Can you draw a simple, to scale floor plan? Note all dimensions including all windows and doors.

Can you please give us a simple hand written floor plan with measurements so that we can help? Thank you. Also, please let us know how many people will be using this space regularly (not guests)?

Is that a working fireplace?

@Elaine Doremus Resumes Written @Carrie B thank you so much for your help! I hope this drawn sketch is helpful and clear. The space will be occupied by two adults (myself and my boyfriend) as well as my senior cat :)

Hi @kandrewspa - it's not functional

I should also clarify that my amateur floor plan with dimensions was *not* to scale...sorry for any confusion that might've caused

I also would go for a TV over a console in the "niche" and then arrange your furniture in the rest of the room -- couch on white wall close to window, chair to right of fireplace (floating), another between windows, lamp in corner by couch, coffee table parallel...

@acm @jewelisfabulous i do see this layout working well and giving a more natural traffic flow in the space. thank you so much!!

any suggestions on where a desk may fit best? @acm

Did you want to have a small dining table also? You could put that in front of the fireplace. You don't need to cram the sofa into the alcove. It's not that deep. You can ignore the alcove, or put a console table behind the sofa if you want to put a lamp and some other things on it. I usually don't care for sectionals, but I think this space does call for it. So the size of the sofa depends on whether you are going to also get a table. But since you've measured everything you are already ahead of some people. :-) Put the TV on a console that fits your style and get an area rug that has at least the front legs of your sofa on it. When you're choosing a rug bear in mind the color of the brick, but there are lot of options in rugs. If you tell us what color(s) you like people will make suggestions.

turn the non working fireplace space as a wine rack or liquor space (recessed)

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@kandrewspa thank you so much for all of your suggestions!! I love the idea of a dining table but may have to swap it for a desk (which will be more useful for my partner that works from home) i love the idea of adding a rug to define the space, too :) do you have any colors you suggest i avoid for the rug (and other accents) based on the brick? i want the space to seem as bright and neat as possible and am fond of neutral tones (tans, browns, lots of pops of green in the form of my plants and maybe other accents) but really am open to any color scheme that would compliment the space well. thank you again for all of your help - i am so appreciative!

Yeah, I did wonder if this room needed to serve other purposes, being in NYC, but we all know a coffee table can serve many purposes! :))

If you need a real desk (and can't squeeze it into a bedroom), I think I'd suggest drawing your room to scale, on graph paper, and then cutting out the various pieces to try. Here are some places I would start:

1) If you give up on the fireplace as a decorative element, you could put a desk against the kitchen wall and get a desk chair that has a swivel (so that it can be turned away from the desk when you have company. (Keep a loose runner you can throw over everything on it, heh.)

2) If you keep the couch toward the window and keep it "apartment size," then there should be space between it and the hallway for a desk. It may have to be a little narrow to not cause a pinch point there, but you could tape it off and see.

3) you could get a small workstation-size desk just a couple of feet wide and put it in the window/white wall corner, facing the windows. then just start your couch ensemble a little farther down the wall and put an end table and lamp at the kitchen end. or I guess you could use it anywhere, and roll it away when company comes!

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While I'm thinking about it, the trick to tiny apartments is to make everything do double duty. Coffee table with a drawer underneath for remotes and coasters (and placemats); end table that hides a cabinet for computer gear; etc.

Good luck! hope this helps.

@acm i cannot thank you enough for your input. thank you so much!! I love the idea of having the desk in the fireplace area - i can't think of a better place for it. thank you again for all of your help!!