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decoenthusiaste I'd flank the FP with the two print chairs. If the FP is non working, put candles in it. Eliminate the tables and mirror around it and hang the picture above the mantel. Put a sculpture in the niche and the two tall torchiere lamps at either side of the picture. If they are taller than the picture, try the mirror hung vertically. Can't see the furniture to the right of the FP to suggest anything. Eliminate all the area rugs and spend what you do have on a large one that picks up on the drapes, which seem to be your taste. The bare floor will be better than the multiple rugs, as you can see in the pic below. If you could take a picture from the TV to the dining end, we'd be better able to make additional. suggestions. Your pics are only showing us the FP and two walls, not the entire area to be dealt with.

2dogssashatess I think decoenthusiaste has made great suggestions. I think the vase currently in the niche is too small. I would get the water dispenser? near the fireplace and put it away. The asian chest and the mirror in front of the fireplace need to go. I agree with decoenthusiaste get either one big rug or have none as all those different rugs spoil the look of your room. Some art work may be needed on the wall where the monitor is.

Vintage Green Design Hi, i think your lamps are a bit spindly and fussy for the space. you need some that are not so tall and have fabric shades. Perhaps a simple elegant bowlshaped glass base- less is more. it is good to have a mix of classic and contemporary to create some contrast and interest and avoid a time capsule feel. You have a lot of busy patterns going on, maybe taper back the pattern and bring some colour from the drapes into the room via some plain silk scatter cushions (that detailed sofa does not need too many). I don't think the chair with the circular pattern goes. I think you have a few too floor rugs too. Perhaps you need one big one, perhaps with chartreuse green/gold as a highlight. take your oriental chest out of the fireplace and use it as a coffee table instead of that one that matches the side tables. try putting your marble topped coffee table over by the wall and put your tv on that instead (your existing tv table is too high). I like your gilded mirror, i think it would look good on the mantle piece, then you could move your painting to a wall where it would be better appreciated with nothing distracting from it. you have a lot of interesting pieces in there - just a few too many at once. Have one detailed piece for your focal point and base scheme around that. Good luck! all the best from Australia! Trisha Lee

groveraxle I'm sorry, but I think the problem is the color of the drapes. Green is probably the last color I would have chosen for this room.

carole groveraxle is right,the green clashes!!can you find a use for them somewhere else or swop it with drapes from another room,providing they are not green or red!!love the new chair and would build on those,would also take out at least one of the rugs or all!!! and if there is some money replace drapes then find a new rug for the diningarea,its all a bit to much,these pinks!!

Lkristine I hate to even say it, but I agree that the green curtains are to green. Can you return them? I would look for a more neutral gray color that maybe has a slight hint of a green undertone. I would add a print pillow to the sofa that brings out the blues and tans that you have in your pretty chairs. The other thing in here that really makes it feel unfinished to me, are the multiple area rugs, (also mentioned above.) I would get a large shag area rug in an off white color and eliminate all of the small ones. It appears you are fighting the sofa. Your choices in accent chair and window panels are more modern than traditional like your area rugs and sofa. That being said, try to make the sofa work for now until you can either have the existing sofa reupholstered, (which I would very much consider, it's a beautiful piece of furniture, just has to much pink tone to it, making it difficult to decorate around your other colors in the room.) or buy a new sofa. Try to pick things that compliment it, but still work with your new things so you don't end up having to replace things once you do get a new sofa or reupholster the existing. I edited a pic of your room. It is only intended for inspiration.

hmschoolmom Your drapes are pretty but the wrong color for that sofa. It does look a bit fussy, almost too Victorian. I find the pic with the black/white stripe draperies so appealing! I would consider adding a large, white flokati rug to give the room a quasi-regency vibe.

Vintage Green Design It is true, the green drapes are not great. I just know that it is extremely hard to return curtains or easily move them elsewhere sometimes!! one way or another, they don't really go with the sofa, but people dont always have the resources to to change expensive items, so as a property presentation stylist I like to help people make the best of what they already have!

decoenthusiaste I made the assumption that the drapes are the direction you'll go when you can afford furniture, so it you love them, don't worry about the clash for now. On the other hand, if you bought them just to hang something, and really aren't thinking about their future surroundings, reconsider.

soberg I'd consider pulling the sofa and chairs to a conversation grouping around the fireplace, on top of the two rugs pulled together or maybe even overlapped. That gets the sofa away from the drapes and also gives you a cozy grouping (while de-emphasizing the rugs which aren't doing too much in this context anyway). Lights and tables come with. The drapes can stand alone as is and your walkway will go right in front of the window.

The sofa and drapes may not be the greatest match, but I always try to see if they can be made to work. I would scour stores and fabric shops for a beautiful ornate velvet print incorporating both colors (mauve and chartreuse) to use for pillows on the sofa, with plain velvet on the chairs. Accessories should be as far from Victorian as you can find.