Hi charlie_com, I like your rug & lounge choices. It seems you like the blue/timber/white in a provincial style so that rug would help marry the rooms.

The corner sofa is beautiful & not sure about coffee table style suiting the rest of your furniture but it is lovely too.

I wondered if you moved the office set up to the right hand corner of the lounge room if that could work & have the lounge facing the dining?

The tv unit could back up to the office at right angles to where the tv unit is now for example (tv back to back with tall shelf unit) & lounge could then be placed where the office set up is now. I'm not sure about the piano but it might fit beside the desk on the end wall of current lounge or is there room on one of the walls next to dining? As I am not sure about room dimensions this may not work but I thought it would be nice to hide the office & the lounge is not a large one.

The turquoise colour is pretty despite your meltdown moment, lol! We all have those! I feel that the large entry mirror could work better opposite dining table above the lounge if you could do the suggested re-arrangement & place the shelf unit under the art in the dining room or art to entry with shelf unit & piano beside dining?

The white pendant lights are okay but there are some beautiful ones out there if you decide to replace them. What do you think?

Hi Louie,
Thanks for your ideas! I just started moving furniture based on your tips, but I don't think that set up will work, because the tv is then opposite the dining table, not the lounge.
I then wondered about moving desk to left corner of loungeroom, and still back the tv on to that area, but am not at all sure about having the tv unit sticking out into the middle of the room rather than against the wall - have I got that right?! what would one do with all of the cords??

Well if the set up works, do you think the tv could be angled or have I sent you on a wild goose chase? Looking at your windows was what started it along with my aversion to seeing the office area taking up visual space...perhaps a screen could be placed behind the tv unit & where will the piano go?Further along the current tv wall?

I'm waiting with bated breath whatever that means lol!

Do you have some measurements of the two rooms?

Thanks again! Another reason I have the desk in the living area is I want the kids computer use to be where I can see it, so although I realise it is a bit of an eyesore, I don't want to move it to another room for at least the next few years. So thanks for trying to work around that!!!

I'm still not sure about the tv unit sticking out from the wall though - it feels like that will 'close in' what seems to be designed to be an open space?

I've just done some measurements...hope I can explain this properly.

The wall with bookshelf, piano, lounge is 5.2m
Wall behind other lounge is 3.6m
Turquoise wall is 2.4m
The wall behind the tv unit is 2.9m
The length of the room with the front door, sliding doors and desk is 7.2m

What is on the other side of the dining room? Is that where the kitchen is?

You might have to leave it be but another idea could be to have the desk, shelves & piano nearer to the entry as a sort of transition zone. Not sure again though as the dining room is quite narrow but long & it seems like you have pushed the dining table into the room more & the lounge is a bit pinched. Do you have another living area?

I guess the original question was about your choices for the lounge/rug/coffee table & now the arrangement of the room is in play. The office set up works for you & how you live so due to this & without you hurting yourself any more...

That rug should look great...the corner lounge may work...the coffee table can come later...there is a lot of functions going on in there...could you place the lounges together in the position you would like to see the corner one?

Is the third bedroom used? Is the piano used & could it go in there?

Mmm, true. Although I suspect if I was happy with the room layout I would have already gone ahead with the new furniture.

The third bedroom is my son's room - he also happens to be the one who plays the piano, but his room is much too small to accommodate the piano ;)

Perhaps the only answer is to renovate ASAP!

Just playing with moving the office & piano & showing both types of lounge...

I was wondering if either of these could work to open up the living/dining & to hide the office away...

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It would also give you a nice wall to hang either the long mirror on opposite wall in lounge & your photos could go in the entry on the turquoise wall or vice versa???

A bench seat in the entry might be handier with storage baskets etc & somewhere to sit for shoes on/off & the shelves could go with the office/dining or lounge ???

Oh! This is amazing! Thanks Louie - much simpler way of conceptualising, than moving the piano ;)
Your suggestions would also tuck away the piano - the colour of which seems to clash with everything, but obviously is not something I'm going to rush into replacing! That would bring the turquoise rug into the same room as the turquoise wall too, which makes sense. I'm going to have another go at rearranging later today, thanks again!

I will eagerly await you updates charlie (?) ;))

Will the desk fit on the wall next to the shelf unit or are you are you restricted to the L shape for some reason? Could it work opposite the window & in the other corner better & the piano where white shelf is?

If you can get all the measurements including for the new lounge & try taping the floor out to check that the configuration works.

Otherwise as you say having the new lounge along that back wall means having the tv where piano is but could work, depending on the view from the dining room. Pictures on the bare walls & a rug will soften what seems harsh at the moment but as you are not sure yet it is hard to say...

I have always moved things around many times until it felt right. I feel your pain & hope I have not confused things for you :/

See if you can bring the rug home to try & throw some beige sheets over the green lounges & a cheap throw or sheet in the rug colours on the floor...you've made a start now so might as well keep the ball rolling ;)

Also look out for a table runner with the turquoise colouring to introduce it into the room to help your mind visualise changes. Even tape a couple of large inspirational pictures/photos on the blank wall to help inspire how you want to see the space ;)