I would rotate the dining table to give more space in the living room.

Then you can place the two recliners side by side but move them further back. That leaves room for a loveseat but not against the rail. Use that as the traffic zone and the loveseat on the window wall.

Then there is room for your coffee table in the middle.

You need a much larger rug in the living room to define the space. Not sure you need a rug in the dining room.

Exactly!

I would not put a sofa on the railing side. The sofa should go on the window wall.

I don't have any dimensions of your room but going by the photos this is how I suggest you layout your furniture. The rug in the living room area should be rectangular and reach under the sofa and 2 recliners. The one in the dining room should be large enough so that the chairs when pulled away from the table sit on the area rug.

I love the layout and I tried rotating the table but the width of the area is 10’9” and my table is about 7’4”.
Every week I entertain 8-12 neighbors for coffee so I need to keep it extended. We also have family parties of 15+ so this table gets a lot of use.
I also tried putting a loveseat by the window but we have a lakeview and my husband thinks that people sitting on the loveseat would rather look at the lake instead of the railing. Maybe I could move the loveseat away from the railing and keep the walkway?
I also am open to any style suggestions for floor lamps for the recliners and sofa. I need something that looks good with chocolate brown chairs

Here’s a chair

I presumed the 2 leather chairs were used to watch TV so that's why I had placed them facing the TV. Not sure the chairs would be well placed for TV watching with the loveseat facing the window but I'll look into it but if you have a lake view, I can understand why you'd like to reverse the plan.