The very long room

This room was originally a breezeway between the original house and the carport. In the 60s the owner commissioned Arthur T. Brown to design an addition to the west of the house that would enclose the breezeway and carport. The carport has become two spare bedrooms and the breezeway is now what we call "the very long room". When we first moved in we used the south half of the room as a dining room and the north half (where the shelving is) as the t.v. area. Unfortunately, there is a step down between the kitchen and this room and the room is fairly closed off from the kitchen as well making it awkward to move easily between the two rooms when serving food, etc. The fireplace divides the two ends of the room so we decided it would function better as a living room. We have moved all of the living room furniture into this room but that's about it. We spend a lot of time thinking about how we will eventually decorate and arrange furniture to make it look less like a hallway and more like a comfortable space. We ask all of our visitors to join us in the contemplation as well and someday I'm sure someone will have an idea that we love. Until then, we live with it as is.