Hi Gaurav,

It really depends on what kind of circulation you need around this room. Where the door behind the sofa comes from and where the door next to the shelving takes to...

What do you have on the wall from where you took the picture? Is it a window?

If you are keeping this rug, definitely the best option would be to put one part facing the other and getting yourself a nice rectangular coffee table.

On your first option, you can keep the rug and a lower and squared coffee table is needed. But, bear in mid that you are "blocking" the door and the incoming circulation.

And on your second option, you would need a new bigger rug to cover the area and most likely side tables near the sofas too.

Another idea is having the sofa in L shape, but standing where you were when taking the picture. It would leave the circulation from the door clear.

Please let me know what you think.

Good luck,

Ana

hi Ana,

First of all I would like to thank you for your detailed suggestions!

This is a lobby (first floor) of an independent house, from where the pic has been taken its the entrance to this floor (staircase coming from ground floor) this side also has an elevator and another staircase going up. The door visible(with a small mat) in the first pic is of a kid's bedroom, and the door which is next to the shelf is the master bedroom. Actually after buying the Sofa we realized its not appropriate for this room, it would hv been better if we just bought a 3 seater sofa. Now I like it to be placed as in 1st photo, and my wife wants it to be like 2nd pic.

-Gaurav