"You could put a daybed centered in front of the window. This gives your dogs a long uninterrupted perch to lie on and surveil the street, and you get a place to sit down and take your shoes off when you come home, assuming you don't have a place to do that in the entryway. Look for something in leather or velvet-both are pet-friendly and generally not fabrics that cats like to scratch."
"We already have a den with a sectional and a TV, so my partner would prefer not to replicate that in this room since there's only a dining room and no doors between them. We already have a workout space and our offices elsewhere in the house so those aren't appealing options either. Two cats joined our pack in the last year so all the plants/hanging vines have been relocated or downsized, so we have a lot of flexibility but no good direction."
The front room of a 125-year-old bungalow is underused outside the holidays and currently serves mainly as a spot for dogs on two secondhand chairs. The fireplace is inoperable because the chimney was converted to a furnace vent. The household already has a den, workout space, and home offices, and two new cats have reduced viable plant placement. Placing a daybed centered under the window provides a long pet perch and a convenient place to sit and remove shoes. Selecting leather or velvet helps resist pet damage, and a rug should be added and anchored; measure the space before buying.
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