I like them facing each other but they should be centered to each other regardless of the window placement. Toward the dining room end works then you can have two armchairs by the fireplace as a separate seating area...divide and conquer the room with two seating areas.

The fireplace wall would be a great accent wall to add depth and arrest the eye in your linear layout. Like this:

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Great input! I'm going to try it today!

Cool. Does the long sofa fit on the shorter wall?

My goodness the scale of your furniture is so very large. Did you plan on having to hurdle over your sofa to enter the room?

Lol. No jumping over furniture. Honestly once it was moved in, our lives changed drastically when our baby showed up early! So now we're stuck with it, and have to work with what we have plus newborn life 😀

Unfortunately the larger couch is a few inches larger than the short wall

Will you have a TV in the room? Do you expect to use the fireplace?

I get that the fireplace is a focal point, but honestly, I'd leave the long couch on the window wall, put the short one in front of the fireplace, and a TV on the wall opposite the windows. Down the road, when you are able to replace the furniture with something more in scale with the house, you can rearrange. Meanwhile, the small couch keeps Junior out of the fireplace.

I was actually thinking to get rid of the fireplace. It's just an electric insert on that wall. Good points. Thanks for the input!

Congratulations on the new arrival!

I don't think the room particularly needs small furniture. Looking at your entire greatroom/kitchen area, if your large pieces are closest to the dining room, then they will definitely work to ground the center of space between the cabinets and the fireplace.

Bring the large sofa within a couple inches of the arch wall, it's okay if the arm beyond that wall...you have to maneuver around it anyway. Center the loveseat to it, the two will create one unit visually and act as the anchor.

I think their blocky shapes are a good foil for the architecture as they seem part of the walls and I think they'll just blend into the background once the decor goes in.

Thank you so much! It's been a ride moving with a little lol.

Just moving the larger sofa directly across from the loveseat like you suggested earlier did wonders for the eye. It already looks better. I'll try switching them and see what that does. Thanks again!

Okay, now I'm confused, the long sofa should be on the window wall. In the corner next to the arch. It's okay if the side of it sticks out past the arch edge.

Ooh! I'm following! Got it! It does not stick out too far past the arch, so it looks great there. Thanks!

It does? Wow! Are you seriously moving furniture?

I know you're prob overwhelmed, and congrats, but those sofas are really too big for the size of that room.

It dwarfs the fireplace!

(I hope you're replacing that fan w/a light? or a better, larger fan?)

Honestly, the proportion is giagantic. You can't even do a coffee table because it would block the walkway.

is there any other place you can put these? return them? sell them?

if you did a small sofa like shown here, in between the two windows, and similar decor as shown, it would work.

another version. see how much better?

on the other wall I'd do a console, art above it, or the tv.

something like this (with the window treatments from the above pic)

not the best photoshops, but hopefully you get the gist

similar room design, although this is wider than yours.

I would take the fireplace up (visually) and do something on the sides. get smaller sofas like shown here, and do a similar layout

do you have any plans for the far wall? fireplace?

window treatments? a rug?

nikole, take another look. I added more photos/photoshop

They have to work with what they have. I think it can work. Hmm.

The sofa and loveseat should center with each other wherever the sofa is on the window wall. If you're taking the fireplace out, one of the pieces could go on that wall.

trace, anything can 'work'. I think 'making it work' would be to utilize one of the sofas and relocate the other. otherwise, it really won't work to the point where it looks good. The sofas are very nice. they're just too large, too deep and too overpowering for that room.

they'd do better in this room:

OP needs this size sofa (the leather one) and redo the fireplace wall similar to this. bring in the other accesories, except the sofa w/the back to the photo

Hi Beth! Thank you for your thorough input. I actually wanted do the layout pictured above with the fireplace brought up. I did attempt to return the larger couch and get another loveseat but we missed the window (insert baby lol). That fireplace wall will be changing completely to a longer fireplace insert or just an accent wall. Also getting rid of the deep mantle for more floor space as well.

For windows, I want floor length curtains. Definitely doing a rug (not sure single vs layered but def large to complement the furniture). Definitely replacing the fan (hate it). I do want to add some sort of storage on that wall to hide internet hook ups etc.

For more reference I should add my extra tall husband voted this furniture 😆. Said husband also got a 75 in TV to go on that wall 🤦🏾‍♀️ (so fireplace for sure has to go)

Hi tracefloyd! Yes sliding these around is pretty easy lol. Don't mind the TV there, it's just a place holder. But this is what I have now. The open space with the boob light is supposed to be a "breakfast nook" 🙄 But it looks better to me

Is the fireplace gas and actually vented or is there a possibility of it being moved? It looks nice but just wondering if you swapped the loved and fireplace. I realize it may not be possible though.

Hi Emily! Fireplace is just an electric one that is inserted in the wall. The only thing about moving it from that focal point, is we'd lose that view of the TV from the kitchen. As it is open concept straight through.

Somehow it works beautifully, the symmetry is perfect and the sofas are really architectural. How does it look with the sofa tucked into the corner, its right arm (almost) touching the wall with the arch...loveseat centered on it with space on both sides.

I like that you can watch from the breakfast room. If you have pads for the chairs that's extra seating. If you are going for two seating zones in LR, armchairs by the TV area can be lightweight to reposition for TV night. Skinny legs for furniture.

I've been pondering about the carpet and how it'll be just one big traffic path down the middle.... so I came up with a solution....a smaller area rug in the middle between the sofas so you can walk around it. Place a coffee table on it.

Cowhide would be perfect but thought a faux could be fun and in blue would go with the blue accent wall I posted-- which would be perfect with the big TV.

Wayfair has this in a 3'6"x5'6" which seems the perfect size. On sale even.

We want the sofas to recede, right?

Hi tracefloyd!

Surprisingly I would not have chosen that rug, but I like it! I will definitely have to go accent wall with the TV. It came in, and it's huge. Gotta love compromising aesthetic and my "go big or go home" spouse lol. I was thinking of floating cabinets beneath the TV to go along the whole wall (sans the fireplace of course). I did however wish I could somehow work an electric fireplace in here. I did want do 2 chairs, but was concerned with what I could find that wouldn't further clutter with the large couches. Will adjust them a bit as well.

Speaking of the breakfast area, I’

ve not worked with this open space before. That's a whole other task. I am going to do counter stools for sure, but what to do with the rest of it? Photos attached for reference

I was wondering what you were gonna say about that rug. Think outside the box and i agree with your dh...go big or go home. It needs the right coffee table.

I have found that the most logical solution is also pleasing to the eye. You could also simply use a runner rug with a bench for a coffee table, and scaled to size (not too narrow) would look absolutely perfect.

Get clubby upholstered counter stools with armrests, a backrest, and that swivel to watch TV...very comfortable ones. You need a table and chairs so get a square table that will double as a card table.

Something like this, a linear fireplace with the TV. You can use furniture instead of built-ins. Any fireplace treatment could be applied directly to the wall just like paneling. Or just do the whole wall like the inspo in blue.

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Yes! I love outside the box. I like the runner rug idea as well. Going to play with both ideas. I'm excited to look for chairs. And if you could guess, they must be comfortable (per DH lol). So your spot on with those. I think I will go with the whole wall for accent. Something like below. I do like the storage like this better than built-ins.

Thanks for the suggestions. It's been much kinder on my newly acquired mom brain! 😅

I'm so pleased, your inspo is great. You could fit a linear fireplace somewhere in there. We are on the same page.

A 3x5 carpet woud work. They have rectangular cowhide prints. Go transitional with a blue Persian.

Center a big painting between the windows will balance the LV. Gotta run...

Show a drawing of the entire great room space. Measure the larger of the two TOO BIG sofas: )

Jan! The larger sofa is 120"

Here's the space. Measurements MAY be an inch or two off.

ONE couch, the smaller one here I guessed at 96"

Find a great broadloom remnant @ 15'width, have it bound because you've got a baby soon crawling around. Add drool and whatever.

Very few rooms benefit from a sectional, so don't ask me? They're not the least bit versatile.

At some point there is NO point to the alley at the powder room.: )

I'm not facing a couch to the fire- it will read like the Great Wall of China. especially so in an arch.

Just too boxy!!!

Beth, this looks great! This is exactly how I wanted to bring the blue into the island. Funny that you should suggest the gold and black hardware, and it will go well with the light fixture I have for the adjacent room. I really love the counter chairs, but need to go with something more comfortable (arms, etc). I love all the wood elements, one of my favorite types of accessories. Wondering if I should change the outlet caps, or paint the kitchen white with the accents you suggested. I love the fresh feel it gives.

I'm definitely going for back splash. It's currently not interesting at all. I love that woven shade. I would've never thought to put sconces there, they look nice.
I have a round table in the adjacent room as it is the "dining room". Would it be a waste to leave that breakfast nook with nothing? Just to flow from the counter stools into the living area?

Jan, this is a great sketch! The smaller couch is actually 90" long. (Not that it matters). When you say the alley near the powder room, I to was curious why that was there. What else to do with it? Thanks for your input!

There is NO point to the "alley" to the powder room. Add more wall and add either a pocket or swing door. You can't add either without some additional wall.

It's a later thing, not now.See the little star below? That is where I added wall, you do not yet have. It would also add a lot of privacy for grown up guests.

The REAL issue is use one couch of the two you own. When the arms of a sofa, are same as back height? That sofa, no matter dimensions, will read larger and bulkier.

Thus, you need chairs: )

Read Beth's description again, I believe she mentioned a table under the boob light in Breakfast room. Such gorgeous ideas for the kitchen. I'm sure you can find stools w/ similar feel to the inspo ones she found.

I'm not sure about replacing the 4" back piece with a full backsplash. The outlets are a problem with any treatment there. Maybe vinyl wallpaper, and cover the outlet covers in the same paper or paint them a matching color from the paper. You can buy covers in colors.

Otherwise lean cutting boards and place plants in front of some as suggested.