I will wait for the pics please post them here in a comment , wait until they re full colored before submitting. You might want to include a to scale floor plan too. Please do not start another post just answer, and post questions and pics here.

Ugh I posted wrong pic

I apologize. I have the pics in a zip file. I will extract them. Sorry.

I have a few of these type of modern pics which I had planned to use in my living room....

What is your question? You want help designing your space? Do a floor plan please.

How do you plan to use this space? How many people, and what will they be doing?

Floorplan.

I'm sorry for not being clear about my wants and needs.  Do you think I can combine the smaller leather sofa with modern chairs?

It will mainly be used by the two of us but we entertain a lot so clever seating if needed will be excellent. Our coffee table looks like a yardsale can happen any moment. Very big problem any flat surface so I was wondering about rather having small cocktail tables.  I will buy anything I love whether it's correct or not as long as I love it.

Consider putting the TV (or a larger one) to the left of the fireplace over a wide cabinet.

Thank you very much.  Can I use a 9 x 12 rug ?

I think a 9x12 rug but lay it parallel to the fireplace. Consider swivel chairs for the two so can see TV easily. All furniture front legs on the rug. Love your artwork!

OMG, I love your space! And of course you can combine chairs with sofas. And I love the whole-house continuity it would create to have one sofa upstairs and one downstairs. And I wish I could pair my sofas with chairs. I need textural differences. Your leather sofas are beautiful. I don't like the idea of recliners with them, because it's too clunky, but I know what it's like to want to put my feet up, as I work on a farm. I find satisfaction with an ottoman and chair. Go to a furniture store and have hubby try a tailored chair and ottoman. In fact it sound like something he should choose with you. Consider swivel chairs if you put them in a room with multiple views. You can have two matching chairs paired with a table in-between and opposite a sofa as one arrangement. You also could have a sofa with a chair to the laft and one to the right in a long seating area. Or you could place your chair pair with table perpendicular to a sofa. Lots of options. A pair of tailored swivel barrel chairs are a good investment. An ottoman with storage is a good investment. Occasional tables with a drawer or two are a good investment.

I also love your "modern pics" with the leather. I also have leather like that and want to add blue.

I definitely like the swivel barrel chairs. I confess the recliner idea is causing me a lot of headaches. Thank you for taking the time to give me advice.

You really do have a beautiful space. I love the leather. I love the character of your art and decor. I love that you care about your husband's feelings even when you have different tastes. I love that you are careful and respectful with spending and want to do it well. I have confidence that you will choose chairs you really love. I hope you feel encouraged. I hope you will share your choices.

Thank you for your advice. Is the rectangular red block a 9 x 12 rug on the sketch please ? I like the TV idea although we don't watch a lot of TV. It will solve my problem what to do with the wall though.

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If you don't watch a lot of TV, you don't have to put a tv there. If you do put a tv there, you may want a console table under it. I like the picture that is there. If you leave it there, again you could have a console table under it. Console tables range from blocky looking to nearly transparent. The can come with lots of storage or no storage and anything in between. Look around... No rush.

I love your giraffe by the fireplace, your wood floors, your cowhide, and your leather, with the cow picture. I hope you build on those elements. I wonder about the coffee table. You don't seem to like it. I like the transparency look though as a counterpoint to the leather. I also like the blue in the painting or print of chairs as a counterpoint to the browns. I wondered how you felt about bringing more blue in the room. I think a lot about how to bring some blue in my own room with leather seating. The usual is throw pillows but they slide all over on leather and I don't like the effect of clutter on leather sofas. I do like the look of a white fake fur throw, but that's me. How would you feel about making that area rug blue? Or if you buy a pair of swivel barrel chairs... I assume in a neutral greige or cream fabric, since you are investing, adding a pair of blue pillows there?

I just noticed the interesting chest by the front door. I wanted to put a mirror over it to reflect light into the house from the door. What do you think about that? 

And the parrot on the cage. My goodness what a very interesting person you must be.

What I really like about Beverly's furniture arrangement is that it is oriented with the lines of the house but also nods to the corner fireplace with the angled rug and that extra lone chair which COULD be your hubby's recliner if he really has to have it. By the way, recliners don't have to be oversized and chunky looking. I remember seeing one in a high-back Queen Ann style in a flame stitch. I might make the other two chairs more curved than in Beverly's sketch for less blockiness though, or if they are square, with curved arms.

Oh my goodness me KL!https://pin.it/1T8KeAG Our thoughts and likes are so similar. I also want blue in there since I have a lot of blue pictures. But I have to confess I wish I could use purple. Problem is to find my purple. My first issue is do I want to stay with the Africa theme. I was planning to move one sofa downstairs no matter my decision.

Just a few examples of what I like.

First one I can just copy since I love everything...cute coffee tables also.  I think I have saved a similar sofa pic and info.  Rug should be easy to find.  This is definitely one idea I am considering.