Please post photos of all 4 walls of the room. Seating does not exist in a vacuum and must be considered in a space as a cohesive whole. It's difficult to advise without knowing how a potential arrangement would affect the overall balance, traffic pattern and view points of other areas of the room, thanks.

Are you only replacing the one chair?

If you are keeping one of the older chairs, I think the issue is that they are both too alike and yet not complementary so it looks like a mismatch.

I am finishing the process of redoing my living room and finding the perfect accent chairs that complemented the sofa and yet weren't too matchy matchy or contrasting with other design elements was quite a balancing act.

If you indeed are replacing both of the chairs with the new chair just ignore the above.

Is the chair comfortable to sit in?

Sorry, maybe I misunderstood. I thiught you were just replacing the one chair. If you’ll have 2 of the new ones, then, yes, I think they are too deep for where they are positioned. They might work if you placed one where your current old chair is and moved the second chair into the area of the cat toy, sort of facing the window. Or both chairs at the ends of the voffee table facing each other.

Both will be replaced. I didn't want to assemble 2 only to un-assemble.

More photos of the space

As a design element I think the curved chairs complemented the rest of your room better thsn the larger more geometric new chairs.

I just got delivery of my accent chairs which worked. The bad news for me is that I also got delivery of my coffee table which I had spent a lot of time looking for and it doesn’t work. It is too high for the other proportions in the room. 😰 So my search for the perfect coffee table continues. Unfortunately, I can’t return the table or the custom mirror top. 😰😰

The new chair is too deep for the space. I’d personally only go with one chair in the room near the windows given everything else going on. Do you need all of the cat things? It seems like a lot. Place a second chair in another room if you can and bring it out when needed for guests.

Oh no! Hopefully you can find a buyer for it.

I agree about the previous chairs. The smaller profile worked too. Was just hoping I wouldn't have to take them apart and pack them up... plus I wasn't thinking and they 2 pick Styrofoam blocks down the trash chute. d'oh!

What about a more classic oval chair without visible legs since you have a lot of wood elements in the room. The shaoe of your older chairs worked

Are the chairs going to have their backs to the tv? This might be why they seem too big. What about one with it's back to the window and the other across from it.

Lynsy1 all the car things are my attempt to provide alternatives to the chair she lives to destroy.

I've already taken back the new chair. I was hoping it was just me and that i was too used to the other chairs. I'll live with the older ones until I can find a more suitable replacement.

Could you have your current chairs reupholstered with a cat friendly fabric? They are nice in your room and you know they work. Upholstering is expensive, but if you like the chairs, I'd rather spend the $ and be sure rather than dragging things home to try.

I haven't done any research and my kitties are all gone now so I haven't had to, but it seems to me I've heard microfiber is cat friendly. Maybe check into what might work. I wonder if something can be added under the fabric where the kitty likes to claw (like a plastic or metal plated) so she cannot get her claws to engage?

eta: here is an old thread with suggestions: https://www.houzz.com/discussions/5738911/fabrics-that-are-most-cat-claw-resistant

Thank you for the photos, Gina, that really helps lol. It looks like if you moved the plant to another area and maybe fudged the dining table a little closer to the drapes, you would add a substantial amount to the seating area.

You could then switch the orientation of the entire seating 90 degrees, with the sofa on the window wall and the rug and coffee table lengthwise in the room. The two new armchairs would face the window at 45 degree angles and appropriately spaced in relation to the coffee table and rug. This way there is lots of room for them.

You will tweak the arrangement for balance and symmetry. Yes, you will have to look sideways seated on the sofa to watch TV but in our house one of us stretches out facing the TV anyway lol.

I LOVE CATS. But I really can't see past all the kitty amusement and scratch stuff. The chairs aren't too big - everything else is too small and too cluttered. The tv wall... the rug, side tables. But basically, the kitties have RULED the decor. Apologies....but does the chair size matter? Maybe not. They fit. We often make our own decisions without even realizing we have done so..

Don't start a cat fight ladies. I see what I see. My bet is nobody else can see past it, either: )

If you want to take all the cat decor out and take new pics? Lots of help will jump right in. Here.