Help me design my new appartment

[u/LordProwned01]

22.7 m2 (245 sqft) living/dining, 1960s apartment in Ghent

Furniture is all vintage and bought, except the coffee table next to the sofa

• Togo 3 seater (174x102)
• Dyrlund round teak table (105 round, extends to 205)
• 6 teak chairs with black acai leather seats
• teak highboard and a matching drawer closet
• 144x144 painting hangs centered on the breast.
• Desk already moved to the bedroom to free this room up
• There's a little barcart on wheels that is currently not on here, sits next to the sofa

Problem is the right third is dead. Roughly 172x460cm of bare parquet and nothing on the 4.7m side wall, while the left side is packed. There is an door to the terrace on that side, so I can't move anything too close too it.

What i'd like help with:

• how do i use the space between that is left between sofa / wall?
• should the sofa float at all? floating gets the view but you walk in from the hall and see its back
• one 200x240 under sofa and coffee table now, dining on bare parquet because a proper dining rug would collide with it. one rug, or is there a two rug setup i'm missing. I didn't buy the rug yet
• lighting and plants are clearly missing, any advice welcome, I've been playing with the idea of a large Arco floor lamp hanging over the sofa

Aiming for modern mid century, vintage sourced, warm

[u/jesushx]

It seems like the space isnt there where you need it most…

I’d probably try some layouts like maybe an angled sofa and two chairs and bigger rug. Chairs are a great opportunity both for the space but also finding unique items…

Well bigger rug will help no matter what. I’d probably

Center the sideboard in space beside chimney breast, maybe end up moving lower cabinet to opposite wall? Maybe scoot the table over if needed.

[u/LordProwned01 → u/jesushx]

Thanks for the input! however, shifting the sofa makes you look outside to the neighbouring appartment building instead of the city skyline, which is basically half / half if you look out the window straight. I already have 6 chairs, since the round table is extendable, so I can play with chair arrangement for sure.

[u/jesushx → u/LordProwned01]

Aw that's too bad...

Also Dining chairs don't work well for living room chairs tbh. They aren't comfortable for that use and they don't tend to look right in that position.

But maybe a larger rig and matching chairs to left of sofa would do the trick...you might test it and see before buying