My advice is to carefully consider the flow through your home if you decide to move rooms around. Think about not just Kitchen workflow, but flow through the house in general. Also, be careful when moving room(s) to accommodate one thing that you don't make it worse for something else (especially if that something else is done more often). To help you with your decisions, I suggest reading the following FAQs and threads. They will help you review the proposed layouts for functionality. . Kitchen work zones, what are they? http://ths.gardenweb.com/discussions/2767031/kitchen-work-zones-what-are-they Aisle widths, walkways, seating overhangs, work and landing space, and others http://ths.gardenweb.com/discussions/2767035/aisle-widths-walkways-seating-overhangs-work-and-landing-space-an How do I plan for storage? Types of Storage? What to Store Where? http://ths.gardenweb.com/discussions/2767036/how-do-i-plan-for-storage-types-of-storage-what-to-store-where Ice. Water. Stone. Fire (Looking for layout help? Memorize this first) http://ths.gardenweb.com/discussions/2699918/looking-for-layout-help-memorize-this-first . =================== . Now, think about things like... When removing a wall, be sure you're not taking away needed space for storage or a place for tall items like the Refrigerator. Powder Room with Laundry Room - putting them together and then forcing people to go through your Laundry Room to get to the PR - do you want visitors to see your dirty (or even clean) laundry? Do you ever do Laundry at night or in the morning when one of you is asleep - will having the Laundry Room next to your bedroom be a noise issue? A Pantry should be located so it's in the workflow of the Kitchen - so don't place it such that you are forced to run around walls, etc., to get to it. Most people use the Pantry several times throughout meal prep - but unloading groceries only happens occasionally. If you can accomplish both, great, but don't sacrifice Kitchen functionality for occasional tasks. When placing Kitchen work zones, keep in mind that you should strive to protect the Cooking Zone (i.e., range/cooktop) from casual traffic. I.e., put it so that it's not in a through aisle. If possible, ditto for the Prep Zone. Try to keep the Prep Zone and Cooking Zones together and separate the Cleanup Zone from both. If you have only one sink, then be sure it's located so that you don't have your Cleanup Zone b/w the range and the sink (e.g., the DW b/w them) and be sure you have adequate workspace for prepping separate from the Cleanup Zone. Try for a minimum of 42", but preferably more like 48". For the cleanup side of the sole sink, you should have at least 36" for dirty or clean dish landing space. This means that if you have a single sink with Prep Zone on one side and Cleanup Zone on the other side, you should have a space of at least 42" + sink size + 36". So, if you have a 30" sink base, then 42" + 30" + 36" = 108" (9'). Be sure you don't put a cleanup sink on the end of a run right against a wall or at the end of a counter run - you need "elbow" room on both sides and you need landing space on both sides where you don't have to worry about knocking something off the edge onto the floor. Think about dirty dishes - do you want them front and center in your Kitchen? Do you want them in an island where anyone sitting at the island will have dirty dishes in their face? It's better than putting a cooktop or range in an island/peninsula, but if you don't have to put either there, then don't. How much room do you need for your table in the Kitchen/FR (if you even need that table...)? Will a small table be sufficient for your needs or do you need a larger table? Think about the space. Regardless of which you choose, if you have table seating and island seating back-to-back, you need at least 60" between them. If you have seating at an island (or peninsula) behind your cleanup sink, I strongly recommend increasing the seating overhang from the minimum recommended of 15" clear space to 18" to reduce the risk of splashing someone sitting behind the sink. Don't put your DR too far from the Kitchen - you don't want to be running around the house getting food from the Kitchen to the DR. There are more things to consider. The Kitchen Design FAQs and Ice/Water/Stone/Fire thread should cover them - along with an explanation of why. Good luck - and keep us posted!

I think the end table you picked has a nice modern vibe and the price is very reasonable. It has an open and contemporary feel. If you replaced yours with these I think it would really change the look of your room quite a bit. They would also go well with your coffee table. I'm realizing one thing that looks "off" is that the long end of the coffee table is not aligned with the long end of the rug, but rather is perpendicular to it, and that makes the layout not flow as well as it could. I'm probably being dense but if your rug is 9 feet wide and there's another foot or two between the area rug and the TV, would 10 or 11 feet from the TV really be too close? I think until you try moving a few things around you won't know if another arrangement is better or not. I would also suggest putting some bright pillows on the beige sofa instead of the brown ones you have, which blend into everything else, including the shutters. Pillows with turquoise and beige stripes or checks might be nice, and would contrast with the rug and give some relief from the solid colors of the furniture and pillows. If you try googling "living rooms with Oriental carpets" you'll see that many of them have different colors and patterns of accessories, paintings, pillows etc. I've just spotted your wall art, which I probably didn't notice because it's so muted, and there again something brighter and more colorful would give a new look to your living room without having to spend too much money.

How large is your tv? Must it be hung or can it sit on a console? If the mirrors aren't closet doors, could you put the sectional in the corner part under the window, part in front of the mirror? Then put the tv across from the mirror wall, on a floating console (maybe not mid room but perpendicular to the window wall with one end against the wall), maybe in an entertainment center or on a tabletop/console? These are pretty elaborate/expensive examples of what I mean, but I think you could find something on craigslist for very little money and make it work:something like this ^^ is often easy and inexpensive on CL - you could just mount the tv on the other side and have the cubbies face the other direction. You could also think about mounting it on a retractable arm on the wall next to the window (in the mirror room) and just swing it out to watch it, push it against the wall to get it out of the way at other times.

@ital mover @bluemarble @aprilneverends Here is the photo of the painted office. Though it's gray to match the first-floor paint, it looks much more inviting than before. I placed the gray green/ beige rug and brought the green plants in. I hung the NASA posters and left the other walls empty. I have the seascape oils and ladies waiting for their proper space in the house :0) @bluemarble I also just updated the bedroom thread that you asked about ;) TY for following up. Cheers to you all.