Grey is not leaving as much as a few very vocal people on here love to say it is. The grey you have is a classic look that is timeless and looks lovely. Can you post more pictures showing us the other end of the room with the fireplace?

The furnature can be dressed up by adding some color with a throw and some pillows.

Thank you! I will send more photos this evening of the other views of the room.

Photo by Simon Maxwell Photography - [Browse living room ideas[(https://www.houzz.com/photos/living-room-ideas-phbr0-bp~t_718)

I attached one more photo of the room empty before adding the furniture.

Please look at fabrics and wallpaper on line to see what patterns and colors appeal to you. Please do not use a big clock as a work of art; be careful to not use a mirror that only reflects more white walls. Your room needs more "stuff" How about skinny bookcase along the interior wall and/or a console table with an ottoman under It on the outside wall, with lamps too. Do not rely on overhead lighting only; you and your room will look better with both direct and indirect lighting.

As for art, again you need to educate yourself as to what you like. Yes, there are artists on line who may have art you like but there are also,local art schools and art galleries that sell original artwork. Look for art when you travel...it's a remembrance of your trip and it fills the walls!

You need to add some warm colors into your cool-toned room for interest and complexity. Layers of color are what make a room exciting and personal. Think camel, terra cotta, green (plants), yellow. A lot of great colors can be added with large pieces of art. I have a feeling that your TV will be wider than your fireplace and that probably is not a good look. I hope you can add more pictures soon to move the discussion further along.

Ingrid I pulled the color from her kitchen utensil crock :)

I've attached pics of very similar layouts. see if any of these grab you.

take a look at the placement of the sofa and chairs, especially against that long wall you have. you could actually do two sofas facing each other.

or two nice chairs in a teal, turquoise or whatever accent color you like, like pictured below against that long wall. find some nice artwork for there as well.

Right now, your lone sofa and skimpy tables aren't enough.

I would bring in some artwork, accent chairs, lighting, and blinds or drapes. if you can do some built-ins or other type of shelving by the FB, great!

I would get the TV off the fireplace and put it on the wall opposite the windows. Then fill the walls with art. No clocks, no mirrors, no cutesy little signs from Hobby Lobby, and definitely no vases with sticks. And don’t feel like you have to fill the space up.

Less is more.

I also thought the wall opposite the windows or between the windows, would be a much better placement for the tv. but it looks as though it's already been wired above the FP. if they want to change it, great.

I hope you weren't dogging my photos grover. I posted these mainly to show OP furniture placement and not decorating accents!

No, Beth, not dogging you. Just wanted to stress that the OP has a nice clean look and doesn’t need to add a bunch of stuff just to fill space.

Thanks all for the suggestions! I want to stick with leaving the TV above the fireplace because it is my main focal point for the room and it is already mounted. Since the living room is open to the kitchen I also like that you can view the TV from the other room as well. We did have the option of putting the fireplace between the two windows (which is why there is a large gap there of about 11 feet).

I'm trying to figure out what colors and patterns would be best to incorporate since I want to stay away from the cool tones as mentioned above by some of you. I'm thinking of adding some pretty curtains with pattern, two console tables (one on the right wall and one on the left wall), add two lamps for some more light, and add art work and decor pieces.

One question I have is should I install a pretty light above or ceiling fan?

Put generous curtains on the windows. Hang them wide so they expose most of the windows and cover more of the wall. Hang art in between. A long console on the opposite wall could hold a couple of sculptural vases. A mirror could reflect the windows and art.

@GardenHo_MI_Z5 - did you do that in paint? I have an empty den currently and this is exactly what I need to do; cut/paste some online furniture pics into the room to see how it looks. Not sure if there is free/recommended software to do so.

Knowing me, Houzz offers this and I've overlooked it.

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Does anyone have any nice long console tables to purchase? I think a longer one between the two windows and another one on the opposite wall.

Rebecca I use photoshopmix

I love this super long console table from Crate & Barrel: https://www.crateandbarrel.com/silviano-84-console-table/s234179

Morgan Wise, I love that couch. Where'd you get it?

Thank you, I got it at LazyBoy Furniture.

Here is the other view of the living room with how I have it setup right now.

I know you want to see the tv from the kitchen, but that wall between the windows is just screaming to be filled with a big media cabinet and tv over it :)

If you put the TV on an articulating arm, you can turn it to view from the kitchen.

You started the room wrong by placing the TV over the fireplace and now you simply continued to compound your problems with this room. Why would you place chairs with the backs to the TV????????

The TV position is a daily issue here on Houzz. It should have been positioned between the windows, or on the opposite wall. This allows your room to work for general entertaining or TV watching

Groveraxle has already shown you how to angle the TV so it can be seen from the kitchen.

If you leave the TV over the FP then place the furnishings at right angles to one anoother.

Put art between the windows. And on the opposite walls.

The tv over the fireplace looks absolutely fine. The current seating arrangement also looks absolutely fine.

It's nice to have a conversational seating arrangement but also a place to watch tv when you want to i.e the sofa. Not EVERY seat in the room needs to be positioned to watch tv Beverley.

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I'm afraid it doesn't really look absolutely fine because the TV is on a short wall, which is different from all the pictures above where the TV over the fireplace is on a longer wall, which is much better for furniture placement. In Morgan's room the placement of the TV over the fireplace and the furniture placement make the room more like a corridor than a comfortable and relaxing living room, and it becomes difficult to furnish the long walls in a meaningful way. One can only advise, however, and the final judgment is up to Morgan.

This is what I have done so far. I moved my furniture around, added curtains, added some art work, added lighting, and am planning to get a longer console table for in between the windows and new furniture. I am thinking of doing two cream colored sofas (one where the current sofa is and another in between the window area). I am also planning to add two chairs facing the TV as some have suggested in above posts.

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Morgan, you've done a nice job on that window wall. The curtains, console, art are all great. A slightly longer console will be even better.

I would move the chairs up close enough for them to use the coffee table. If you get two sofas, I'd put them in an L-configuration with one of them facing the fireplace and leave the chairs where they are. That way your console will still be seen and the room won't look so symmetrical.

Thank you for the feedback! Would you say the two sofa sizes should be the same or do a loveseat and a larger sofa? Thank you!

Loveseats tend to be useless. They turn out to be oversize chairs and don't actually seat two people comfortably unless they are actually lovers. But...measure to make sure you have space for two full size sofas and know what's the maximum size you can get.