bring the recliner into the room about 18 inches. move the sofa into the room - away from the wall about the same as the recliner. Add an ottoman-coffee table in front of the sofa. A patterned upholstered ottoman and a nice pillow on the sofa would warm up the look. Lucky guy to have such a nice space!

I am assuming that you just want to work with what you have in the room and lay it out differently. I also assume that the TV will be difficult to move to another wall - at least for now. If you are planning to have custom cabinets made later - that will be another design dilemma/ project for discussion :)

I just thought to throw in the idea for some more cabinets/shelves and maybe another coffee table that you can relocate from other rooms in the house and find more useful in this room than where they are now. Hope this helps!

GTLaura...the space "is what it is" and I can see why he likes it. It feels large, open and has lovely natural light. And since this is likely what he likes about it anything you do will of necessity require him to concede some of these characteristics. The desk and chair are fine, albeit maybe a bit too close to the window. However, consider moving the furniture slightly more to center and use plants (real or artificial) behind all in order to lose the look of the eves which are simply dead space and make it feel like an attic. The closer you put people and activities toward the eves creates conflict with movement so bring things more to center and at least partially hide the eves. This will reduce the size of the space but bring the people in the room to a more effective distance, with the added benefit of making the room feel more like normal, comfortable space. I also don't see file drawers and maybe he doesn't need file storage. If he does he could also build out files/cabinetry in the eve where the chair and table sit, making great use of otherwise difficult space and adding a nice look of wood and color to break up the monotony of "white & beige". I would also build a credenza under the TV and lose the mess there including the wires to the TV (lots of ways to do this) allowing for a larger screen if ever needed (he's a guy, right?). Lastly, lose the carpet on the steps and use wood...looking at the picture will tell you why. Adding other elements can wait until after these "potential" changes are made. At that stage you should have changed the feel dramatically without losing the charm of the space. If you enjoyed this commentary please feel free to click on my link on the left and then click FOLLOW and/or REVIEW. Have fun out there! Regards...M

Agree with all the suggestions above. Also, you may consider getting an area rug to ground the space. Right now, my attention is drawn toward all the light carpet. I'm usually not a big fan of layering area rugs over carpet, but in this case, I think a patterned would add interest/color to the space. The addition of curtains or a roman shade on the window would make the space feel more cozy. Here are some pictures of rooms in attics. Also, if you paint the slanted walls the same color as the straight walls, it will help soften the slanted ones. I have an ideabook titled "Beautiful Rooms in Attics" you can look through to get some more ideas.