I need a to scale floor plan with all measurements clearly marked before even guessing sizes of furniture Make sure you show the door guests use and the one you want them to use. I find usually people use the path fastest to their car so show where guests park too.I never reccommned a sofa with a chaise for sure.

In addition to the requests from Patricia could you provide a bit more information on your parent's lifestyle. How often do they entertain? How many people do they entertain? When they entertain is it at the table or watching tv/movies or both? Do they have any issues with mobility or difficulty getting up from deep or low seating? Do they use both the dining table and the kitchen table? Is there a better use of space rather than having 2 eating spaces (you mention they use the dining table for work from home)?

If they want to keep both dining tables, how about they put the big table where tv is? That way people can exit directly to the hallway. I think seems awkward/silly to have 2 tables next to each other like that.

If they like where the TV is now in relation to the dining table - switch the tv with dining table and mount it on wall with one of those articulating arm things so they can even see it from the small dining table. :)

You can put the sofa/chaise where sofa is now but move it back so the chaise part is in front of fireplace and sofa facing fireplace. And put 2 recliners with swivel base near the kitchen back wall facing the fireplace so it makes for nice conversation area but the can still swivel it to watch tv as needed.

One reason why people may opt to exit through kitchen versus LR is because LR seems closed off by the sofa with back to dining area. And it also doesn't appear to be easily maneuverable through the space. The fact that sofa is dark leather sort of adds to that equation.

I think sofa with chaise can be somewhat awkward, since it really only allows one person to stretch out, and can also be cumbersome with chaise sticking out - depending on the area where the piece is situated. To me, L shaped sectionals are preferable. But any sectional has to be measured very well to fit a space.

For this room, I would suggest using a sofa with recliner, or maybe 2 recliners, scaled for the space. Or possibly two swivel chairs. And I would suggest anchoring the sofa on the wall facing the fireplace and either mount tv over the fireplace, or put tv on a long, low console in front of windows - on right side of fireplace.

And for mounting tv over fireplace, i recommend this mount. It lowers tv to eye level for comfortable viewing. There is also a motorized option.

https://www.dynamicmounting.com/product/down-and-out-manual-mount/

And art could be hung over tv when not in use. So when having company over for dinner, etc. - would just appear to be art over fireplace.

I won't be at their house for a few weeks, but will update the floorplan once I get the measurements and upload again!

@Jennifer Hogan Thanks for the questions. Answers on them below...

How often do they entertain? How many people do they entertain?

• ~ once a month: total 10 adults and a few kids (including my parents). Adults usually eat dinner at the dining table and a folding table is set up in the living room area for kids (plus maybe one or two adults at the kids table to feed them)
• 3~5 a month: total 4 ~ 6 adults (including my parents)

When they entertain is it at the table or watching tv/movies or both?

• Usually with 4 ~ 6 adults, they sit at the dining table to drink coffee or eat dessert
• With 10+ people, men often sit at the sofa area and women sit at the dining table to chat. TV is often left on, but mostly for the kids.

Do they have any issues with mobility or difficulty getting up from deep or low seating?

• Nope, no mobility issues. But generally they don't like deep sofas, just because we're not very tall (mom is 5'3"), and deep sofas are less comfortable at our height.

Do they use both the dining table and the kitchen table?

• Mom uses the kitchen table for food prepping (because there's not enough counter space and the height is easier for some prep work)
• Only the dining table is used for dining, even when there's only two of them. Unless there's people visiting, the other half of the dining table is often cluttered with work stuff, especially now that they are working from home (papers, computer monitor, etc.)

Is there a better use of space rather than having 2 eating spaces (you mention they use the dining table for work from home)?

• I think especially right now, it's difficult to reduce down to 1 table, because large chunk of the dining table is used for work so the large dining table is a necessity... and my mom probably doesn't want to do food prep work on the nice dining table.