You have too much brown going on - brown cabinets, fireplace, floor, the sofa and love seat. I do love brown but if you do the sofa and love seat in brown you ought to think about painting the cabinets and fireplace and bringing some other accent colors in through a rug.

What does this room "open' up to? The spaces that adjoin in open concept need to relate. I think red would add some life to your space. Your shelves need restyling with 1/3 books, 1/3 large decor items and 1/3 open space. Only three photos per side is plenty - layer them with taller ones standing behind smaller and horizontal ones for more interest in the photo grouping. The excess ones can be changed to hang on the wall for a grouping in the hall, master or other private space. Try a red sofa and don't add any more brown to your room.


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I say embrace the brown. I'm thinking you could go with a brown sofa but use a light neutral sisal/ seagrass rug to give a "lift" to the neutral scheme. Accessorize with more modern lamps, accessories and textural pillows.

These pillows would be nice.
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The picture doesn't show the color of the bricks on the fireplace very well. They are actually used painted brick. I will attach a better picture. The walls tend to have a greenish tint in dim light. The family room is open to the kitchen with a bar that separates the two rooms.

ADD SOME COLOR TO THE WALLS! :-)

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Before furniture, I would pick an area rug. Something a lot lighter.

I see paint chips on the counter. Are you considering painting?

The tv is too big to be over the fp. That ruins the focal point. It throws off the room. I also feel you have too many chairs, 2 are enough. Move tv to the left wall.

Nice brick on the fireplace but it gets lost due to abundance of same hue/shade of brown all over. IMO the room needs some contrast to be visually interesting and balanced.

Can you change spots switching cabinets around? I like the shelves on the fp sides.

Are you saying you are repainting the walls or just replacing furniture and rugs?