@Linda3345 I have to say, @Brian2036 has perfectly expressed what I think is the most important thing a new host can do to set up a new accommodation: create the home that you would choose to book if you were the guest. If your current furniture setup is adapted to the way your family has already been enjoying the home, I doubt it can be improved upon by making the furniture match more.
I'm going to hazard a guess that you come from a generation of people that went to different rooms to have separate activities. But now, the vast majority of your guests will have devices in their pockets that make it pretty irrelevant which room of the house they're in - a group of 8 people sitting in front of a TV and/or a fireplace can interact with or isolate from each other to any degree they want simply by pulling out their phones. All you really have to do to optimize this is have a fast WiFi connection, and then people can engage with or ignore each other at their leisure no matter how the rooms are laid out.
Color schemes - they're very helpful in creating eye-catching photos for your listing, so that's worth putting some effort into. They don't tend to weigh heavily on guests' minds after they check in, though. I've seen thousands of petty complaints in reviews over the years, but I can't think of a single one where the guest felt that their holiday was disrupted by a rug not matching the sofa.
