Rearranging

So, I've been wanting to rearrange our living room furniture since the weather turned cold. I think I get "Fall Fever" as well as "Spring Fever". We had originally put our couch with it's back to the fireplace, sort of dividing living room from dining room. Well, now that it's getting cold enough to use the fireplace, I decided I wanted the couch facing it, making the living room feel more spacious at the same time. It's not the best arrangement and is maybe slightly awkward, but no more than the original arrangement, and it'll be just fine for the 7 remaining months we'll be living here.

Our apartment living room is rather strange. They expected people to put their TV's above the fireplace, and put a connection there for that purpose, but they didn't leave any holes to run wires through for home theater speakers, or enough room for stereo equipment. We would have had to run all kinds of wires out in the open, down the front of the fireplace, which just isn't pretty at all. We had such a hard time deciding how to set things up in the living room when we moved here, one of our couches ended up in the loft as a result of our indecision. Then we ended up liking the set-up of the loft so much, we've been spending most of our relaxation time there. I'm hoping with this new arrangement, we'll utilize both sitting areas equally. We'll see how it goes. Aaaahh! The frustrations of moving! Anyway, below is a slideshow with before and after shots of the living room. I'd love to hear opinions.