Re: Intro & my sofa dilema
One the things you might want to do is lay this all out to scale using the Icovia room planner, which is powerful and easy to use software that you can find on line on some makers websites. This will give you a sense of scale as to what will and won't fit. Here's one attached to Thomasvilles web site:
http://thomasville.icovia.com/icovia.aspx
Your room schematic is really too small on the attachment to see the numbers, sorry. In a room layout like that, you really only have three choices, and working these in a digital room planner will give you an idea of spatial proportion:
A) A sofa floating in the room in front of the fireplace, with a pair of small scale swivel chairs to the left and right of the fireplace between the sofa and fireplace,
B) A pair of Loveseats or small sofas perpendicular to the fireplace and facing one another.
C) A sectional with a short 'loveseat' section, and perhaps one swivel chair on the diagonal across from it.
That's generally all that will work in a room that is open to that degree, with no fixed walls.
Sundance: Probably the best for design "A". As beautiful from the back as it is from the front. Yes, its deep at 46" or so.
Sloane : A very elegant looking sofa with the 'picture frame' back.
Ellie: Skip. Not comfy for laydown.
Kingwood: Another great looking sofa, lay-down comfort is good on it. Large!
Look at Jesscia Charles swivel chairs, they have the best in the business. Sister company to Hancock and Moore:
http://www.jessicacharles.com/catego...?categoryid=SR
Re: Intro & my sofa dilema
That sectional is pretty big... I think after a few weeks of living with it, you might feel it's getting in the way - especially if you're walking from the foyer into the living room and just want to sit down. Having to squeeze in between the fireplace and the sofa doesn't look like fun.
Also - is the TV going to be placed on the wall between the two doors?
Re: Intro & my sofa dilemma
Yes, the TV is wired to go on the wall between the two doors. I didn't want the TV over the fireplace (too high & I wanted a different focal point). When DH watches TV, he normally lays flat or turns, so it will be the normal viewing direction that he is already used to.
The room is 19'10" x 15'8", but we really have much less space due to the "pathways" we need around all the edges.
(The fireplace has a flush hearth.)
Thanks for the feedback!