We'd need to see the entire room and the furniture you might want to use here in order to help. Start an ideabook here on Houzz to clue us in on what you like.

Here is the whole room from another angle.

are you buying new furniture?

the room really doesnt lok that bad.

what do yo want to use the space for?

I think updating the curtains, adding a sofaa and loosing the printed chair are a good place to start.

Would you put a sofa in place of the two leather chairs?

Pictures are very dark. It's good to stand in each of the 4 corners of the room, and shoot towards the opposite corner.

That said, I'd paint that fireplace stone, no question. It will leave you with a nice texture without the multi-color stone which draws the eye a bit too much.

What will the room be used for? TV viewing? Reading? Socializing with guests?

If that's a half wall, then we'd like to see what's on the other side because then, really, this is one room.

Paint walls to closely match wood walls Paint beams the same. Replace drapes with plain ones that touch floor. Perhaps some linen look ones on a black rod from Restoration Hardware. Patterned chair competes with fireplace. Keep leather chairs and add a light linen look sofa. Use a larger mat in front of wood stove. Put a flat screen tv above fireplace and you have a cosy room.

yes than flank the FP with the brown ones.

This room will be use for socializing, reading. It could be used as a tv room too, though that isn't crucial. There is a staircase behind the half wall.

Flair lighting - that looks really good. I like the curtains and the couch. Thank you.

The horizontal panelling and angled ceiling create a lot of odd angles that are visually distracting. Is it possible to remove the panelling?

Michigammemom - yes, that is something I would consider. At that point though, It might be worth redoing the whole wall, including the fireplace.

I seem to say this a lot on Houzz, you can "paint out" anything that is a visual distraction. Paint the fireplace, and the wood wall too if you don't like it. You're left with an interesting texture but much less to draw the eye. Low cost and quick to do compared to other solutions. Later if you want to remove/replace things out you can still do it easily.

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Raineycarole - Would you mind sharing a picture of how it turned out?

I think I would replace.

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I like Raineycarole's whitewash, but for your fireplace I'd paint it solid.

i like the white wash.. sometimes (IMO only), before i get beat up for saying anything, white painted stone, just looks exactly like.. oh you painted the stone .........the white wash is more subtle of a change...just a thought.

I'd take the opportunity and redo the entire fireplace and paneled wall. The stone is taking up too much space on the right side of the room.