Living Room ReDo…ever cover window with furniture? PHOTOS!

If the furniture covers the window entirely, it's fine. If there is a piece of window sticking out above the armoire, it will look strange. Tables can go in front of windows easily, even though they may be higher than the window sill. You still don't want a piece of window showing below the table, so if that's the case, a table skirt is the answer.

Can you post pictures and a floor plan?

I'm not a fan of covering a window with furniture, but without the dimensions of the room (along with window placements) it is hard to picture.

My suggestion would be to place a couch across from the TV, but not up against the wall. Pull it into the room and maybe put a thin console/couch table behind it creating a walkway into the kitchen.

I had this issue in our first house. Here is what I did. It was our bedroom, btw.

I covered the windows with roller shades and pulled them down. This way it looked normal from the outside. Inside I made that wall a fabric covered wall to essentially get rid of the windows. Gave me so many more options. I just pleat stapled fabric to a piece of wood and mounted it at the ceiling.

Can the tv go in the corner where the recliner is now on an angle?

I see a few options:

1. place the settees's opposite each other, perpendicular to the TV
   
2. create an L with the settee's with one facing the TV and the other on the "nothing" side
3. put the TV in the corner where the recliner is and set up the L with the settee's opposite it

We had a set-up like option 1 for a few years and it worked fine for watching TV. With option 2, leave enough room to walk behind the couch and you won't block the dining room doors (wasn't sure if they open into the LR or DR).

You can use graph paper to make a scale drawing of your room and the furniture to really see how the different options will look before you start moving pieces around.

I suspect option 3 could mean buying a new armoire and/or moving cable outlets.

tincin and KikiPea having a chair, couch or table in front of a window looks great and doesn't block the light, but a larger piece of heavy furniture can really close in a room. Depending on the direction of the window and how much of the window is visable around the TV, you will almost always have to have the blinds/curtains closed behind it.

Good luck 

OP isn't asking about a couch or desk, which I think everyone agrees look just fine and normal in front of a window. She was asking about covering a window with a pretty big piece of furniture.

Frame the window with a longer curtain rod and extend the drapes out. Place the armoire in the center. Done.

No. You are blocking a potential fire escape. Not a good idea.

Yes. We had these awkward 2x2 windows with the fireplace in the middle. They were odd sized and oddly placed. I have a HUGE antique armoire that fit the space perfectly. So it covered one window. It didn't diminish the room and now I only had one weird window to deal with.

I would do @bc2cas [HASH] 1 suggestion - the settees perpendicular to the tv with a coffee table between them. If you want to keep a smaller chair, that could perhaps go in the area where the table now is - between the 2 windows.

I think the settees need to be oriented towards the focal point which appears to be the tv/armoire. The other option is a sectional type settee positioned facing the tv to allow traffic flow around it.

Given the OP, drawing, & furniture update, IMHO the TV armoire is perfectly placed in the room as the focal point. So everyone can view the TV, I would position the full-sized sofa parallel to the TV armoire, the loveseat perpendicular between the two in the space currently blank, & the recliner opposite the loveseat. Fill in with the round coffee table in between the case goods, a narrow sofa table behind the full-sized sofa, & a side table next to the recliner to balance that side. Be certain not to create a tight square, but leave ample space for an adult to navigate between the furniture; of course, that may mean exchanging the full-sized sofa & loveseat, if the larger piece blocks the flow from the kitchen. On the left side, bookcases could flank the double windows with an upholstered backless bench placed between them in front of the double windows for extra seating. Soften the upper right corner with a tall potted plant or another chair, side table, & lamp, & leave the space beneath the half wall blank or add a low trunk/storage piece. HTH.