Nothing in picture is staying. All items are from other house and are just there until I decide what to do with room, what can be reused and what really must go. Ceiling in room is near 25feet. Lighting other than lamps will come later. Large art is a must. DH says that will come after the furniture. We have been getting ideas as there are also walls in the entry and stairway that need large art. I kinda like the idea of the curved sofa. Not sure if it facing the big wall will work. It may make room look too skinny. We actually did consider flipping the room at one point but decided to keep it the way it is. The room seems long and skinny but the width is actually decent. I think the real problem is that the windows in corner of the front of the room. It makes one want to either be in the area by the windows or be in the area where sofa is. We tried to overlap the sofa on the window and it looked like we were overlapping into that space. I agree that those sitting on sofa in the current layout feel on display as it is first thing you see when coming down the stairs or coming in the house. At one time I thought maybe doing a loveseat a few feet from arch with a sofa table behind it. DH was not too sure about that. I think he felt it chopped up the flow of the two rooms and when sitting on loveseat your back would be to the diningroom and anyone coming from there and the kitchen beyond. I am really into Feng Shui. Flow is important to me. I am just not sure how to achieve it in this room. Here are other views of room from a while ago- note other paint colors. View across room, looking towards entry from the sofa wall.

Eleven feet is plenty, so I would keep the sofa forward of the traffic path. I was thinking if your tv was above your fireplace, you would need 6-8 feet between it and your sofa (depending on the size of your tv) and wanted to make sure it wouldn't impede traffic to the garage. I like your mock-up and your enthusiasm! Maybe you have more space than I thought. Is it possible for you to post a picture with your sofa in front of the fireplace and your chair (or two - any chair would do for the second one) by the fireplace? Really, if you like the arrangement for tv viewing and feel there is adequate room to move around, it's a win. One thing to mention, some people don't like sectionals because they feel they are limiting in terms of rearrangement. We have one in our family room, but it works for our purposes. It's really a personal preference thing, and I wouldn't want to talk you into making an impulse buy. LOL

If it was just my husband and I it would be fine the way it is. with children it’s a huge safety issue because if they stand on the couch they can go down the stairs. It’s driving me crazy to say the least. I feel others might look at the room differently than I would and would have a better idea

Put the TV on the ledge next to the fireplace. That should put the center of the TV screen on eye level with a seated watcher. Place the recliners facing the TV/fireplace, and put an end table between them. Treat the small space as a separate room. A chaise could make it a good place to lay back and read.