Thanks everyone for your kind comments,

Raek you probably wouldn't want to sit on the sofa and watch the TV no, but my wife and I have perfect viewing spots and when we have guests around we have music on rather than the TV.

In the rare occasion that we want to watch TV with guests, we will just pull the sofa around a bit.

We felt it was much better to design the room around my wife and I instead of comprimiseing because of something that only happens a couple of times a year.