Furniture verdict: It stays where it is. Mostly.

I am going to do away with my armchair and footrest. Since people rarely come to my apartment, this combo is usually used as a temporary repository for either clothing or mail, or any other odds and ends don't make it very far past the door. When people do use these items, they generally have to be helped out, such is the state of the cushions.

Good points:
the computer is now next to the phone jack, so I don't have two 15 foot cords snaking their ways through my apartment.

Now I have a really good reason to by a new desk.

The light behind the tv now brightens the room much more effectively than it used to.

With the chair/footrest gone, I'll have much more wallspace to work with.

Bad points:
the computer setup is on the other side of the room from the couch, making comfortable work conditions on the laptop no longer an option.

Now I have to buy a new desk.

With the lamp behind the tv, there isn't one next to the computer, making for a comparatively dark corner.

With the chair/footrest gone, I won't have a handy spot to drop read-later mail, or drape my clothing when I don't want to put it away, or sit when unwanted guests come to my apartment and I don't want to sit on the couch with them.

Many little creatures were disturbed by my rearranging activities last night. I wonder how upset they are. I try not to think about it.