Another Before, and More Help Please!

I have gotten a bunch of great suggestions on my family room layout on Facebook, thanks friends!  Now for another "Before" shot, and another small request, I present you with my Little Boy's Room:

LB when he saw this room: "But I don't WIKE dis room!  Dis is a GIRWUL'S room!"

Okay, terrible (TERRIBLE) picture!  But you see the main issue here, right?  It's that the room is lavender.  I plan on painting every wall of my new house eventually, but these four walls MUST be painted before we move in.  The plan was to paint an accent wall in LB's first favorite color, orange (other walls neutral) and include lots of accessories in his second favorite color, rainbow.  Hopefully it will look something like this:

Just for fun the other day I was playing around on Olioboard and created this Boy's Rainbow Room and entered it into the Land of Nod sweepstakes there.  It was just to get a little inspired, but suddenly my little entry has started receiving some votes!  So, what they hey, will you please vote for it too?  All you have to do is click here and then "heart" my entry.  And maybe make one of your own while you are there!

If I win, I will be sharing the love here on my blog!  Thinking a Land of Nod giveaway?  Thanks friends!

The Eternal Design Dilemma

Hey gang! How's it goin'?

In just about a month we will be closing on and moving into our new home!  I am over the moon.

So of course my brain is going wild planning where all our stuff will go in this big old house.  Let's start with what might be the eternal design dilemma:

Some things I love are the molding, the hardwoods, the big french doors and windows out to the deck.  But can you see my issues?  Paint, as in: I better buy stock in Sherwin-Williams.  Most of this natural wood trim will eventually be white.  I am toying with the idea of leaving the mantel and door frames natural wood, because I kind of dig mixing things up.  And the walls will change.  But all this is secondary to the issue of layout. Where in the world do I put the TV?  The only real options are in a corner or on the big wall (the space above the fireplace is too small).  Can I just show off my awesome floorplanning skills for a sec? Check it:

Option 1:

Poor fireplace!  All crammed in with a TV like you should have to share the spotlight!

Option 2:

Poor traffic flow!  Having to sidle through narrow spaces like that!
Do y'all like my sad little plant in the corner?  Also that weird thing is supposed to be a chaise, lol.

So, I feel like we have to choose the lesser of two evils here.  We don't currently have a couch, so I can be flexible with what I buy based on what layout works.  That's the good part of having sold our furniture.  The bad part is that we might be sitting on folding chairs forever a while!  Anyway, I am desperate to know: what would you do?