Front room for me! we have three rooms opened into one large living space, this is great when you have a large family. I still say front room, but mainly to describe the location of say my book or glasses if I'm am asking somebody to fetch them for me. It makes for a quicker find :)

HIya so i have 3 kids too of all ages so trying to compromise a room to accommodate the older kids, visitors and then my 2 year old is a challenge so i understand the struggle. lets start with the curtains, because they have lots of colour in them id maybe pick one or two colours out of that for little accents in the room to help it all blend nicely like the blue tones. A larger rug with some blue tones in would help centre the room for family time and a bit of a cosy space id go with shirt pile though as we all know how kids are with crumbs and the dreaded playdoh situation. Because you say you get so much beautiful natural light from your windows maybe a nice window seat that could double as storage for the kids bits would work really well. It would provide extra seating for when family come but also give the kids there own area to sit and play or if your a reader then nothing better than sitting in the sun with a good book. id then go with maybe light grey sofas as with kids and grown ups too stains are inevitable or if you were feeling bold maybe even a blue tone that matches a shade in the curtains.

Help please! I’m moving house and I’m not sure where to place furniture in this room because the door from the hall is in the middle and there are so many windows (the two small ones aren’t marked on the floor plan). I also need a nook to put a little desk for working from home but I don’t want it to dominate the room.

What a lovely room and great windows. Your issue is that although it’s a large room it’s virtually square so doesn’t lend itself to being chopped in half and your central door doesn’t help this. Also your rounded table and sofas don’t enhance the shape of the room and I would go for straight lines for both table and sofas. The dining table could be placed in the corner alongside the door which would allow a larger sofa to be pushed a little further back and moved sideways towards the door. This would open up space for other seating in front of the right hand window (shame to cover some of the window but if you kept the back low I think this would look ok). The other sofa you have alongside the fireplace is too big for the space but if you had extra seating by the window you could perhaps replace with a swivel chair. The tv would need to sit on the right hand side of the fireplace so a swivel would allow tv viewing. This would leave a nice space beneath the left hand window where you could maybe put a console table, tiny desk, etc to balance out the room and bring focus to your lovely window. Hope this all makes sense!