The room feels so dark with the furniture and beams. The beams add an interesting element to the room, but changing the color could help. And remove the overhead lighting. A new rug and throws and pillows could help soften the dark couches until you replace.

The large mirror adds nothing to the space. I'd replace it with colourful, funky art.

What a great room for your couches—hate to see leather couches squished into too small a space. I’d start by looking for a more contemporary design rug, rather than the patchwork. I’d trade out the two leather chairs for a pair in fabric or suede, something with clean lines that compliments the color in the couches and rug. Metal legs with wood tops for either end tables or a large round coffee table.

There will probably be differing opinions about this, but I would paint the beams white. For me they’re just too emphatic and contrast too much. Take off the throw pillows and move the couches toward one another a bit more. Is that a pale celery green on the walls? That could still work; a lot depends on what you choose for a rug and chairs. Wall color should come last. Please keep us updated!

Paint the beams white, put a new color on the wall, replace the furniture and rug. Change the staggered frames above the fireplace to one long piece or a few decorations

For small budget: add polyester fill to plump up the back cushions on the sofa, remove half the pillows, reattach the curtain rings to fabric where they are missing, remove leather trunk.

For larger budget, replace the rug and pillows with something equally light and bright to what is there, repaint, replace the track lighting with less obtrusive lighting, get curtains with more fullness and structure.

This is an awesome room to work with! Tons of options, but the path will be determined by budget and effort. Are you wanting a quick fix with minimum budget (that would be my situation, so my answer reflects that)?

1. What strikes me first is that the honey undertone of the bookcase and end table is fighting with the color of the leather and the green of the walls and I would remove it..

2. The furniture should be grouped together, instead of so far apart, so I would pull it in closer and get a more substantial coffee table but maybe something in glass to add more lightness to the room (if no budget for new coffee table, pull it in closer to the repositioned sofa and buy it a mirrored tray to sit on top to break up all the leather) I would also move the larger sofa to the window wall, and possibly float it, depending on room size.

3. I'd remove the small art above the fireplace and the knick-knacks. My mother-in-law had a dear, dear friend who was a designer and her rule of thumb when redecorating a room was to take everything out of the room and only put back what you like.

4. I love that floor lamp! Drool! I would get a tall potted plant (like fig leaf fern) to add more life to the room.

Cost of update: $75. But maybe you were thinking of going bigger?