geokid, that is actually what I think my husband and I will be doing! What a coincidence! Over the weekend, we tried almost all the layouts suggested (much to my husband and everyone who had to help's horror), even went back and forth a few times, and have settled on two arrangements that will work best for us. In either arrangement, the sofa is going to face the fireplace. We'll have two slimmer side chairs with a opposite from the sofa. We most likely will have the TV mounted on the long wall with a smaller cabinet or mounted cubbies/shelves (something) for the electronics. I might add in a small tufted bench opposite the TV if we need more seating, but the two side chairs should work for now, and when my family/friends come over to play video games (which seems to be really often lately), we'll pull the chairs over. But realistically, we all sit on the floor. The piano will stay along the stairs, and to balance the open wall space between the piano and the sofa, we'll mount some shelves for decor and books. We tried mounting the TV over the fireplace, and I surprisingly liked it, too! It totally cleared up the floor space and made everything so open, but...it was kind of uncomfortable to look up at the TV. I'm only 5'3"; I don't mind a few minutes like that, but not for a couple of hours and not for game-playing. It's fine for my husband, though. I'm still keeping this an option, as I think we won't really know what'll work for us until we start buying some new furniture. I tried placing the piano in the dining room; no good because it ate up too much room. The bookcases are currently there, and I kind of like it! LOL. We have no dining table yet, so it feels like a special reading room. Haha! I like the idea of the bench along the window. If our chandelier was centered in the room, would it look weird for the table to be off-center? Otherwise, my plan was to buy a narrow table, have bench seating on one side (probably closer to the bar area) and regular chairs the other side.

ok, so from what i see now, i would place craft area over by the windows, so you could make use of the natural light. I would go the opposite wall have the two desks face each other give space for extras for first desk obove it on the nothern wall. I would place extras for other desk next to it on the lower north wall. i do not know when you like to use the bean bag. so i would place in front of fireplace. place tv on wall where it is. have the couch face it have 2 swivel chairs next to bean bag, so they can face fire or tv or angle to couch.

We are in a rental home, which means no wall mounts for us! thats part of the predicament, i think. I feel like the sectional also closes off so much of the available wall space that I can't create a "nook" for my office area. The room is roughly 16ft by 17ft with vaulted ceilings. The built-in was originally a wet bar, and was turned in to an open storage area. The "bar" itself sits pretty high (too high to consider making that area of "office" style use!) So we figured that's where our TV would have to go. Thank you so much for your interest in helping me!!

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