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not sure if it's real or just the photos but it looks bland to me, and I do so hate nekkid walls!
Get a few pictures of some kind, or one big one, with lots of color. Don't know what your budget is but I've seen some fairly decent paintings at local thrift stores. Yea, okay, nothing that'd hang in the Louvre but just find something you like.
Definitely some color. Nice throw blanket, pillows, accessories. A window treatment. Also watch scale and proportion amd height. You want to create visual interest. Now the eye focuses at the largest piece the sofa, which is low. Bring in a piece with height to balance and draw the eye. A nice area rug to anchor the seating arramgemdnt and pop sone color. The coffee table is out of scale with the sofa...maybe centering it and doing am area rug will help it look more balanced. A larger piece of artwork centered over the sofa.
So frames pictures would be the best huh? I wonder if Overstock has something.
Any other suggestions?
ivana had a good suggestion with the area rug. My wife introduced me to how necessary and wonderful an area rug can be. In open spaces like yours it really helps pull the room together and define the space.
If you can run a cable line- I'd move the TV to the sofa wall and the sofa to the tv wall. Flanking the tv with shelves/cabinets/cheapo Ikea canvas art will help fill the space. Is there room to place the chair/ottoman beyond the door. I think simply having everything grouped will go a long way.
Also there is no shame in a cheapy table/chairs from your parent's attic/Target/Walmart/etc. I had better luck with that and replacing later than with buying 'as nice as I could afford at the time but not what I wanted' items. And if a table is too crappy looking you can always toss a table cloth on it and surround it with decent chairs. (Just don't buy cheap upholstered chairs.)
If you can run a cable line- I'd move the TV to the sofa wall and the sofa to the tv wall. Flanking the tv with shelves/cabinets/cheapo Ikea canvas art will help fill the space. Is there room to place the chair/ottoman beyond the door. I think simply having everything grouped will go a long way.
Also there is no shame in a cheapy table/chairs from your parent's attic/Target/Walmart/etc. I had better luck with that and replacing later than with buying 'as nice as I could afford at the time but not what I wanted' items. And if a table is too crappy looking you can always toss a table cloth on it and surround it with decent chairs. (Just don't buy cheap upholstered chairs.)
Haha, I love the Eames chair.
Thanks for suggestion about moving the furniture around. Unfortunately, I can't switch the sofa and the TV because the Wall Heater is in the way (meaning the couch is too long for that wall).
What do you mean beyond the door for the chair/ottoman?
So frames pictures would be the best huh? I wonder if Overstock has something.
Any other suggestions?
Can you paint?
Find a picture you really love that coordinates with your couch a bit and then take your color cues from that for wall paint and accessories.
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