You have a lovely space to work with. Don't do a window valance in the kitchen, it's a dated look. I also wouldn't move the couch to the middle of the room with the back to the kitchen, that will chop your room in half. I think your living room rug is a tad too big. I would move it to in front of the door and let that rug delineate the foyer area. If your existing rug is too big, replace with one that will fit the foyer space. If you are worried about a nice rug in front of an exterior door, add a washable rug on top of the bigger area rug. Other than moving or adding a rug, I wouldn't change a thing. It's a nice room. Well, maybe add a little artwork.

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You do have a pleasant looking and inviting space -- I especially like that you have sought to light all four corners of your living/seating space.

If the front door and the interior door to the back of the house are opposite each other, a runner rug between the two could define the entry area separate from the living area if that is your primary objective.

With the sofa left where it is, you could choose two favorite tables and lamps for each side of it and place and art over each table/lamp. If, however, you intend to add curtains or drapes, they'll affect desirable placement of any art on that wall. Having the sofa where it is makes adding art to the wall above it require a degree of symmetry/balance.

Choosing art for the room would definitely be easier with the back of the sofa against the windowless interior wall -- above that sofa would be the only place that truly needs art if you add drapes to the single end window or what you add can be chosen with not want it to be the center of attention in mind. Having the back of the sofa against that interior wall facing th windows could enable you to put your tv in the corner between the larger window grouping and the single window -- no art necessarily needed above that.

Either with the seating left as is (or altered, with the sofa facing the larger front window), you might consider adding a pair of matching pieces placed opposite each other with and end of one against the exterior wall and an end of the other against the interior wall. These two pieces could act as a faux "pony wall" to define your separate spaces. Adding them could have the added bonus of not only serving as matching as countertops for (matching) lamps (if you want to remove your to least favorite tables/lamps) but would enable you to add storage -- and everyone could use more storage. With glass front doors, these matching pieces could serve as curio cabinets or china cabinets; with solid doors, they could serve as additional storage for any items from the kitchen or for dining or even for the living room/media related items.

Though it definitely would visually shrink the size of your living room, one option might be:

If you face the sofa the opposite direction, with its back to the kitchen, the back of it could serve as a room divider between entry and living room. You could put a narrow table with lamp against either the interior or exterior wall and the end of your sofa against that, leaving a space between the sofa and the other wall as the point of entry to your living room. Not, however, my first choice.

If you move the sofa facing the larger exterior window wall, a single longer "pony wall" storage unit could suffice instead of a pair of them..

https://www.pinterest.com/pin/224757837625601991/

My parents once rented a home that had a pair of such cabinets between kitchen and breakfast area with the glass facing the traffic path between the two. They appeared to have been made from stock upscale overhead cabinets with glass doors and a wide oak "thresh hold" board used atop it as the countertop and a toe/kick base added.

Hi, please share dimensions of the space so that i can create mock up for better visualization.

Hi Styldod! Thanks for being willing to help... yes, a mock up would be great. Here are a couple screen shots that show dimensions.

Hi Decoen, Kinda like this?

Do you have a dining room? My thought is that you could fit a dining table in there and move the "living/conversation room to a smaller area.

Yes, that's the idea for the living area. Have you tried it yet? Best thing is to try it out and see how it lives for you. Then you can tweak what doesn't work. Looks very comfy and intimate like that.

You have very nice pieces. I would try to arrange them so you have a small divider between the door and the living area as you come in, without having to place the sofa back to the door. Try placing the longest of your tables perpendicular to the door, with your sofa on the wall facing the door, one chair across from the sofa by the entry table and one chair near the corner by the window. That way you have an entry table, and are looking at your sofa when you first come in.

@Kaitlin Thanks for your idea! No, I don't have a dining room... I intend to put three counter-height stools at the butcher block for "dining".

I would leave the furniture as it is and move the shelving units (either one or both, can't tell exactly how wide they are) to the left of the door, perpendicular to the wall to create a bit of a room divider. I would not want to have that nice open space and have a sofa facing the opposite wall instead of facing the kitchen and open area.

@Olychick Now that's an interesting idea! I hadn't thought of that. I have just one shelf unit: 58" W x 17" D x 72" H. I think the shelf unit would work nicely to the right of the door, only I'd need to change the front door swing. I do find myself enjoying the view of my brand new kitchen from the existing location of the couch ;-] Thank you!

Without changing the door swing, you could just get some of those hinges that prevent the door from opening too wide, or these that you add to your current hinges. There are lots of styles to choose from:

Door restrictor