How many people do you want to seat? Looks like you have seating for 3 people to watch TV at the same time. Is that what you need? Do you also want chairs arranged for conversation i.e. across from each other?

It would be helpful to have measurements of the room, and pictures from other angles. Is there a wall where you are standing to take the photo?

The room is 12 by 18

We are replacing almost everything with new items. At least three seating areas

Ohh boy! Too much going on in this room. I would go with sectional and couple chairs. And I would move TV on wall and make it as focal point.

You seem to have too many small pieces of furniture already. How many people need to sit there? I'd start with a sectional and replace the fan for something modern. Those hanging lights are not doing your room any favors either.

Please do a to scale floor plan where one inch equals 1 foot. Indicate windows and doorways. You will get the best suggestions when people can see the plan.

Also please post how you use the room-it looks like you need a spot for keys, etc near the door-anything else, like shoes or coats or mail? Do y’all eat while watching tv? Maybe the corner where the rocking chair is, is a reading area? Do you want seating that you can move around easily when folks visit? How else do you use the room?

thank you everyone for your help and suggestions! Yes there is way too much going on in the room. We will be removing it all and starting over. I forgot to mention that the window to the left of the tv has a beautiful view of the ocean. We would love to be able to see that while sitting. There will be two of living here so most important is the view and ability to watch tv. Seating can be a lot less. It would be nice to have some seating for company but that is not priority. we do have a living room to use for that. Someone mentioned a sectional and tv on wall where couch is now. I thought about tv there but didn't see how to put furniture without affecting view. where would you put a sectional? I was thinking love seat and a recliner chair maybe. would you put a coffee table or other tables? I am so lost with this room with little wall space and awkward size. thanks again

Is there room to put the TV in the corner on the wall to the left of the view? I definitely think a full size sofa facing the view would be best. With a room width of 12 feet you have space for it.

I thought that may be a problem for the doorway. That is the door we use to enter the house most of the time. I thought I had to keep a path. One of photos shows that

There is also nice view out of other two windows especially one closest to tv on right side

You do need to keep a path, but if your room width is 12 feet you still have room for a 4 foot wide path, even if the sofa is 8 feet. 86" is a common sofa length, which is just 7 feet 2 inches. A 4 foot wide path is a good size.

My approach would be to clear out the room and then install 3500-4000K LED cans in the ceiling instead of the hanging lights, install a "no-light" fan on a longer rod, and upgrade the sconces flanking the windows (unless you want to hang drapes in their place.) Then I would use the division between the two large windows as a marker for dividing the entrance to the room on the door end from the seating area. At the great view end. I would float a small sofa facing the end window with ocean view, and add a pair of upholstered armchairs with their backs to the other window. They can be swivels to also turn and enjoy views. Then put TV on the wall right of the large doorway. If you like to watch during the day, change your shades to some that are light blocking. At the entry end, I'd put a sofa table behind the sofa and a computer desk and device charging area right of the door. On the left use a chair and lamp for a reading corner, or keep it as the spot to take off shoes and hang keys. anchor the seating end on a great rug. The illustrations below don't specifically apply to your seating area, but are just to suggest you not skimp on the rug size.

Wow. Thanks so much but I have to admit I’m having trouble picturing it all. I will have to keep rereading. What do you mean tv to right of large doorway. Do you mean doorway to kitchen so in other corner of the wall that the tv is now

You can get more help with potential furniture layouts if you provide a scaled floor plan including location/dimensions of doors/windows/other openings. I tried to guess at dimensions in the diagram below -- if you could provide the correct dimensions, that would be great.

So nice of you to do all this. I am in Ontario at moment. This house is in Nova Scotia. I can try to get my dad to take exact measurements but I have bothering him so much already with taking photos etc lol

Some layouts to consider. If putting sofa by the windows as in the layouts below, pick one with a lower back so as not to obstruct the view that much. The circles can be swivel chairs so you can swivel and look at the view if not watching TV. I like the layouts with the sectional because the back of the chaise part can act as a divider from the entry area.

Some options:

--Float a sectional with one section pushed several feet in front of the doorway, well into the room. That side faces the TV and the far window. The long "L" can be placed under the side window. Alternatively float the entire sectional so that the other "L" creates a passageway to the kitchen and faces out to the side windows. Anchor the sectional on a large rug.

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Place a narrow desk behind the "L" and use that as a desk so you can see all windows while working, drop keys and mail there, etc. This idea.

You can create a desk with a nice wood slab and hairpin legs.

Alternatively, float four comfortable leather, two of them recliners in the room, or four swivel armchairs. Place TV to the left of the ocean view window. With four chairs you can choose seating for TV or just watching the view.

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At the entryway, pivot or float your desk so you sit facing out to the views and have a drop space for keys and mail.

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Or float a desk, anchored on a rug, near the front door. (This is if you do the four chairs instead of sofa arrangement.)

Desk behind sofa as you come in door:

Gorgeous room with that ceiling and floor and natural light!

First, paint the walls a different color to compliment the wood, don't try to match the wood tone as it distracts from the lovely details of the architecture.

Design-seeds.com has wonderful color chart palettes for inspiration. Here's one that will work in room. I like the first light grey for the walls as it has a red undertone. Use this palette for the upholstery colors.

Consider a wall unit for the tv and add a gas fireplace and bookcase unit. The rug indicated is 9x12. Instead of several smaller seating items, larger pieces will make the room cozier and take advantage of the view and function.

PS I think you may have to invite us to your housewarming party in Nova Scotia for this room! Please let us know your progress.

I like the idea of a sectional! Didn't think that could work. what do you think about putting the chaise part on the 2 window side and the sofa part into the room (it would have to be not too big). My husband would like to keep the tv so that when we watch we can still face the view so either the spot it is now or the other corner of the same wall. I do really like the ideas of putting the tv on the other wall completly but then we are facing away from the view. What do you think?

I think it really depends on how you use the room, and only you know that. But if this were my room I think I'd always gravitate to the seats that face the ocean view, so it makes sense to me that you'd want to have the "best seating" (however you define that) facing the view. You do have room for the longer sofa part of the sectional there.

If you didn't have the view I'd put the TV on the longer wall and have the sofa face it, but I think the view dictates otherwise.

Instead of a chaise along the 2 window size, maybe you have room for more seating, if that's what you want.

It would be good to have the measurements of short walls that make up the 2 corners beside the window with the view, so we could know whether the TV will fit better in one corner or the other.

I put a table/desk and 2 chairs in front of the other window. For computer work, puzzles, snacks, whatever.

@partim: What do you think of flipping the sectional so all sides face the view, i.e. back of one one side faces front door opening and seating faces TV and view; other side floats with a walkway behind it to face all the windows? We do need measurements to make sure a walkway is possible if the entire sofa floats in the space.

This isn't a sectional, but same idea. (red = the side of sectional with its back to front door and front facing TV and views; taupe sofa = section floating in front of kitchen doorway with enough space behind it for a walkway and it faces all the windows.

--Here's an orientation with a left-side sectional but imagine walkway behind it and TV on left side of window:

P.S. Depending on how sectional is oriented TV should be to right side or left side of window--not diagonal but straight on--with no other decor items on either of the walls flanking the window. The view is the "star." Also OP should choose low proprotioned sectional, up on legs, to give a feeling of lightness in the room. Upholstery should harmonize with wood trim.

@houssaon I think flipping the sectional would work very well too. With a 12 foot width there is quite a bit to work with.

Camel leather sectional would harmonize well with golden tones of ceiling, floor, window trim:

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Left side sectional facing TV and view with some space behind. This configuration could work well but allow for a much larger walkway to the kitchen behind the sofa. This sectional doesn't overwhelm the room since it has a low back and low arms. Note how few pieces are in the room so that the view makes the statement.

Thank you everyone!! Very helpful. I am going to visit the house next month and take measurements as well as looking at the space in a different "light" with all your suggestions. I like the low profile sectional idea. Someone mentioned switching the lights (to pot lights on ceiling and replacing sconces by window) and putting a no light hanging rod fan. Do you have any suggestions on styles/types. I find lighting very overwhelming. Also for colour of furniture some mentioned a camel type colour to kind of go with wood and others suggested more of a contrast with colours that work so I am not sure about that. How about paint colour for walls? thanks again!

Warm whites will go with your wood ceiling and floors and reflect the light coming in from your views. Here's a Houzz article about paints that go with wood trim. Choose your sofa color first then match paint to sofa, floors, wood trim.

Here's that photo of camel sectional again and source for it. Contact them for some samples that you can use to do your shopping there or elsewhere. See if it goes with your floors:

Hello, mguilbeau. Thanks for your question. We looked at several lines before we came across this one. It is from American Leather. http://www.americanleather.com/ Good luck with your sectional selection!

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Cream is also a beautiful choice, but be careful not to confuse cream with yellow. Yellow is not a good choice for wood trim, in my opinion. If you have amber-toned wood trim, like Douglas fir or pine, try Gentle Cream OC-96 by Benjamin Moore or Glow W-B-310 by Behr.

Creamy white works with honey- and amber-toned trim; this is Benjamin Moore’s Sweet Spring 1500. I like creamy whites in an eggshell or pearl finish for just a little bit of sheen. Save a flat finish for ceilings; a little bit of sheen will make cleaning minor scuffs on walls easier.

Palette for sofa whether leather or fabric should be warm and creamy--no taupes or ivory with gray. Here are some examples. Order samples ahead. Also come back to Houzz when you have measurements so Commentors can suggest types of sofas to look for.

Cream chair below is a warm cream to consider. You can see how well it goes with warm white walls.

More camel sofas. These are shown with chairs if you go that route:

Recliner chair. You could put two of those near front door with a camel sofa floating in front of kitchen entryway if you don't want a sectional.

Swivel recliner in blue. Proportions are good--you don't want too high or too puffy as you have now because they occupy too much visual space.

OP: Before you visit, check out sofas and chairs online for measurements. Look for comfortable pieces with cushy seats and backs but with low proportions so as not to block any part of your windows. Then when you visit, bring a big roll of washi tape to tape out different layouts on the floor to see what fits. I very much like the idea of a low sectional floated to face all windows with a walkway to the kitchen behind it. Add a swivel recliner facing the sofa, a big round coffee table in the "L" a couple small side tables for drinks. That's it though you'll need to decide where to situate your desk. I personally like the idea of a console style desk behind the sofa back that faces the front door so that you can see the view as you work.

To summarize all the options discussed:

Sectional + armchair option. 1. Float sectional in front of kitchen opening with walkway behind it for maximum views and swivel recliner that can face sectional, views, TV. Or: 2. Long sectional below windows with one armchair/swivel facing the sofa.

Armchairs + sofa option:

--two swivel recliners in front of entryway with a sofa either under the windows or floating in front of kitchen opening with a walkway behind it.

--floating sofa in front of kitchen/walkway and swivel armchairs facing sofa.

--floating sofa with back to entryway with swivel armchairs facing sofa for conversational grouping.

--TV on one of the walls to right or left of far window.

Whether you get a sectional and armchairs, anchor pieces on a large patterned rug so that front legs of all pieces rest on the rug.

Good luck, and come back when you get another look and tape out some of these options.

I am here now trying to sort out plans for the room! For paint colour: i am between Dove Wing or Classic Grey from BM. Thoughts?

It's recommended that painting be done last, because it's so much easier to match paint to the rest of the coloured items in the room. Much more difficult to find sofas, rugs etc that look good with an already-painted room, and that also within your price range, and are the right style.

I recommend that you at least pick your sofas and chairs first then paint. But it's really best to do the rugs and curtains too, then paint last. That way you can choose a paint that really looks great with them, rather than painting a bland neutral and hoping against hope that your sofas won't clash.

That does make sense but the house will be empty and the painter that we have is moving away so I need to pick now.

They talk about both colours on these links. https://blog.scoutandnimble.com/blog/how-to-pick-the-best-white-paint-color

https://blog.thestatedhome.com/best-white-paint-for-walls/

A sofa placed on the wall where you have it now is fine. Also the existing tv in the corner on the existing stand is fine.

I just scrolled up and see you are planning to paint. Don’t do grey. The grey trend is over and grey walls are not necessary. I recommend that you try samples of BM Muslin and BM Swiss Coffee. Samplize.com

I don’t have time to read through all the comments and just quickly skimmed through a few. From an Eastern Feng Shui perspective, main sofa with back to windows or floating in a room are less than desirable placements. Plus, your whole plan is to be able to take advantage of the ocean views, so backing a sofa up to the windows would be counterproductive.

You have your sofa and tv placement right. You need less bulky seating pieces - that have better size/scale for the space - and are also more fashionable. You can have comfort and style as well. Look at apartment sized furniture. Don’t do a love seat. If the sofa is the right style and a good size and scale for the space, you should be able to do a full sized 2 or even a 3 seater sofa - and put it exactly on the wall where your sofa is currently.

I recommend a sofa, not a reclining one - and an ottoman - the ottoman would be able to be used as a foot rest as well as a coffee table (with a tray).

And I recommend bringing in one recliner/chair - a small scale/well-sized/streamlined reclining chair - and the chair can face the windows that are to the left of the tv, and the chair would also face the tv. You could also consider swivel recliners as a possibility, when you are looking for that chair. And it looks like you might already have a bench under the windows that are located across from the sofa. That is a very good idea. You can dress the bench as a window seat - change the cover, and/or add a bench cushion and a few throw pillows - either with the current bench or bring in another long bench if you need a new one, or alternatively you could use a chaise in that spot there.

Other than the core furniture pieces I have mentioned above, you could keep some folding chairs on hand should you need extra seating for this room. And you mention that you have another room, a living room that has a good amount of seating.

I recommend that you take these suggestions that I have offered you - and find a designer to help you pick the furnishings - either a designer/decorator in your area - or there are also lots of online/e-design options that you can explore.

Hi againand thank you for your help so far i have made some decisions I am stuck and still need some HELP room will be painted classic grey

and this is the sectional in the dream cream colour and will float the sofa part with back to door and chaise oart along side windows

I will be getting two chairs that recline and swivel by fjord called the urban

My friends are giving me different advice on colour for the chairs i was between these colours and cant decide but ipen to another option too I was thinking blue or vintage cognac or hasel what do you think

Thanks again!!!