Is this the only dinning area? Or are you just putting a table in the living room? This looks like living room. If you absolutely have to have a dinning space in here also, don‘t put it under the fan. Try it closer to the cut out wall and move the chair to the side with the sofa. Creating two sides to the room. But I really just don’t get the whole space And how Your trying to use it.

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Right? It’s awful. The piano has to stay bc of kids lessons. Plus it’s horrible heavy.

This is a very long room. This is also a popular “design” in our neighborhood. People use this as dining room (way too big for a dining room) and a living room split.

We don’t have to have another dining space. We have an eat-in kitchen.

And honestly I’m it is where some of our leftover furniture has gone to die. The pink chair I will likely get reupholstered (it’s a very high quality wood-frame chair) and the sideboard is a beautiful antique piece

Do what Idecor54 said.

I have had rooms like that all my life. You need to define two separate spaces, one for dining, one for entertaining. I wonder if you can push the table (and may be the sideboard) on one side of the room, and make the other half a living room, with the piano, the sofa, and the pink chair. And yes, hardwood would be nicer, and those cutouts are weird.

Lets say I can start with a clean slate - minus the piano (sorry husband got a hernia when we moved it last time in old house)
What would you do with the room?

At the very least I would move dining table to be parallel against cutouts--ditch the rug, and add leaf/leaves to table to be bigger if possible.

Wingchair could be brought closer to sofa on right side, angled, with a table or something next to it for drinks, w/the rug from under table used in front of sofa to create an arrangement.

I would have some part of the wing chair on the rug,

A cocktail table or ottoman would help too in front of sofa.

And even though least of problems, the blinds are broken in window so they need to be replaced. What type of window treatment?

Is that door to the right of the sofa the front door? And where is the kitchen?

I agree with moving the table so it's parallel and closer to the cutout wall. Then I'd try centering the piano between the window and the corner, turn the sofa to face the piano so the door opens behind it, and put the chair facing the window to create a kind of a music "room." This would also help to create an entry.

Yep front door is next to sofa. The kitchen is “caddy-corner” from this space

We moved to SoCal from New England 25ish years ago...and back to NE five years later! So I feel your pain...we kept our traditional furniture. We were lucky enough not to have the arched windows, ours were square, so we did Silhouettes for light control...it’s so weird to live in a place where light can be an enemy. If you don’t need light/heat control, I would ditch the stationary blind and do a curtain rod that runs across the break between upper and lower windows. If you do need light and heat control, I would bite the bullet and do plantation shutters...which will also add a bit of wood trim to the situation, which will make things feel more finished. Those wall openings were a thing back in the day...it would have been an expensive upgrade. If money were no object, I would close them up. If you are going to dining/music room, I would get a bigger table and a chandelier....with a small sitting area to listen...or, I would do a music room/library/lounge. Enjoy not shoveling...

Agree that having the table parallel to the cut out wall would look much better. I have a friend with this layout and that's what he did. Then his couch was against the wall where the piano is, with a coffee table in front.

Is there any practical reason for those cut outs in the wall! I would close them up and put the piano on that inside wall as it should be. Split the room in half. One half dining; one half sitting/ living room.

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For now, closing those hideous windows isn't an option. This is definitely not our forever home so we're doing things the next few years that will increase value - honestly the housing market in the Phoenix area was very intense when we had to find a home in 3 days and we're lucky to have found this home in a beautiful neighborhood in a great school district. Win-win for a family. Not so much when you are used to a traditional home and your last home was a dream to decorate.

I think we're going to start by moving the couch and try moving the piano. Definitely move the dining set (and either add a leaf or just get rid of it alltogether). Get a new chair to create a conversation area - combo seating area + music area. What's not shown in the picture is across from piano is a beautiful sideboard that I inherited from my grandmother. It's in gorgeous shape but I'll likely move that into a new space as well. I need it for storage of my china.

I for one would like an actual drawing of the floor plan to scale with doorsways and windows and cut outs clearly marked I am getting no feel for the space form the pictures. BTW a piano should never be against an outside wall.And I am not getting much feedback from you about waht you want this space to be.

I live in New Mexico, and the fans are a necessity with vaulted ceilings. That said, the light serves no function, and the dining table should be set up parallel to those cutouts If you need light over the table, hire an electrician to put in a box in the ceiling and get a chandelier.

As for the piano, there are kits you can buy called "moving men," which are plastic pads with a cushion on top. There is also a "lifter" which lefts the piece slightly so you can get the pads under the corners of the furniture. You won't believe how easy it is to move heavy objects with these things! Just push it where you want it, then reverse the process to set it down. You can also use a pry bar to lift with, just make sure it is a flat one and not the hexagonal crowbar. You don't hve to lift it very high, as the pads are less than a half-inch thick.

They are also great for moving heavy couches, too.

In addition to chijim's suggestions, I would place the rug under the sofa to designate it as a sitting room.