Pretty room! I'm not sure you really need to change anything. If you want to refresh, try placing your end chairs on either side of the hutch, and take the decor off the top. Look for a large, oval wicker basket to place there. Do you have white items that you could place in the hutch to brighten it? Also, a new rug with a lighter background could brighten the room.

Thank you very much, I love the bench idea. For a smaller room, I was concerned that I had too much art. I didn’t know what the rule of thumb was on that.

I have a metal piece on the opposite wall.
I have tried white but it was too stark with the rest
of the room colors.

I’m including a pic with chairs moved as suggested..I have 2 rustic rooster/hen pics?

Pictures

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You do not need advice, your room is very lovely!

I think a larger rug will really pull it together. I love cowhide, but feel it is lost under the table.

Like the chairs next to the hutch! Is a larger rug in the budget? I think that would pull everything together. I'm not sure you need the pictures on the hutch wall, might be overkill.

I think you'd be able to pull off a bit of white on the benches since they are a hide with other colors. If you want to add another larger rug, add a sisal underneath the hide rug. Ikea has one I use all the time and its inexpensive and real sisal called the Osted and it comes in a variety of sizes.

I will definitely look into the sisal rug. I’ve seen that look & really like it.

Thank you for the great tips!

Your room is lovely and the colors are beautiful. A valued lesson I’ve learned is to use Command Picture hangers. Without damaging your beautiful walls and paint you can see if those great rustic rooster pictures are really needed. I noticed that you have a cathedral window or mirror on a table outside the dining room that is beautiful. I absolutely love mirrors and windows as decor. Perhaps a rectangular antique window like a 2 pane wide x 4 or 6 pane long or a similar mirror above the hutch instead of the other decor would give you the light and reflection to raise the eye. Just don’t know until you try.

I love windows & cathedral decor too!! Since the room are side by side, I was ??? about it looking
repetitive.

I grew up during the country blue era, so I have struggled with this room the most. I love
Modern farmhouse & cottage look but I feel
like the items on my hutch are less modern
And more of the old country look.

Black furniture also limits my paint choices along with the fact that my wood floor has a yellow/gold
Color.

I think your black furniture will always work. It’s the accents that will make or break the look. I remember that country blue era; and while it was good at the time, enough already with the ecru ruffle curtains and dusty rose candles. I like your candle rack a lot and think it might even look good on the top of the hutch instead of the other items. It would add that little bit of white (your mounding is fabulous) and the metal is a nice attraction picking up the grays in your art. The ceramic rooster might like a lower perch, if he isn’t too tall, on the hutch next to an elongated bowl or platter filled with bright yellow lemons or other organic for color.

I plan on ordering the sisal rug today. Would you recommend a natural color?

Also, I would like to frame the large barn picture
In a floater frame. What color would you recommend on that as to not looking too matched to the Other black frames? Or would black be ok
Since it won’t be as visible?

Chswheels2 I like the idea of moving the ceramic
Chicken but you’re right it’s too tall. And the problem I’m running into on top is electrical boxes
(For the lighting inside).

I could probably do a large rooster? I only added the chicken to go with my farm pics & because
Of needing something to make the hutch look taller. Other items like pottery or glass candle holders seem to look flat.

reba jo,

Ikea's sisal rug is only available in the natural color.

Karen