I Re-Arranged My Living Room

...because I had least 25 other things that needed to be done.

Do you have a room with a challenging floor plan? I do. It's called the living room. This room has been re-arranged more than any room in the house. Just recently, I moved everything in the above picture. Looking at it from here, the floor plan seems OK. Notice the location of the couch under the stairs. Pictures can't be hung above the couch because of the stairs, which by the way, I recently read that art above a sofa should be 2/3 the length of the sofa. Is this true?

The other issue I had was the TV cabinet, which is a big rectangle, is sitting beside the passage to the dining room, another big rectangle. That is just too many big rectangles in one area. Note, this is the way into the house from the front door.

So the other day, when I should have been working on my to do list, I started moving furniture around. The TV cabinet has a new spot by the stairs which opens up the traffic flow from the front door.

This is the new seating arrangement which we have had before. The sofa is too large for the room. We were not thinking about scale when we got it 15 years ago. I listed the sofa and ottoman yesterday to sale and if they do, we plan to purchase the Ektorp (white slip-covered sofa) from IKEA.

Also, I would make a colorful ottoman using this tutorial. This would bring in more color.

The picture that was over the sofa gets to hang above Dad's lowboy which to me is a better spot.

And my favorite part is that the lamps that I found at the Re-Store last winter, finally get to come out of hiding. Tell me, do they need shorter harps?