I will be adding a chair on the side that you don't see. I plan to have an recliner I had recovered and will be picking out a fabric soon. We would like to add some color (my husband want some red or orange). The blue picture and lamp will go. The walls presently are pale yellow and need to be painted. I have a vaulted ceiling with 3 windows over the wall unit. There is one window on the right. This room is difficult as there is 5 doors and ,a fireplace to arrange furniture around.

I would get another recliner to match the chocolate recliner not a different one, this not a huge space so keep the large pieces simple, you can certainly add some orange into the color mix with accessories, I would stay away from real reds with any thing large.You will find the reupholstery will cost almost as much as buying a new chair so just get a matching one if you really have the space.

Where in your room right now is the multi colored chair?

Thinking out loud....are you sure you have room for one more chair?

It is in another room. It is a small room and my husband likes his chair in front of tv. I have used another chair in the room over to the side. That chair does not get direct view if tv use it more for reading and seating when guest are here

Does anyone have any ideas for paint colors? I am thinking about moving rug to another room as it does not seem to be holding up well with pets and traffic in room. What do you think of adding solid color rug? If so what color?

I understand hubby wanting his chair in front of the tv.....where it is now, it hides the fireplace and just looks out of place, like the whole room was designed around it. Sorry to be so harsh!

Soooooo what if the couch and the chair were to switch places and the chair sit that same way, but on the other side of the fireplace where there is actually room for his chair and a window is there for the chair, too. The couch would face the wall it is on now and you would determine placement by how much room you need to walk behind it. This would also create a small foyer as you come in the door.

I suggest you paint the sofa wall with a darker accent color and the rest of the room a neutral. The darker color will make better use of the ceiling volume and breadth of that wall. The Fireplace wall needs connection to the rest of the room, so it's best to remain the same as the other two walls across and adjacent to it. (If it's dark you bring attention to the low ceiling line on that side. I'm not sure of your exact color scheme with that chair, but a good warm red is Benjamin Moore #2005-20 Hot Apple Spice. It can bring in the red-orange concept you're thinking of. Definitely add a pop of color in pillows on your sofa. Perhaps choose your paint colors off the other reupholstering work and pillow fabric. The paint colors should tie it all together as a final thought. (Too soon to choose for now.)

I like a pattern in a rug, especially here with all the other solids, unless you went with a sisal or a seagrass, but not sure about that with a dog, either. The nice thing about the current one is the lightness of it and how it does break up the darks for you.

Flip Flop the TV and armoire with the sofa. Put the chair and a side table opposite it, to create a walk way behind the chair. That way the fireplace will be exposed.

I like the green in the rug - perhaps you'd consider a lighter green in the same family for your walls? Lose the little pictures over the sofa in favor of something larger - maybe a mirror if whatever it reflects would be pleasing. Can you put end tables at either side of the sofa, with 2 matching lamps? The one floor lamp and one table lamp aren't working for me.

I think all of the color solutions are fine but the real problem with the room is the furniture arrangement. No changes to colors or adding pillows, mirrors or pictures is going to fix the room unless you arrange it more sensibly.

This room is so difficult due to 5 doorways, fireplace and small size. The room is probably 17ft x12 ft . When couch and tv is switched it leaves no room to walk thru doorway to bedrooms. I had to use floor lamp at one end of sofa to provide enough light. There was not enough room for two end tables at sofa. I do have end table in another corner to have light on that side of the room. I really hate this room. It has been a struggle to arrange. I really would like chairs in corner near window but it leaves no place for sofa.

It just seems like the couch would fit, facing the wall where it is now, but I have no idea how dep it is, either. I know it would put the coffee table right in front of the fireplace, centered maybe, but I think that would look great! I hate to keep harping on this, but also feel your frustration. Would you want to measure the depth of the couch and put a yardstick even on the carpet where the couch would stop if you place it back far enough to leave plenty of room to walk. Then we can either play some more, or scratch our heads and keep thinking.