Lafer might be a good alternative to the AL chair. Alternatively companys like Thayer Coggin and Sam Moore have some more discrete recliners.

you know....I like to think of myself as very computer literate..;but for some reason when it comes to posting pictures on this forum..I can never get it right!!! Why isn't there just a simple upload link?? anyway, I'm not sure how to make those pictures any bigger. They are in shutterfly. I will try a link instead.

Are you sure you want that design? It leaves all the 'corner window' rooms for the bedrooms and less light in the main living areas. I'd also want more space in the dining area...and can you show the access from the kitchen to the living room? If you put bathrooms and closets between the master and other bedrooms, you can have them all on one side and allow your kitchen and dining room to have more light and views. Maybe (front to back, on left side) garage, mudroom, kitchen, dining, with foyer and living room in the middle and bedrooms on the right side? It's nice to have kitchen on the east and bedrooms on the west, so I'd take that into consideration, too. Many plans have this layout and they might give you some good ideas. As for room sizes, if you're going to have fewer rooms, I would want them a little larger than average. And be sure you include more storage than you think you will ever need. You'll probably fill it up and wish you had more, even if you carefully pare things down on a regular basis. Hope this helps :)

In the NW corner? Why? Hvac systems should be installed in the center of the home. In an ideal world you'd have a good hvac contractor fix this. For a diy hack, you may not really need a heater (which would be pricey to run). Booster fans have their detractors, but I've had good luck using them in overlong heating ducts. They can boost duct airflow in both heating and cooling mode. The external booster fans that bolt or clip onto the register opening are cheap and easy to install. However, I have yet to see one that I'd call a piece of high quality equipment. They are usually noisy. This one (link below) is similar to the type I've used. Unlike most booster fans, it only requires cutting into the bottom of the duct, not cutting a section out, so it's relatively easy to install. It also fits rectangular ducts; the axial fan types only work with round ducts. This one is a squirrel cage type, so it does better than an axial fan at creating positive air pressure. http://www.amazon.com/Tjernlund-DB-2-Booster-Increases-Heating/dp/B000LDEUGQ It does need to be wired in, which might require a licensed electrician. You can get a thermostat that's supposed to turn it on when duct temperatures increase, but I don't see why you would. I just wired mine to the furnace's fan control. It does add some noise. I used closed-call foam tape on the mounting shoe to isolate it somewhat. You could probably get more sophisticated with the isolation. If you really do need supplemental heat for that room, not just more airflow, there are many options. The cheap one is a small baseboard heater with wall thermostat. This will not help with weak aircon in the summer, however. More expensive but cheaper to run is a through-wall vented gas fired space heater. I do not recommend unvented gas heaters. At the top end of the price range, a small mini-split heat pump will also give you supplemental cooling in the summer. This is not a diy solution, however.