Living Room Arrangement Ideas

We are currently turning the house upside down prepping for painting. However, during a break, I found this nifty furniture arrangement tool on the EQ3 furniture website. It's called the Icovia Space Planner and it is very simple to use, and you can place EQ3 furniture, or generic furniture, in any way you like in a room of your specification. However, you do have to login to the EQ3 website to access it.

Currently the area near the wall opposite to our fireplace is empty, and is a big eyesore. Calie, our interior decorator told us that we should try to highlight it, not ignore it. The following are a few ideas on how we could fill this empty space.

There are some constants in all three concepts. The following furniture is in each concept, furniture that we already have:
-EQ3 James rocking chair (see below)
-EQ3 Stella sofa
-Coffee table
-Swedish fireplace (see previous blog)
In the above concept (Concept #1), I've placed a chaise at a diagonal, accompanied by the iconic EQ3 'Cast' floor lamp (see below). This lamp would illuminate this dark corner and would also illuminate reading that can be done on this chair. We need a bookshelving solution, so I chose to place bookshelves in the upper right corner.

In my second concept (Concept #2, below), I've again placed bookshelving in the upper right corner. The differences are that the area rug is very large, and that I've chosen to place a small swivel armchair near the fireplace (perhaps similar to EQ3's 'Commander' chair. I like this concept the least due to the extreme rectangularity of this concept.

In my third, and favorite concept (Concept #3, below), Ive placed a tall potted plant, a floor lamp, and the EQ3 'Crush' divan chair (see below) near the opposite wall. The bookshelving I've placed against the bottom wall.

This is my favorite concept because the previously ignored space opposite the fireplace looks artfully put together. If a bold piece of art was placed on the far right wall, it could look like a store front window. This concept looks the least symmetrical, and the least rectangular of the concepts. I like the use of the round carpet to set the reading area apart from the TV area. The below side table is what I would use in this corner.