if you can, try to place the wireless router in the living room,
as i suppose the living room would always be the "central"
area.
there are a few categories of signal strengths:
1) very low
2) low
3) good
4) very good
5) excellent
from what i've tried, as long as your signal level is between
"3-5", it dosen't affect the connection speed much.
as for the weak signal, you can try to use a pair of"High
Gain Antennas". with the signal direct from router, it would be
much better as compared to repeaters.