Painting the room in white/cream tones will lighten it.

Bring the leather chairs side by side with small end tables on either side that match and a shorter floor lamp behind the tables will give you more lighting.

You have can lighting, but you do not say how much....you might want to double the number of can lights. Or you can replace your fan with a chandelier with multiple lighting

So two shorter floor lamps?

About what height?

What some low lights on the floor in the corner or the middle of a wall But only on the floor

happyleg what do you mean by low lights?

Kath, is there enough room in the left corner for another tall faux plant?? If so you can put an up-light on the floor behind the plant and do the same in the right corner. That could possibly help. I think then you could ditch the floor lamp on the right although it is pretty but maybe use it somewhere else in the house.

Also, some up-lights can fit right in the pot so not on the floor.

I think those mustard yellow walls are not doing you any favors. Paint them a lighter color. And think about replacing the ceiling fan with a chandelier, which will help. Lastly, if your recessed lights are LED, replace them with a "whiter" color temperature vs. the ones you have now which are also very yellow. Look at 3500 to 4000K. Do the same for your floor and table lamps so the light is brighter.

For a relatively inexpensive immediate fix, how about a 2 or 3-light floor lamp?

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You have a beautiful but dark living room. Not to worry, I won't suggest getting rid of the leather chairs. What's important is lighting the entire room, not just a corner, since you have a porch and trees that darken the space. Here are my suggestions, some of which others have made:

--Floor lamp behind the chair in the problem corner. Brass/gold finish to add reflective surface that will bounce light.

--Two vertical mirrors, brass framed, antiqued or DIY, on each side of doorway behind each lamp to bounce light into the room.

--Creamy white walls

--Light bulb change as suggested

--Lighter table between the chairs.

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--Light rug on floor with this palette

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--If you don't need fan, then replace with a beautiful pendant

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--I should've started with this, but if you repaint the room a lovely white, then get your golds, grays, and browns in the room with art. This palette but in a subject and style you like.

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A couple more but obviously you could find many others on your own, especially since I’m only posting very inexpensive ones, and you can probably pair some of the ones you see with different shades. Even though your decor is traditional, if you think a floor lamp with adjustable lamp heads would brighten the corner i wouldn’t totally rule out a modern lamp looking nice in your space

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housegal200 Love your suggestions, but my colors are blues and greens very natural. We live 40 minutes from the coast and I love the beach.

Okay, so golds, blues, and greens. Do us a favor and take photos of all four sides of the room. We don't have enough visual information to make informed suggestions and went down a couple rabbit holes. Your ottoman looks gray. The chairs look brown. Since you have a brass lamp already, another one like some of those shown would complement it. But you seriously need to think of lighting the entire space with rug, art, finishes, and not just a single lamp.

Is this the right blue? This palette has creams, mustard, greens.

They're in a can container mostly & placed on floor in corners usually. Maybe behind the tall vase & else where.

And spot light or ceiling can lights.

Thank you all so much! The walls must be painted, waiting for husband to complete cabinet rebuild in kitchen.

Glad to hear you'll be painting since this is an interior room with very little exterior light coming in. Choose a warm white that will work with your very nice curtains, flooring. Before you decide on a paint, get very large posterboards to test out colors at all times of day and night to see which paint has a "glow" to it. But choose your lamp, rugs, art work and anything else you have planned before you choose a paint. Good luck!

What about SW silver strand?

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