Have you thought of moving the taller shelf in the corner . Use the smaller shelf somewhere else. The items in your shelves are too small for the shelf. Try putting 2-3 books horizontal under sm items. You could hang the two pictures one over the other or try floating shelves if you still think you want them.

Is it possible to hang the tv on the wall and remove the entertainment system? Minimalistic

I agree with laurkade. Can you switch the taller cabinet with the shorter on the right? Then take the art on top of the right hand cabinet and hang it with the other piece evenly and directly above the television. You could use a shelf if you want. Make sure the shelf coordinates with the minimalist lines of your furniture. Consider a large item on top pf the tall tower to emphasize the height you have.

Thank you everyone so much for your help!!!

I've swapped the short and tall shelf units as @laurkade and @Sandy suggested. I agree this arrangement looks better. I've attached an updated photo. Do you have any suggestions for decorations for the wall and the tall shelf unit?

I do need to keep something on the left-hand side of the TV unit to hide the kitchen bins just behind - that's the only practical place we can keep the bins unfortunately. But I agree with @Beverly that the wall is too small to have all this big dark furniture in front it. So although I've kept the shorter shelf unit on the left-hand side, I pushed it back in line with the wall to look more like an extension of the wall as an area divider... what do you think?

What do you guys think about getting another short shelf unit to put on the right-hand side of the TV unit? They're very cheap ($40 from IKEA) so we can fit it in the budget. I have some place to put the existing tall shelf unit so it won't go to waste. I thought it might open up the area a bit more and give us a more rectangular wall area that may be easier to work with.

I've also attached our floor plan. It's a bit awkward and narrow, but very open, as you can see. We already had most of the furniture from before and a limited budget so couldn't just start from scratch with all new pieces to fit the place. I've tried lots of different furniture arrangements. I can't easily find a new wall for the entertainment unit and new seating arrangement. If you have any recommendations, I'm all ears!

Good suggestion @sm. I did want to wall mount the TV initially, but overall it wasn't a feasible option for us.

What if you move sofa towards dining area and put the taller shelf on the wall between sofa and tv. I only suggest moving sofa so that sofa won't be too close to shelf. I think the smaller bookshelf will have to change rooms.

Or you could float sectional so that it's back is towards dining area and then put tv directly across from new sectional location. Keep taller shelf on wall it is now. Then get rid of smaller shelf

What do you mean by kitchen bins?

Not sure why the bookcase needs to block the entrance to the kitchen. That surely looks more strange than seeing the kitchen.

With and without the short shelf unit. You can see the bins behind in the second photo.

Our existing lounge is about 2.5m (8.2ft) wide - it's L shaped with the chaise on the right-hand side. The TV unit is 1.2m (3.9ft) and the shelf units are 0.8m (2.6ft) each, so entertainment unit in total is 2.8m (9.2ft) and is more or less centred on the lounge. The wall behind it is about 2m (3.9ft) wide.

I think the entertainment unit looks quite unbalanced without the left-hand side piece, especially given that the lounge is already weighed on the right-hand side with the chaise.

Have you tried the tall self on the empty wall and moving the couch towards the dining area? OR have you tried floating the couch?

Perhaps try something more like this? This is one of our designs from our design portfolio.

It's the small picture above it that looks out of balance. I would look for a long horizontal picture or shelf over the entire unit to bring balance to it.

Am I correct that your bookcases are from Ikea, and can lay either horizontally or vertically? If so, I'd lay your tall bookcase horizontally, the TV on top. Your drawers and doors can turn as well. Then you have a taller piece for your TV, taking up more of your wall height. I'm not sure if you can fit your 4 cubed bookcase flat against the wall between your living and kitchen. Not sure if your furniture that your TV is on now can work on the long wall to the right, or even a coffee table. Good luck.

Thanks everyone for your ideas!

So I played around a bit more with the furniture arrangement in Room Sketcher and tried Jordan's suggestion to float the lounge so its back is towards the dining area and moving the TV unit.

I can buy another one of the short shelf unit and move the tall one somewhere else. I'm also going to replace the area rug with something larger, lighter and plainer.

I really like this! What do you guys think? I think I'll do a bit of physical furniture shuffling this weekend and see what it looks like in real life.

Yay looks great!! Wow wow!

To me there are three options:

1) move tv to wall across from floating sectional. Then get another tall shelf and put one on either side of the tv. Move small shelf somewhere else.

2) move the tv to wall across from floating sectional. Leave either the small shelf or the tall shelf on the wall it currently is on, but center it.

3) move tv to wall across from floating sectional. Then move both bookcases somewhere else.

Love your changes, especially getting that huge shelf into the corner and opening your view. You can check here for some artwork to fill in the voids now: http://www.houzz.com/projects/1295077/art-original-abstract-paintings

A few samples