The first pic is upstairs; the second pic is downstairs in our 2-story raised ranch. We just took a wall down downstairs (construction still underway), and I was going to use the larger half of the room for a comfy den area and the other half for our dining room table.
Now, I am debating having the dining room table upstairs instead of the living area we currently have. It has proven hard to make the furniture layout work up there. Initially, I did not want the dining room table up there because we rarely use it and generally eat at the island. But it does make more sense if we ever do have people over for dinner because then you're not carrying food downstairs to a dining table down there.
I inserted a pic of the bare room upstairs (Took this photo from the kitchen, that is the island in the frame). We do have furniture up there (as outlined in the floor plan) currently that we'd move.
Also, the sound travels pretty well in our house so there's no way we could reasonably have a tv going upstairs in the current living area as well as the den area downstairs.
Note: we are having a baby in December. If I decide to move the dining table upstairs, I'd probably use that half of the downstairs room for a desk and a play area.
Please help a pregnant girl out!