More rug questions

[mrs.jacinthe]

This time about rug sizing.

Our soon-to-be family room (the one I've been droning on about lately) is 14'x15', ish.  It has four doors and a window.  It has a corner built in and a corner gas stove/fireplace.  The fireplace positioning/hearth takes approximately a 5'x5' square out of the corner.  The corner built-in is about 2' each direction.  So it looks like this (not to scale, obvs):

 

(ETA: Anything in RED can be moved or is subject to change)

Until we tear out the stove that's there, we have to work with the hearthstones.  How would you do the rug, both size- and positioning-wise? 

[mrs.jacinthe]

Oct 19, 2016 19:10:12 GMT -5 @juno said:

I think i'd treat it as a 9x10 space (take the 5 feet out in both directions) and look for an 8x8 or 6x9 rug centered on the sofa? I think...

I've had my doubts about this, because I wanted something more modern, but R has his heart set on a braided wool rug (this one, specifically: www.llbean.com/llb/shop/39827?feat=514001-GN1&page=bean-s-braided-wool-rug-oval), and I'm thinking the oval shape would allow a bigger rug since the corners curve in.  Do you think I could pull off an 8x11, in that case?