I understand what people are saying about not putting all furniture against the walls. But try telling my husband that. He thinks moving it away from the wall is wasting space and wonders you do with the space behind the sofas! I have the same hesitations myself. We actually have a beautiful cherry writing desk that we could us in the space of the entertainment center. My husband thought we would move it to the basement room. but honestly if we do that I dont know where all the toys are going to go! Plus I think it would be nice to leave it upstairs and have it in the family room instead. I also really like the idea of putting the LCD TV on the 1/2 wall and building some storage there. Does anyone have any pictures I can look at for ideas? My husband likes to do woodworking so I am envisioning some nice maple or cherry shelving and having the TV sitting on top or mounted over it. The room is 11'8" wide from the wall with the windows to the stairs dropping down into the room. I'm not quite sure that is wide enough to position 2 couches facing each other with the fireplace on one end and future TV on the other. I NEED more than 1 couch. As it is now 3 of us pile on it and the loveseat NEVER gets used. I think loveseats are a bit pointless. Usually only 1 person sits on it at a time. Also, I dont know about having to turn my head to look at the TV. Seems like it would get uncomfortable. Now I am thinking what may be feasible is to get the sectional, but pull the short side out from the 1/2 wall. Then I could potentially put our writing desk there (if we pull out the couch enough). Put the TV in the corner like we originally planned, and then have room for a chair and maybe automan to the right of the TV. Thanks everyone for all of the feedback (keep it coming). Its really making me look at things a bit differently. IF I went ahead with a sectional but pulled it out from the wall, what do you do with the space behind the couches? It seems like a waste.

I think I need two of them.

Marie13100, I mentioned in the beginning we are in the process of remodeling our kitchen and we needed to move the dining table into our living room temporarily and cover everything from the dust. Lynn G, you’re right. Having to look at the wall would be a bit depressing. The most recent floor plan I posted that had the sectional along the window and long wall would be perfect because we can view directly outside the patio door which is in the dining room.

Are you okay to put the TV above your fireplace? If concerned about having all the wires dangling down, you can have an electronic "eye" installed at the bottom corner of the TV that to operate your TV components using your existing remotes...i.e., cable box, speaker/sound system, DVD player, etc. They're fairly reasonable and easy to install. Then move your TV cabinet next to the fireplace and add some decorative items (vases, candles, books) on top where the TV currently lives. All the wires would get fed through the wall and into the back of the small cabinet to the components. My husband installed the "eye" on our TV that is above the fireplace. All the wires are fed through the wall to the built-in next to the fireplace. They are completely hidden away. A clean look, no wires hanging down, components hidden away. Next, by moving the TV above the fireplace will free up the space in front of the window. Maybe relocate the loveseat (for now until you get something else) in front of the windows. This will improve traffic flow and help both spaces more open. We have a similar situation between our kitchen and family room area. I've found that keeping that area open makes feels and the foot traffic flow better. We have 2 dogs, 2 adults, 2 kids...lots of feet :)