Anyone? :(

Is it possible to show more pictures of the room? Also, are you planning to put a television in this room? My initial thought would be to put the couch facing the fireplace.

Yes we did plan to have a TV. Likely above the fireplace as ours won't fit in the built in cabinet to the side. We are a family of 5 so we need enough seating for all of us to be able to sit in the living room together comfortably to watch a movie or hang out.

This is the only other picture I have of the living room:

With this picture it is hard to get a feel for the dimensions and layout of the room from here. I assume you've been in the house. Could the tv fit on the wall to the right of the fireplace? Or on the wall behind the couch? If so, is there room to float a couch facing the television or the fireplace? I would hesitate to put the tv over the fireplace - but that's my preference; obviously other's have different opinions.

And now, I see that the options I offered isn't possible. You could consider closing up the built in, drywalling it and putting the tv there. Otherwise, yes, your only option is probably about the fireplace. Is there enough room to have the couch facing the fireplace?

There would be enough room to put a sofa directly facing the fireplace, but it would still be off center and one sofa isn't enough space for my husband and I and our 3 kids. I don't know where I would put other chairs etc if I did it that way?

Does anyone think it's an option to cover that built in with drywall and then just... move the fireplace more to the center? Or would that be crazy expensive?

I'm not a pro - but I would think it would be expensive to move the fireplace - particularly if it's wood burning. You might have enough room to have chairs near the windows or where the chairs are now. I guess the big question is just how much do you love this house? We bought this house with a crazy small living room, but liked almost everything else about it. We have the option of enlarging the room; it's just a matter of saving our pennies to do so. Would I have bought this house if we had young children? No. It would not have worked for us; but as empty-nesters it's doable.

Not a Pro.

Sofa or love seat facing fireplace and sofa or love seat on window wall. Two chairs where they are now. Area rug to anchor room. Tv either over fireplace or as someone already has said drywall over the closet or entertainment center. Measure, measure

If you absolutely love everything else about the house and neighborhood and have a decent reno budget to make alterations to the living room, I say go for it. If those two criteria are not met, I would pass. Personally, the off-center fireplace would drive me nuts.

i'd pass. unlike kitchen cabinets that are the wrong color, or a 'dated' bathroom, this layout actually cannot be fixed, even with money.

I do love everything else about the house except for this and the exterior brick color, but we don't have a huge reno budget :(

If you want two sofas, your likely to have better results with placing the sofas on opposite sides of a large rug and at right angle to the fireplace away from any wall and without considering any other factors for placement or centering.

"Personally, the off-center fireplace would drive me nuts." Agree w/ melinda1977. Would likely bother me some, too, but more because it is only a part of a problem with furniture placement.

Personally, that angled interior kitchen/living room wall would be even more likely to drive me nuts.

And heat rises so expect a two-story ceiling to adversely impact your heat/ac costs.

What is the cabinet to the left of the fireplace? This is a little weird....maybe skip it.

@annied75 Do you mean arrange the furniture in an L right angle? Or which way described above? I've had several suggestions so not sure which you are talking about!

The cabinet to the left is a built in meant for a TV.

I’d reconfigure the built-in and make it work.

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Looks like a gas inset fireplace and not woodburning, which can be moved easily. It's worth it to bring some kind or symmetry into a room like this. In the meantime, place the sofa across from the fireplace, centered in the room (not to the side lined up with the fireplace) and add two additional lounge chairs in front of the window. There's always a way to arrange the furniture to your liking. Looks like a beautiful home.

What am I missing? Put the TV in the built-in that you say is designed for it. Float the furniture so it's oriented to the TV and fireplace wall as decoenthusiast or nj momma suggest. (Sofa facing TV and two swivel armchairs.) No, you're not going to have the symmetry you want, but it will be functional and you'll get used to it. Question: It's a rather grand living room. Isn't there a family room for TV watching or is this it?

This is a house the OP is only considering buying, so the furniture is not her own.

i Like the sectional facing the fireplace. Then purchasing a smaller tv for the hutch or removing doors and trim from hutch to give you more room for a larger tv. If your tv is already one of the new thin TVs, it would set inside the recessed area where the hutch once was.

Thank you all for your suggestions! I am feeling a little more hopeful that I could make it work. @Jasmine T, do you know the brands of those two sectional sofas you posted? I like the way they look!