additional perspectives of the wall

It's an absolutely gorgeous brick! Add a wooden mantle that matches your wood inside the room. It's a beautiful addition to your room, keep it!

I say- cover it with ledger stone... You can't go wrong!

IMO ledger stone is already a dated look I would have a custom mantel made that actually goes around the sides too and mount a nice painting above it

Maybe just adding a mantle would do the trick.

I think it is the wall color and complete lack of art that is making this room feel blah. The fireplace is the best thing about this room. The furniture is mismatched in an uneasy way.

I think the fireplace is beautiful and should be more of the focal point of the room, however the furniture arrangement is not giving it any attention. Maybe putting the 2 armchairs facing the fireplace and adding some patterned throw pillows to the chairs. Also, by adding white mortar to the brick you can give it a rustic look and then add a simple mantle with bright accessories and either a mirror or artwork above and it will now be a focal point to the room.

You could also float the sectional in the room to point toward the fireplace and put the tv on top.

I agree, add a mantel and add some décor. It is beautiful.

You should paint the wall a beige color, paint the moldings white, and whitewash the fireplace. The fireplace will then be the focal point.

It already looks white-washed. This is very sought out brick. Ask some brick people, they will tell you.

I would continue heath all the way around fireplace to the wall plus mantel.

I would definitely float your sofa so it faces the fireplace, your room will seem cozier, then maybe use the wall space for the piano if you have to have it in the room.

Love the walls and the floors :). Love the fireplace too. When I first glanced at the picture I felt something was "off". I see the use of both painted wood and stained wood. I like that a lot! It's hard to really tell what's going on from a photo, but I want to say that my eyes just want to stop at the wood crown moulding instead of continuing around room. The stark white walls and the wood trim are playing contrast games with each other. What if you were to paint the crown moulding and keep the beams wood - to tie in with the wood window? Also, I have in my head warmer toned walls. Maybe a few shades creamier. Not even necessarily beige, but just warmer.
You could then do a wood or painted mantel - either one would like nice.

So close to a lovely room ! One that marries a traditional style with a modern lifestyle. I would not move the sectional because this piece balances the fireplace in the other corner. And Tudor + leather + fireplace -- has to be a winning combination. But how to relate? One way is color -- the leather you have chosen blends well with the fireplace, but there are some other color/style notes that are not helping these major choices. First, however, is it likely that this fireplace is original to the home? Probably not -- corner fireplaces are not necessarily Tudor. But you have balanced the placement of this fireplace -- likely an addition from the second half rather than the neo-Tudor adaptations beginning in the first half of the 20th century -- with modern seating. So I would keep it, and change (1) wall color: (2) end tables; (3) rug; and (4) placement of the chairs. The chairs are not the same style as the sofa, but the color works -- moving them around the fireplace was a good suggestion because it avoids comparison in the height and covering of the seating -- can always be moved back if needed. You would not want chairs like the sofa in front of the fireplace, so these darker, smaller chairs work well. The color of the wall is an easy change -- try natural linen from Benjamin Moore -- something deeper, but still Base 1. I would find a range of colors that you like and then bring in a color consultant to choose the one that would work best.

I really like the pale blue rug, especially with the chairs in pale/warm -- and if you could, I would add another rug that is under the existing rug, perhaps with neutral colors that complement the beige/blue/taupe -- the chairs appear to be pink -- and if not, the rug could be more pink like the brick -- place the rug at a 45 degree angle with the walls, parallel with the fireplace, and a little smaller than the blue rug, or put the blue rug in front of the fireplace, and buy a bigger rug for under the sectional. Rugs do not need to be expensive, but melding the two areas -- the fireplace seating area and the sectional seating area, is easier with more rugs. Something different works, as well as something the same. A diagonal placement makes a statement that this room is not just about Tudor -- just like the sectional. If you don't like diagonal lines, then yes, you should consider removing the fireplace, but it is a very nice fireplace.

I did not comment on the piano because it appears to be a family piece -- no, it does not work with the fireplace, but if it needs to be in this room, for functional purposes -- at least for the time being -- then it should stay. However, there are other styles of pianos, other finishes, that would work more effectively -- walnut, dark oak, rather than birch, for example. I wanted a walnut piano, like yours, and was advised by my designer to purchase a baby grand, black lacquer, and never looked back. Love it! But not for your room.

But more importantly, and, if the fireplace is used frequently, and is a wood fireplace, not gas or electric -- the piano should be moved. Pianos -- especially grand pianos -- have sounding boards, and they benefit (the piano lasts longer, and stays in tune longer) when the sounding board is in a more constant level of heat and, especially, humidity. This is often hard to do in an older house. But when I moved my baby grand from a new townhouse to a new brick single family house, I no longer needed my piano humidifier -- it is still available -- offers??.

I also did not comment on the wrought iron pieces -- or the ceiling fan -- I would stay away from small and dark, make it light and bright -- or wall color plus white -- and choose larger scale pieces like the sectional. A large floor basket for the magazines, for example, rather than a rack. A round coffee table may encourage a more relaxed seating areas when additional seating is needed near the sectional. Or several smaller round (smoking) tables that can be moved around the room with the seating.

Smaller scale pieces, color, can be provided with art work, pillow/throws -- what you would want around a fireplace. With Tudor, and your more large scale pieces in this room, I would consider ethnographic or artwork from nature. Please see Laura Foster Nicholson's website -- LFN textiles.com She can refer you to others if her modern/natural style is not right for your room --