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We have been in our new brownstone for six months and I still can’t figure out how to arrange furniture in the main parlor room. The room is narrow and long (11 x 25) with a doorway from the front hall coming in midway. There is also a fireplace opposite the doorway, and pocket doors at the back leading to the kitchen. What does everyone else do? If we put couches, etc. at the front by the front window, there is a big empty space in the middle of the room, yet if we group the couches around the fireplace, there is an empty space at the front. Also, if I put a dining table at the back of the room, it looks as if it’s blocking the doorway to the kitchen. Can anyone tell me what works in their long, narrow front parlor? Thanks.