The kitchen is in place (not done) and the new living room layout is giving us brain freeze. We really want to take advantage of the view to the backyard, but the only way to do that is to put the Plasma mounted in a corner by the stairway. The other option would be to put it on the side wall from the new front bow window, but that makes such a small area. There's no way to move the door that leads into the garage. We are planning to redo the stairway as well so it will have a more modern look. We also want a fireplace. So do we suck it up and do a fireplace with the Plasma mounted above and a sectional near the bow window or what?

Here is a link that might be useful: Open Room Layout Help