cubes to act as ottoman/cocktail table area for extra seating and stuff. Add matching end tables and matching big lamps on each end of sofa and large piece of art over sofa; think Pier !, TJMaxx, etc. Post pictures. paint the room all one color for unity and to make it appear bigger. Here are some ideas of smaller compact sofas. And they seem to have room to add your two small chairs for extra seating.

I moved some things around and I think I like it better. I know the rug is too small and it shouldn't be "floating" but I don't want a new one until we get the other changes done. I moved the dresser into the dining room and hung (probably too high but couldn't convince 6'3" hubby to lower it and he had a point about being out of reach of the tornado. haha) the sign and pictures that had been on the mantle in the dining room. We also took off the ridiculous trim board they had up because we will be replacing the slider soon. So many things in this house like that silliness. I organized most of the books and moved the bookshelf. And grabbed a few canvases (I know they are small but can't remember where we left my big one) I did the flower, my dad painted the one on the right in Vietnam in '68. We need to fix the coffee table my dad built that's in the garage, I'll put it in front of the sofa, it's a little under 6'long, so it might be technically too big but, again, it's what I have. How'd I do?

My husband and I just moved into a new home, and are trying to design our living room. The current furniture in the photos is from our apartment, and we plan to move it upstairs to the game room. Our challenge: finding furniture that fits the space that we can relax on, but is not as casual as the current deep sofa (lounge ii from Crate & Barrel w/ double chaise). My husband and I both lounge when we watch TV and relax at night and we plan to use this room as our primary TV room. The Lounge ii is heavenly, but is not good for conversation or for having people over to socialize. We want to have enough space to lounge but also seat 4-6 people comfortably if we have guests over. Room dimensions: The distance from blue back wall to end of the current sectional is 134 inches. It looks like we could potentially push it back to 140 inches and still have enough walkway between the end of the sofa and the bar stools The distance from the window wall to the start of the hall way is: 168 inches Right now sofa has 17 inches of space between the window and the start of the sofa. The end of the sofa sits 140 inches away from the window wall. Questions: What type of TV stand/media center and what color will look best in this space? I really like the big media centers that are about 88 inches tall and take up most of the wall width, but I am concerned that having a big media center may make the room look smaller, but also think that the current style TV stand looks awkwardly small in the room. What seating arrangement would work best for the space that will allow us to lounge on it, but will also be good for having guests over? We were leaning towards an L shaped sectional like the Pearce Roll Arm 3-piece L-Shaped Wedge Sectional from Pottery Barn, but once I measured it out I am worried it will make the space looked cramped (121 inch x 121 inc). We are planning to go with a white or an off white sofa but I am open to suggestions. What style/size coffee table will look best in this space? The current coffee table we have feels too large.