You are very welcome, Mary. Anne Hathaway's cottage is darling. Here's the link: https://www.houseandgarden.co.uk/gallery/studio-shamshiri-gives-a-storybook-california-cottage-singular-appeal?fbclid=IwAR0tO8DuHJzvHUY0cH_iUCQrLAmTM5LkLDs--0zsonkRYo-WiBsHsaIEV_w What I like about Anne Hathaway's cottage is that she kept it classic and not overdone. I could just hang there easily. The other pic is just an inspiration as to how a banquette can be embellished. Lately I've been repurposing tall entertainment/tv cabinets, in kitchens as pantries. You can add shelves easily and the depth is great, as it used to hold those clunker TVs of the past. Sometimes you can get them for free on craigslist. Then you can paint them a great color with a coordinating color on the cabinet interior. I fitted one as my bar and it works brilliantly. Again, if you want an update of the floor plan showing the position of the front door and windows in the family room, mark it up and send it over and I'll revise.

Keep the sofa out of the breakfast bar area, by moving it closer to the t v. A console behind the sofa would be a nice line of demarcation. Now is the time to have a floor plug installed so you can have table lamps on the console. Try the layout with a not so large sofa and a loveseat replacing the single chair.

Thank you for the responses I appreciate your time and suggestions. This is a newly built vacation home and the model showed with a high top seating for 4. With seniors and small children in the picture backing out of your chair would dent the wall due to space limitations. We were going to put a full cushion just on the seat but like the wood so much and as mentioned the ease of access sliding in and out we aren't going to get cushions for now. As this is our first full summer in the new house we will try it out for awhile then come back to that. There will be no permanent seating opposite the banquette as it would be in the pathway to the kitchen so when company comes we will pull out folding card table chairs. If cushioning is needed on the banquette we may consider individual seat cushions?? Another feature of the banquette is badly needed storage in this small home we had the banquette custom built with 5 full extension drawers with 100lb capacity slides and the same wood as the kitchen cabinets. I would say mountain rustic/modern simple lines is the theme, comfort and function are a priority. Does the table top color in the photo go with the wood flooring and banquette wood color? Or should I look for a dark wood table?

Get a 42 to 48 inch ROUND!!! cocktail if you plan to leave that ottoman in place. You'll have a comfortable 15 or 18 inches of clearance, and no nicked knees or shins. Keep it very light and airy and open. Marble top on iron.....glass on iron or another metal. If wood? Round, Light and VERY open, no shelves etc. Anything else will look like a HUGE SOLID and heavy, "blocky" mass in your room. (Just one, of the many reasons I hate that sectional configuration). Boxes you in, quite literally. Maybe just go to bed? : ) Do NOT add another upholstered thing to that configuration unless this is your basement for the kid sprawl. Even this below." To my mind a bit boxed in but better than a big square. Alas......: )