What is the function of the room? Are there other rooms with similar functions? Tv? Reading?

You might like slipcovered furniture for easy care with dogs, cats and kids. Surefit makes a nice X-shape throw design for easy washing, check their webpages.

Excellent ideas! I love the shake of the furnishing you have here-rounded, soft fabrics lots of pillows. I NEVER thought using vermillion...I adore that color!!!!
Would you suggest the tone of the curtain choices I have-they are a light linen...or should I go accent colors? I will have to make the curtains to get the floor to ceiling length :)

How about a beautiful red chesterfield sofa? Then a backless chaise where the current small sofa is, then two accent chairs across from the chesterfield? For the faux FP. How about risking bad luck and break mirrors and install a mirror mosaic tile in the center?

Hi Apple-below is the room across the entry hall from the blue, this red room is shared with a large dining room that were divided by a double glass door that was removed.
So we use the red room for reading, parties, dinner relaxing etc...

All these amazing ideas! Darzy, what a cool idea!!!! Im not in love with the tables they were a thrift find AND they are only glass not mirror so no bad luck...so would you cut a piece of plywood the side of the table tops and then break adding back the glass?

I could see this sofa ??? could you

I also like the red sofa! Backless chaise would work there-what you cant see is another wall as well

Adding this green is amazing and I never thought of the color...sooo many options in the first ten minutes..oh dear!! Thank you for taking the time to comment on my dilemma!

what I am noticing in the furniture trend here is the, is it tufting? It looks comfy, soft and interesting

For the curtains, I think the tall light linen make the room feel more "formal" (they almost feel like white columns to me). IF you have the time to make new ones, maybe consider a warmer medium tone that is less formal...perhaps let them a bit long to break and slightly puddle at the floor (that's tough with kids, though - I know).

Some possible inspiration for you ...

(would love to see photos of the turmeric room)

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lesawithane...I actually like your thrift glass tables. You can freshen the coffee table/end table with a coat of spray paint. But, I was actually thinking the broken mirror mosaic for the FP box. Cut backer board the exact size of the FP box, then break mirrors and lay on the backer board in your design, then fill with sandless grout. Glue the backer board with construction adhesive into the FP box. Something like this...but I think the mosaic would be more fun, and eclectic.

But...I do like your mistaken idea of the mirror mosaic for the coffee table! :) But, it would be difficult to make, hiding the rough edges.

I like this area rug for your space. I think picking your sofa first would be best before deciding on the rest.

Just think of the wall color as a neutral, and don't try to match things so closely. Look for some great patterned fabric for Roman Shades at the windows, or add a bright, wide stripe of color to the drapes with ribbon. It can be ironed on if you aren't a handy sewer. A colorful piece of cloth or an old quilt would look nice draped on the dark wing back chair which is receding into the wall. I can't see what is opposite the settee, but from the photo it looks like the room might be long. I might turn the sofa to face the chair along the longer axis of the room. How about putting up a painted firescreen? I see from the fox painting that you might like fun art and that wouldn't be difficult to make yourself. Lay a large natural woven rug under the furniture and top it with the smaller oriental, this will lighten up the floor area more and layering 2 rugs you enlarge the too small rug and better define your space. Keep looking for art you love for the walls and don't be constrained by the trim and wall colors, they can be changed.

Katherine's comment about a ribbon made me think about using one larger curtain panel per window rather than two. It would be less formal and you could tie the panels to one side. You could couple it with shades behind.

I am taking all this advice to heart guys and will start to rethink about my room. I have to say that I was locked into the light fixture thinking I needed to stay a bit more traditional and needed you guys to help knock me out of that box!