Is the only window on the east wall? What other furniture will be in the room? Post a picture of the actual room in the comments to get more help

Until you get to post photos, is there a focal point for the room? If there is a fireplace, that's the usual. Otherwise your windows would be a good focal point. I would then put your sofa near the south wall but scooted forward so that there is room behind for a nice console table with a lamp. I would then put the loveseat perpendicular to it, so it is about three feet in from the doorway. A nice coffee table in front of them. If the floor is not carpeted, then a rug big enough that the front feet of the sofa and loveseat sit on them. You will have a cozy conversation area, good room for passing between the two doors without cutting in front of the seated people. You could have a TV or furniture on the north wall next to the door.

jck910, Yes, the only window is on the east wall. I know other furniture is needed but not sure what other than an arm chair.

Jenny, no fireplace, no TV, the window would be the focal point I guess. I like your arrangement idea, so would you put the sofa on the south wall but near the east wall so there is room for the loveseat to be parallel to the west wall without blocking the door on the west wall, is that what you are describing?

I will post photos below. I realize the room needs drapes and art and that I need to get rid of the end tables, bench, wreath and fake flowers. But I need to get the arrangement right before I move on.

Thank you both so much, I am grateful for any suggestions.

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Top photo with window - east wall.

Second photo - south wall.

Third photo with door - west wall.

Fourth photo - north wall.

I would try putting the love seat with its back to the window, with the idea you will buy a sufficiently large armchair to face the sofa

I'd place the chair opposite the sofa with a table and lamp, and your painting behind the chair.. I wouldn't throw away the small tables just yet! Or the bench. I'd put a square end table between the love seat at the window and the sofa on the wall, with a lamp on the square end table.

mytwo cents, If I put the love seat in front of the window, I think it will block the doorway into the room on the north wall, which is how guests come into the room from the front door. (Though maybe not - I can try it.) Maybe an arm chair in front of the window and the love seat on the north wall?

Definitely not throwing away anything, just taking it out of the room for now :)

Yes I think you have most of the ingredients right there, at least to get a feel of the room rearranged. Put those two taller tables against the south wall to fake a sofa table. Put the sofa in front of them, pretty close to the window. Put the loveseat close to the sofa parallel to the west wall, see if you can get three feet clearance to the door. Put that pretty coffee table on the rug that I really like. Monkey around with the bench. Does it work on the north wall? In front of the windows? If too crowded, will it work in the entry as a great place to put shoes, purse, check your hair in the mirror? Your art behind the sofa, the wreath on the door.

This is also at Walmart

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Jenny, I will try that arrangement tomorrow and report back, thank you so much. (I like the coffee table, too.) And yes, the wreath is going on the door.

mytwo cents, I love the chair! Thank you. It looks like it would go well with the sofa but so hard to know from a photo.

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My sofa and love seat are just a bit bluer than shown here, a grayed blue.

Same chair is available from Home Depot in navy blue. I like the lighter blue better but maybe the navy would give a bit more contrast to my sofa and loveseat?

I might consider this kind of window treatment in a different color/print -- maybe just match the wall color with a nice tie. Still lets in light but also obscuries some of the clutter out the window. If you have control of the space out the window put in a window box with flowers or pink coleus.

Does anyone feel the need for introduction of another color?

Im with my two cents.

the sofa should be facing the doorway into the room. It makes the room welcoming to see the sofa open to the oerson entering. I would have to be in the room to see whether the love seat ”blocks” the entrance. If it does, move the love seat to the north wall and the chair by the sofa in the corner of the west wall.

Another color in the room?

It took me a while to realize that the rug is actually blue and pink with some gray green? And the walls are a bit green? I think a blue coffee table could really nice

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but I really like the painting, so I think I would keep the bright blue sofa pillow but also add other pillows that are green that support the painting that are green, a mix of solids and flash

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Here are a few arrangements you could try. (All include the large mirror mentioned in your previous post; are you still considering using that?)

1) Sofa and loveseat where you have them, mirror over sofa, side chair added, coffee table replaced with ottomans. Path to west wall door runs through conversation area; is that okay? (I don't know where that door leads or how often it is used.)

2) Loveseat moved closer to sofa, so path to west wall door does not cut through conversation area. Uses all three wood tables; adds two rounds (for lamps) and a very slim console against north wall under the mirror. Or you could eliminate the table and hang the mirror vertically.

3) Loveseat in front of window, armchair in corner with chest beside to hold lamp. Path to door runs in front of armchair, but out of main sofa/loveseat conversation area. Space at entry door is tight, especially if the longer of the existing side tables is used there. Coffee table seems small for space.

4) As above, but no table beside loveseat, coffee table replaced with two ottomans.

I did try the sofa/loveseat in an L facing the window but didn't see enough good possibilities to pursue it further.

Happy furniture moving!

I am so touched that you all have taken the time to give me so much help, thank you so much!!! (And thank you to my husband for helping me move the furniture to try out all the suggestions this evening.) Some specific replies, in order:

Jenny, I tried the arrangement as you described and like it, it has the advantage of having a nice view out the window from the loveseat, and creating a cozier conversational area. The bench could go in front of the window. I've moved it temporarily to the foot of my bed where it is working well. (I have a different bench in the front hall.)

Mytwo cents, I also tried the loveseat in front of the window and it looks better than I expected. Thank you for the diagram, so helpful. I'm going to add a photo of my sofa/loveseat fabric, and of the area rug. I still like the chair you sent me a link to, I prefer the lighter blue but think maybe the navy would look better with the current furniture and rug? I really like the window treatment however, though there is a bit of clutter, I adore the view out my window so don't want to block it. I'll add a photo. The hanging basket had to be shorn recently so isn't at its best yet but overall it's a lovely view. There is no pink in the area rug, just blues and greens and a cream background. The wall color is Sherwin Williams Liveable Green 6176. I like the idea of a blue coffee table. And I love all the pillows, I definitely agree they would pull in the painting (which I really like, too), as well as the carpet and walls, perfect choices, thank you so much.

maymay99, I am open to another color, do you have a suggestion? I use blue and green in my kitchen and attached family room, like this room, with the addition of touches of yellow and a bit of pink. I was going for a more serene look in the living room, just blue and green, but am open to adding another color.

auntthelma, if the loveseat is under the window, it does not block the entrance to the room on the north wall as I thought it would, there is room. And I agree about the sofa being more welcoming if it faces the main room entrance.

simplynatural, thank you so much for taking the time to do the diagrams, that is SO helpful, both for furniture placement and to give me an idea of what else the room needs. We tried all the arrangements. And yes, I do still want to use that mirror (thanks for making that connection), it is beautiful, however, my husband just told me it may be too heavy to hang as the wall studs are not where they'd need to be. (I'm buying the mirror from a friend and can return it if we can't make it work.)

#1 I like the idea of ottomans in the center and it is not a problem to not have a direct path to the door on the west wall, that is not a path that is normally used. (The kitchen is on the other side of the door and there is a separate, more direct way to access the kitchen.) The bookcases are a great idea, my husband and I both like that.

#2 The loveseat moved closer to the sofa is cosier. I like mirrors used vertically but not sure it would work in this room, I'll have to look at it for awhile.

#3 The loveseat in front of the window works a lot better than I thought it would, definitely a possibility.

#4 Now that I've pictured round ottomans, that's what I want! Plus they would be extra seating. I do love my coffee table though and it works well in #2.

All the diagrams and specific suggestions have been so helpful to me, thank you all again so much, you are all so kind. And I welcome any more thoughts or suggestions.

I'm adding photos of my sofa and loveseat fabric, the area rug, the view out the window on the east wall, and the mirror that I love but am now not sure I can use. (And I'm wondering if it's a little fancy for the room? Thoughts?)

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Much better photos! I can see why you don't want to block the view. I think I was mostly concerned that when seated inside the view includes a lot of the outside porch overhang, and wondered if maybe some kind of valance would be right. Also I was thinking that if you need at least some window treatment there, you want to have it be easy to work with if the love seat is going to stay in front of that window.

Obviously the colors of your room don't show "true"on my device, so only you know whether a blue chair or table, and what shade, would be nice in the room.

I'm not sure the mirror is too fancy but I'm not where to put it. Behind the sofa would make me nervous to sit there (I grew up in California, earthquakes) but don't throw it away yet -- or the wreath!

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mytwo cents, There is an overhang but fortunately it doesn't impact the view. I do need a window treatment (desperately, the old shade is 23 years old) and as soon as I get the layout in place, and probably buy an armchair (I still like the one you linked for me), I will move on to that. I do worry about safety with the mirror, it is very heavy - I'm in eastern Washington and earthquakes are rare here but we do have them. Thank you for the lamp link, looks like they have a huge inventory.

I live on Hawaii Island, the site of two active volcanoes, and have had three earthquakes 6 to 7 magnitude (and countless smaller ones) and have yet to have anything knocked off the walls. If you hang your lovely mirror, take all due precautions with hanging it, but I suspect failure of the wire or hanger is more likely than an earthquake causing it to fall. Now you know I've just jinxed myself....

Thank you, Jenny, and I hope you have not jinxed yourself!

Here's the room dressed for a plant-loving traditionalist (which might not be you!), so you can see how the mirror might look in the space (arrangement #1 above, but with the coffee table instead of the ottomans).

simplynatural, wow, I had no idea this could be done! So cool for me to see my room looking like this. I am not good at visualizing something that doesn't currently exist so this is helpful and inspiring for me. Yes, I'm definitly a traditionalist. Love house plants too though not always successfully but I do currently have just one that looks something like that plant you put in front of the window. I just bought an end table on Facebook Marketplace yesterday. Thank you for doing this for me!

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Great table! You're well on your way!