Perhaps choose or pull out a lighter, neutral color from your rug? Vertical panels would look great in there & there's many options for fabric choices......

Light coloured panels -- difficult to actually see all the colours in your room -- red and beige? I'd go with cream/off white panels.

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You have a lot of dark colors in your sofa, end tables and lamps. Try selecting a color from the rug that is really light and that also looks good with the wall color and hang a decorator rod close to the ceiling and add straight linen panels floor to ceiling. A natural wood woven roman shade in the window for privacy would look nice too.

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I would invest in some larger more contemporary lamps with drum shades in white/cream and possibly an accent color lamps on end tables.

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Hartmann and Forbes. I have done rooms like this before in the past with my clients and it makes a big difference. Reach out to me if you have any questions.

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Let there be LIGHT! Well, lighter fabric colors in this respect. ;)

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Keeping with your color palette, try using a neutral base with a fun pattern in your desired hue in the drapery. That beautiful piece above the fireplace on the mantle, use that as a jumping off point for the accent color!

Our designer used a decorative trim on a crisp light linen Roman shade.

An decorative trim to drapery really is such a WONDERFUL design. It's not 'tooo much'. It's just right!

Ivory drapes the color of the background in the rug. No more red. Change either of the two pairs of lamps' shades to ivory.

Hello pchinze,

You have a beautiful room, but removing the heavy drapes will definitely allow in more natural light. If you are not concerned about privacy, you could leave your current shades and add a Cornice for a touch of fabric and softness.

You could add a box-style Cornice to keep a clean look, but add nail heads to carry the traditional style of your room. This will draw your eyes up for coordination and color in the room.

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Matching drapery to your wall color will visually enlarge and brighten the room. I would change the blinds as well. Moving the heavy dark sofa that is partially blocking the window would improve things too. I'm thinking a rearrangement of the furniture toward the FP focal (with TV to the right of it if you have one here) would give you an entirely different feeling and be much lighter.

If this was my room I would start by taking down the curtains. Its much easier to visualize the new solution when the thing you don't want is removed from the equation.

Also, my eye is drawn to the painted tin tile on the mantle. Visually it is too "heavy" in that location. I'd find a new place for it, or paint it to blend with your wall color which would highlight its interesting texture.