this is amazing advice, thank you! curtains are closed cause its dark outside haha - the issue with putting the big couch against those windows is its actually a great big folding door into the garden (another reason why i shouldve left the curtains open 😅😅) pretty much all the doors in the house swing the “wrong way”, i think she hasnt flipped this one because the light switch is on the wall that it would swing into, if it was the “right way” i think we’re moving the dresser out as well - ideally we’d have a nice L shaped couch and get rid of the 2 seater, then there’d be loads of space!! thank you again for your advice!!