I would not concern myself about room size, there are great musical encounters to be had, without making the room a reason the experience can't be thoroughly enjoyed.
Near Field Listening is a set up for the Speakers and Listening position that are used by members of the music production industry and any other methods for speaker positioning are overlooked.
Your room dimension form my understanding seems to lend itself quite satisfactory to allow for this method to be intentionally set up.
I have tried a version of near field in my room with ESL Speakers, where the wall behind the Speakers and the listening position are almost equalized in the dimension and the distance between the Speakers and the Listening position are very similar. A slight change to the toe in of the Speaker is the only change to the stereo configuration for the speaker, but don't think a direct line to the ear is best, find the toe that really satisfies your own preferences.
There is not any other method I have created to make a being there experience be perceived and believable, and this is a method used for a selection of live albums that really come into their own when replayed with this as the listening set up method.
The real appeal with this as a choice made for a Speaker set up, is that it genuinely does not cost any money, just a little adjustment to the already owned equipment.
If you want to create a space where the speakers are coupled to the room and the room seemingly has no boundaries, then a understanding of room acoustic treatments will be good to get to grips with, or use a modern technology to carry out analysis and suggested treatments.