These are my questions: 1. Sofa and chairs: I love the modern look, but what the designer suggested does not look comfortable at all. This is the sofa that I really liked at room&board but it does cost twice as much as I would like to spend on a sofa: 2. Area rug - I was thinking 8' by 10' and something in beige. I have no idea if I should first get the rug or first get the sofa and then chose the rug...Also, besides overstock where else I could get a rug that I wont have to worry about trashing (I have two small children). 3. Wall art - I love the idea of one big piece of art but how would it be centered? on the sofa or on the wall (the sofa wont be centered on the wall)? Also, both my husband and I are NOT art people and we just don't know if we should get something abstract or no? Needless to say we don't want to spend too much on art and I have been looking on overstock.com, but there is just too much our there... or what else?? 4. Should I consider moving the sofa at 90 degrees facing the kitchen?

odd i do this regularly and this is the first time i saw your post?! what do you do in this room? have you got good views? how many usually use it? is tv a big thing here? i do not see it.

My male cat urinated on the couch because he had a UTI. My female started using the couch as her litterbox because the smell of urine was on there from my other cat. I've tried several productproducts with no luck. As for my dogs, they just pee wherever. We put them out 5+ times a day and will still go in the house if I am not vigilant (I crate them if I am not going to be able to watch them). Its very frustrating. We keep losing money because they just destroy everything. Eventually I would like to get a trainer for the dogs because I know they can hold their bladder for a decent amount of time.

I would switch the couch and loveseat and maybe pull the chair forward just a bit to make the seating area more “conversation-friendly.” The pictures on the long wall and tv wall seem to be accentuating the off-balance effect. I would suggest you take down the pictures, switch the couch and loveseat and see if the seating configuration feels comfortable. I see that you love symmetry (and I do, too) but your space does not work with symmetry. (You might want to consider an oval table between the chair and couch to move the two pieces a little closer together.). I believe you need a large painting centered over the couch (approx 75% as wide as the couch, hung with the bottom approx 5” above the back of the couch). Decide visually where the TV works the best and do not put the small pictures back above it. Move the speakers the same distance from your TV stand (either right against each end or 5” from each end, etc.). I am NOT an expert; but it might be, if the TV functions toward the right end of that wall, you could hang the two pictures one over the other to the left of the TV. Make sure the rug is centered on the fireplace.