Instead use a furniture layout that helps de emphasize the sliding doors.
Furniture placement ideas for small living room sliding glass door.
Study layout of room and identify angle and relationship of main entrance of room and sliding glass door.
A living room with a sliding glass faced door between the formal seating and a home office and media center.
Don t arrange furniture such that it faces completely away from main entrance.
Place main seating of living room either facing or to sideways to sliding glass doors and in case main entrance is on opposite wall from sliders position the seating to face one of other two walls.
Pare your seating area down to a sofa and love seat or two chairs.
In a living room or family room place the couch with its back to the doors and orient the main seating area to the wall.
When space is limited it s even even more important to plan in advance with paper and pencil.