Holy shelves, Batman. The amount of spaces in that shelving built-in are really out of scale for the room. Have you ever considered making larger display spaces instead? Back to your original question, the couch and rug look great together, especially on your wood floor! It would be worthwhile to consider an occasional chair to compliment the couch. As for accents, are you going with a contemporary country look? Do you prefer modern? You could go in a few directions for this room!

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Hi Janekel! I'm not sure if the shelves are adjustable?

some ideas . I like furniture layout.

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Some shelving transformation like on the pic below would be great

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Thank you for the help and sending over some photos as well, I really like them! :)

If it was me I would like to make hallway placing furniture like on pic below

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I really like this!!! :) I havent even thought about changing the room around like that :)

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I would consider getting two accent chairs in a navy to go with your rug. Maybe something like these? https://www.overstock.com/Home-Garden/Skyline-Furniture-Velvet-Upholstered-Tufted-Accent-Chair/13477611/product.html?refccid=SX66DWNLOQHLQCSNY4M7BU67IE&searchidx=119 I would put them in front of your window with a pretty accent table between them and a lamp on the table. I would then turn your sofa 90 degrees so it's facing the chairs. Then add a pretty coffee table. Do you prefer wood or metal for tables? I would also add longer curtain panels that go all the way to the floor in a color that matches your walls. Hope this helps!

I like the couch and rug a lot! Very pretty! Some questions though: Do you have an open floor plan? Depending on what walls and/or rooms are adjoining this room, you could consider a number of furniture placement options (i.e., couch in front of window, etc.) I definitely get that there is no foyer but that could be created using occasional chairs as well (or vice versa). That type of placement would help to de-emphasize the shelving unit somewhat -- which is a great functional feature but agreedly, a bit overpowering as currently configured (and also a major pain to keep dusted, I'd imagine). If you have pictures of what you are or would like to be using as the focal point of the room, it would help a good bit with the setup.

Given your design preferences and the design of the shelving unit, I would suggest looking for side tables and accent seating in a Shaker style or something related (traditional/rustic). Here are a few samples of many variations:

Hi Naella. If you create your own thread, I'm sure you'll get lots of help!

Another layout might work better for the room. Why not also try taking out some of the shelves if possible? You could wallpaper the back or paint the back of them and get a really wonderful look. Included here is a design of ours that might help inspire you further.

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All good comments. After removing some of the shelfs paint the back walls of some of the shelfs. For window treatments go full length drapes hung almost to the ceiling on the side but wide enough to cover the window if you need to pull them or a sheer of some kind. 95" L would be good.

Call me unimaginative but that wall needs books and many of them. It's the only way it's going to look good as is.

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Thank you CeleryGirl! I think I like the combo of books and little items like the above photo :)