Try turning the sofa with it facing the window and let's see how that looks

If she turns the couch any farther, it won't be useful for watching TV. seems good like this.

I think an are rug would help -- would warm up the floor and help define the cozy living area separately from the "hallway" behind and the dining area. Need somethibng large enough to reach under couch and chair legs, most of the way to the console and/or fireplace. Probably something middle tone to lighten the dark floor while preserving a contrast with the furniture. Pattern, maybe touches of color?

Thank you that's wonderful advice!! Trying to decide on colors! Light gray sofas...

How far up would I do the curtain rod on the windows?!

Your room is begging for Art.

Your wall color is bothering me with your gray sofas, and unless you want to repaint, we need to tie the two colors together better. One way to do this is with a rug that has both colors in it. (photo 1) Another possibility is adding a third color to the rug. (photo 2)

If your fireplace is made of a faux stone as it appears that it might be, you could help matters by faux finishing it to look like a medium gray stone, similar in color to the stone in photo 3 below. The faux finish should have a matte look.

I like your purple pillow, a little bit of which I can see in your first photo. Perhaps you could find another pillow with some beige in it, along with another color (photo 4).

If you know the name and brand of your wall color, it could be helpful to us.

Let your art inform your color palette. Plum and ecru? If you're going to do curtains in the dining area, you're limited on the height, so hang the living area curtains at the same height as those in the dining.

Thank you for the great advice!! We just built this house so wall paint is just builder paint. It's Killiam Beige Mesa. We are wanting to have either one or 2 accent walls painted just unsure which ones and what color. Yes the fireplace is faux stone. What size rug would I do in front of Lon couch?

Wow that's awesome how you did that!! Thank you so much. I'm not sure I want to stay with purple. I love yellow and grey together but unsure if yellow is bold enough for this room.

Here are a couple more pics of different views. Not sure what to do around TV. Also would I do same curtains by kitchen table that I would use in living room? Thank you!!

I think your mantel needs a large square or a big round mirror over it to offset the awkwardness of the room. It will also reflect light nicely. If the mirror is big enough/tall enough then you could put a nice long piece of wire sculpture over the door/window to the right. Bed Bath and Beyond has some surprising wire sculptures that do wonders for a room. You prob dont want art to compete with the height of the mirror. Keep lower than mantle. Couple of candles up there on mantel and you are good to go. West Elm has some lovely mirrors and they have been putting them at 20% off lately. Lots of angles in the room so maybe go with a round mirror that maybe has bone around it for some interest since there are not a lot of places for art. Also, I never let art dictate my wall colors or decorating. Best to look like the art was collected--I find it more interesting that way. If you love the art, then it will most likely work with any walls. Keep the colors on your doors/windows soft and flowy so you can look past them to the outside. Keep the bars very light too so your eye does not stop there.

I would Keep the kitchen as a separate but in the same color family. Beiges, browns. Use pops of color on chairs and sofa. I like to do color in accessories so they can be changed out every couple of years or even seasonly for a simple change up. The TV is what it is. Best not to draw attention to it other than when you are watching it. Maybe put three John Adler intersting vases to left for interest and maybe a family picture or two (non reflective frame and glass) to right of TV. Keep it simple. I might put a live tree to left of TV in a great planter for interest and to help shape the room. Art you dont have a place for on walls could def be in fun but simple statement/accent pieces.

Also, yellow rooms can get tiring. Purple is a very strong color except in accents in pillows or simple objects. Yellow and purple feel draining in big "canvases" to me.

Thank you very much! Do you mean tall floor vases to the left of the Tv stand?

Hang your drapes as high as possible in the lowest area (behind dining table) and keep the same height throughout. Try a bold geometric smaller print on the drapes. Use grommet style drapes & check Ikea or JCPenneys big sales. Pick your area rug 1st as that is your foundation. You have a perfect setup for a flat weave zig zag or stripe area rug in cream & black bold stripes or an ikat or kilim. You have a blank slate so go with the area rug you like most & build everything around that. Choose 3 pillows solid color coordinating with drapes and/or area rug for the sofa. Place one lumbar pillow w/ small geometric print for the chair. Add a small coffee table in glass & add a few storage ottomans to use as extra seating & to throw stuff in before guests arrive. Take contrasting color to select a throw over the end of the sofa. Check my ideabooks for art, art, art. You can use more, make it large, pick it yourself. Art does not have to match anything it just needs to appeal to you. Place some pottery vases on the credenza and coffee table. Floor lamp in LED from Ikea, uses less energy & bulbs will last 20,000 hours. Have fun & please let me know if you have any more questions, post photos as you go.

Thank you, thank you! I really appreciate all the info.

Yellow and gray:

I love seeing the photoshop work that Grover does! The drapery height Grover shows is ideal and now he's given you two color schemes to work with.

I much prefer a painting over the mantel to a mirror which would not have much to reflect at the high location. For the art, a large vertical piece would work well since there's so much space.

Sherwin-Williams has a paint color called Kilim Beige. Is that what you have?

I think that a 5 x 8' rug would work, but until you determine your final furniture arrangement, it's hard to say. Check out the 5 x 8' measurement with where you have the furniture now.

Yes I LOVE the photoshopped room ideas!! Thank you for that. I just purchased the pillows I posted, want to try them out so now just need to find wall art and rug and curtains!! This is a big job! I know what I like but have a hard time pulling to together!
Yes it's Sherman Williams paint!

LOVE these!

Sometime when you end up working with just two colors, in this case just gray and yellow (I'm not counting white), you get locked into not knowing how to add another color. So with that in mind, I suggest this piece of art which has yellow, but also many other colors.

http://www.gallerydirect.com/art/product/leslie-saris/channels-iii?substrate=canvas&style=CG&frame=F0000&size=XL

The art looks like the one below but is a 24 x 48" canvas, not a small metal piece. With this piece of art, I'd add an orange pillow for sure! It would look great with one of the gray and yellow pillows and the rectangular steel gray one.

Great! What if I add I'm the purple with the gray and yellow?? If I wanted to paint an accent wall what color would go well?

Carolyn, I usually agree with everything you do, but I cannot make that painting and that pillow work in this room. There are no curtains that work with it and the walls. I think with the color of the walls and furniture, heatherjayy should stick to just two colors.

Love the pillows you bought. I wouldn't do an accent wall in this space. And since Carolyn wants your art in portrait format, how about this one?

I like that. I am still trying to decide on colors. I just don't know if gray and yellow is bold enough for this room. I put the pillows on the couches but am not a big fan of it. Any other suggestions on a color scheme I should go with that works well with the light gray couches? I found these 2 rugs online that I like that I may go off of.

Y'all are so helpful and I really appreciate the photoshopped pictures! Thank you so much. I'm overwhelmed by ideas but y'all have really helped!

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Oh, I love that thank you!!

In a way the abundance of dark brown kitchen cabinets and flooring etc. needs maybe reds rusts with more color warmth....

That's kind of what I was thinking too... Something richer and bolder than yellows. So should I find a rug first and go from there?

I love it when Grover and I don't agree because it gets different ideas going around in our minds! I think that the striped rug is looking good and it's a strong possibility. However, the rug seems to work better with the walls than with the sofa.

Colors that go with both the wall and the sofa include teal and coral. So, just to offer another option, let's consider the items below. I'd like the TV wall and perhaps the fireplace wall, too, painted Sherwin-Williams Quite Coral, the color you see on the bathroom walls below. That color can also be used for the draperies.

Then I'd add a grayish shag rug and I chose the one below because it seems to have a bit of the Kilim Beige wall color mixed in with the gray. The pillow adds more colors that can be used in accessories in the room. I like the piece of art shown below though I would frame it in black with a white mat to separate it from the wall color.

Carolyn's corals:

Aubergine and mustard:

Thank you ladies!!! This gives me so many ideas.
I also played around with black and white chevron possibly with turqouise. Not sure though how that would look.
Love that shag rug!

Husband doesn't like those colors on wall. Is there a nuetral color I could do to accent?

Thank you, Grover. You are a gem! My favorite is the aubergine and mustard, a yummy combination! Perhaps, Heather, you would consider painting the whole area a neutral gray, such as Sherwin-Williams Worldly Gray (photo 1). Or you could paint an accent wall Intellectual Gray (photo 2). Painting the entire area white would also look good.

Great ideas!! Y'all are awesome.

I have more rooms I need ideas on and would love y'all's in put! :-)

Heather, start different dilemmas for different rooms. If you want our input, post the links to those dilemmas here.

Groveraxle could you photoshop this rug into my living room? I fell in love with it but unsure of how it will look? Thank you so much.

Hello everyone--After reading all the comments, etc, the thing that keeps bothering me is that the fireplace doesn't look like a focal point because it is too similar in color to the wall. The photo suggestion from groveraxle took care of that problem with the plum wall, and it looks great! Otherwise, I would consider painting the mantle white and the rest medium gray to help it look like the "jewel" it should be. I also haven't seen anyone suggest placing the sofa parallel to the tv wall with a sofa table behind it. You would then be able to turn the chair towards the grouping but placed next to the fireplace with a small accent table. Having the fireplace where it is, it would still look nice. Def need coordinating rug/curtains. Art on the mantle would pull it all together. Don't forget a med tall plant......;)

also..forgot to add that you could paint the cabinet below the tv a lighter color as Vanguard shows...then you wouldn't be hating that area..

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