It's a long walk to a lot of the house, we realize. Heck, we both have 10 pounds to lose. :) The secondary stairs by the kids' bedrooms upstairs leads right to the kitchen so I have a feeling that's where we will go down. Which means walking through the mezzanine more. Still undecided about the roof. We went to look at some models today that had similar great room concepts. They had flat ceilings with some nice coffered details instead of the gable roof line we plan on doing in that room. So now we are thinking that may be a another option.

The fireplace will be natural brown/red brick. The main concern I have is about the focal point. This family room has two main views. From the kitchen you will be looking at wall with fireplace. When you come from the main entrance, you see the windows. What do you think about painting both walls the same trim color Alabaster (white)? The other two walls will be medium Gray (Pewter Tankard)? The other option is to paint the shiplap on fireplace wall, baseboards and window trim Alabaster and paint the window wall and other walls Pewter Tankard.

It looks like the best thing is to start with a new 3 seat sofa. Since you have the TV above the mantle, we assume you want your seating positioned that way. Then you will want two chairs to go on the wall directly across from the slider. You also may like a rug? Below you can get a lot of great ideas from designs of ours. Note the furniture, rugs, end tables, pillows, lamps, artwork, window treatments, coffee tables, and various other decor accessories.

Thank you so much for these suggestions. It is an old house with hot water heat, so we can move the radiator a bit in that wall (there is a shallow closet behind this wall with piping) but given the location of a header it will not be perfectly centered which I think may look odd since it will be off center to the TV we will hang there. There is less flexibility to move elsewhere in the room because all other walls are external to the house and there is slab under this portion of the house. 1625 DB - your picture didn’t come through but I’d love to see the cover if you can post again! I found this example online of a low custom cabinet that disguised it well that may work in the space if we decide not to recess.