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Love that room! Agree the couch should move out to flank the fireplace, ideally with a matching couch or couple of chairs opposite it with a large coffee table or big ottoman between them. On the large wall consider adding a low bookcase or buffet/sideboard, something that isn't too big and compliments the corner cabinet to help orient the center of the space. Then you can add some art above the buffet, one big piece or several smaller ones depending on your sister's taste to fill out the wall space. Here's a couple of pics I had in my ideabooks as examples of the furniture.

Another factor is your view lines. You contemplate a garden that will be very pretty, and a fair amount of work. Will it be in view of your most-used seating areas? from your shady seating for hot days? Is there potentially a better place to put it so it can be seen from the house? Might you want to instead place cottage-garden-style beds where they wrap around your verandas a bit more? Is the area between house and barn the spot where you will see it the most? (My personal experience is that spouse and I like to take work breaks at a table in the shade of my patio umbrella where I can gaze upon my "big garden" that is so much work, and maybe write some project notes in my gardening notebook while i sit. And the big garden is visible from all the windows along the back of my house. ) (I always start a garden in grass by laying 6 inches or more of shredded leaves on top of the grass in the fall, then plant in spring. We have a shredder. You may be able to simply start with unshredded tree leaves, or chop up with lawn mower. dunno. Kill the grass and enrich the soil.) I envy you, starting out, with lots of space!

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