What function does the wood floored part of the room serve? What direction do the different windows/glass doors face? Is the wall to the left of the fireplace an outside wall? Is is possible to add windows to the left of the fireplace? What is the room through the glass doors? Thank you .

Thank you for responding. That is the tile that goes into the kitchen. The door that is showing goes to a 4 seasons room and that faces the backyard (east). Yes that is an outside wall but we are not ready to add any windows. Again Thank you so much

Some simple things will balance the room. Remove all drapes and valence over double doors. Paint the triangle above the top window same color as the wall. Paint the baseboard, window trim, double doors and door trim the same color as the wall in semi gloss paint. Furniture layout gives you options. Tv over fireplace will probably be to high for comfortable viewing, so TV might go on wall opposite the double doors. With a narrow console underneath? Wall art to left of fireplace to balance windows on right side. Sofa facing TV wall so room is open to kitchen and feels larger. Allow 3’ behind sofa to create a walkway from kitchen to 4 season room. Houzzers can do a furniture layout for you once you have opportunity to provide room measurements and window, door, and fireplace placement.

You will balance the fireplace and windows with furniture and wall art. Exactly how you do this will depend on the furniture you need in the room. For example, will you have a big-screen TV and reclining sofas that will seat a crowd? Or will this be a quiet reading spot for only a few people? Is that another door on the west wall? Measurements of the room would be useful. That's an in-swinging door to the 4 season room, correct?

My first thought would be to put the TV, if there will be one, to the left of the fireplace. Long sofa facing it, with a big footstool or chaise on the left side. Swivel chair to the right of the fireplace, in front of the glass portion of the doorway.

You have some good ideas presented....I would add this . However your furniture is placed be sure your lamps and other lighting fixtures are adequate to the size of the room....the ceiling is really much too high so I recommend you furnish the room as you need and just ignore that overhead space. Is the fan needed? I don't know much how about fans but that one is obviously off center and is it too high?

Very first thing to do is plan out the space.

Ignore the windows to the right of the fireplace. I would never add drapes to the windows on the right of the fireplace. Paint trim of windows the same color as the wall and add blinds same color as wall. Make it go away lol. No drapes needed on doors either.

Like I said, plan, plan, plan. Arrange furniture and tv viewing. Then accessorize. Maybe a tall plant in front of those windows to the right of the fireplace will help the eye be distracted that the windows are there.

Thank you! They are an eye sore but it could be the drapes making it worse.

The room is 16x14. We will be putting a tv in there. I was hoping to place it over the fireplace. We are going to replace the fireplace as I do not like it.

The west wall is where the entrance to the home is (no door)

I don't like the fan. I was thinking about replacing it with a chandelier or pendant lighting.

We are also going to have that room painted and possibly replace the carpet with hard wood.

Thank you all for helping

If you have room for the TV to the left of the fireplace, that would be better for a couple of reasons.

It will be more comfortable for viewing because you will be looking straight ahead, rather than up.

You need to leave a traffic path to the 4 season room on the east side, so your seating needs to be to the west side of the room. So that's a better place for your TV.

With the TV above the fireplace plus the 2 windows, you will have 4 big rectangles on one side of the wall. It will be harder to make the room look balanced.

Do you already have furniture and a TV for the room? Do you know how wide the space is between the fireplace and the corner? What style of fireplace do you have in mind?

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Partim’s idea is best because it brings some balance to the room. Putting tv above the fireplace would just accentuate the off kilter windows.

Lisa, I can begin to help you if you provide some details. Is the 14’ wall the one with the fireplace? How wide is the fireplace? Is it centered on the wall? Will you new fireplace be the same size? How wide are the windows? How wide are the French doors? Do they swing into the family room? How much wall space is between the corner and the French door?

Is the 14’ x 16’ measurement just the carpeted area, or includes the kitchen too?

I am guessing that because the OP doesn't have the house yet, all that is available is the room size.

Sorry, I do not have any other measurements than the 16x14 right now. We close on November 1st so I will be able to get more measurements than. the 16x14 is just the carpeted area. The doors swing into the family room.

Just a start to give you layout ideas. Easy to adjust it once you have the room and Tv size and furniture information.

Another option

Is the door to the 4 season room a sliding door or a swing door? Consider changing the swing of the door. If you can, make it swing into the 4 season room. If that isn't a good idea because of the layout of the 4 season room, then have it swing the other way into the fireplace room. It will give you a shorter traffic path into the fireplace room. Not sure which side of the room is 14' and which side is 16'.

Because of the location of the opening to the front door, maybe the traffic path behind the sofa is part of the kitchen and not as I have shown it in the first picture. That would give you the ability to move the sofa farther away from the fireplace and maybe do an L shape sofa. Will you be buying new furniture for this room?

Old thread! But I am interested in seeing the update.