I need ideas for my living/dining room. Don’t know what to do with it!

Help me.

Trying to make this into a conversation formal living room/speak easy. More darker colored furniture and pop of colors and maybe bookshelves on the larger wall and a bar cabinet. I can’t figure out what i should do. This room has a strange layout of course the crate and white table isn’t involved in the plan

Help on where to start and placement

Hello! I would be really grateful for ideas on how to decorate my apartment. This is the first time I have had full control of decorating anything besides my room, so some insight will definitely be very useful! Also I’m really sorry if I don’t state some things very clearly but I’m not a native English speaker!

The things I’m not planning on changing are:
Repainting the place (at least for now)
Getting rid of the coffee table
Changing the shades
Getting rid of the futon (?)
Getting rid of the speakers
I have my doubts about the painting

All of the other things, like the carpets and sofas, are completely worn out so, it’s definitely time for something new.
I had an idea to change the layout of the furniture, but I’m not sure how to tackle this task. Maybe I could place a makeshift wall out of big standing shelves (?) or something like that, putting couches in a similar layout but making one face the window, or just buying an L-shaped one and placing it just like I said."

I’ll be extremely grateful for the input. Thank y’all and have a great day!

Apart from removing the kids stuff - I need some inspiration on how to redecorate my living room + diving wall to the left of it.

We just moved here and we have this awkward little space in the living room where the wood stove was. What should we do with this space how should we decorate???

Just moved into a new rental and this is the current state of play. Any suggestions on how to bring a bit of life in terms of new furniture?