We really can’t understand your question. “Would it be ok in front of the shelf?” What shelf? And we can’t see any entry door so we don’t know where it is or if a couch in front of it is a bad idea.

The way the room is arranged now, IMO the sectional is way too close to the fireplace/tv. How do you watch tv now? Lying down?

What are the dimensions of the room? Typically you need a very large room for a sectional to function well. Is that a pathway that needs to remain open behind the couch? We can’t tell.

Here’s another pic where the boy is sitting. Next to him is a built in shelf/cabinet. i wanted a small section where it would back up to the shelf but not against it so that you can walk behind it. Or I was going to put it with the back of the sofa facing door way entry, where the end table is now. I wanted a sectional to allow the entire family on it to include the dog. The path behind the sofa now is our kitchen island.

thank you for your response!

If you were to move the long part of the sectional toward the entry and have the shorter part along the wall with the shelves, you’d have more room between the shelves and the sectional. I think I’d then move the tv to the wall to the left of the fireplace, maybe on an articulating arm.

I was saying to move the tv to the other side of the fireplace, move the long part of the sectional to the end of the carpet and have the short side of the sectional in front of the bookcase. I believe you’d have more room between the bookcase and the sofa than you do now. Of course you would need dimensions of the sectional to make sure. In other words, flip everything that you have in blue.

I actually like that idea....that way as you enter the house you wouldn’t see the back of the sectional. In fact it invites you into the seating space. It wouldn’t look too weird with the short part of the sectional infront of the bookcase? I was afraid it would look “crowded” with that bookcase behind it.

It would only look crowded if your sectional was bulky and oversized. Like I said, you need to have the measurements of the sectional you’re interested in and then mark the floor off with painters tape.