Also please help me decorate/recommendations for layout/design

Especially curtains.

also whats possible for my balcony with zero privacy? Ideally I'd like to not be able to be seen by them

If it were me, i would remove the TV from the wall and get a low media console with storage (do you have another spot for the keyboard) for patio privacy - a few big plants against the partition would help for sure

I think the keyboard acan move into te bedroom all that clutter needs a home and that might mean some good low storage under the TV that should be mounted so the center of the screen is at eye level when you are seated. I think the frosted glass on the balcony is okay for privacy just don't go out there naked. Can you please open those drapes and take so pictures in a much better light . IMO some solar shades instead of thos dark drapes would be a much better choice then you keep the view but cut the glare

How long will you be living in this apartment? Do you want furniture (and tv) customized to this space or do you want to make do with what you already have?

@la_la Girl

unfortunately keyboard will have to stay in the living room somewhere.  i don't really have a dining room or kitchen and the bedroom is full!

@Patricia

Unfortunately Im already storing under bed totes for my winter clothes ὢE‍Ὂ8 pictures taken in daylight!

@apple_pie_order

permanent for now, I don't own it but my family member does.. Im a bit of a penny saver so i prefer to not do anything custom... Trying to keep what I have for now.

Thanks for info. Fabulous view.

Since you want to keep what you have, move the tv down to the level of the shelf that's over the keyboard. Move the sofa/chaise pieces directly across from the tv. Move the table-desk next to the chaise and next to the window. Put the plants on the table-desk. See how that works for a week or two. Additional modular storage may be useful once you have found a good arrangement for the existing major pieces. It would also give you a sleeker and more intentional design.

If you want advice on decluttering, just ask. It's a good idea to declutter before choosing anything new.

Thank you, appreciate your help. Any tips on curtains to make the space look a bit bigger? How about the wall behind the sofa?

Curtains will not help it look bigger. You could use curtains the same color as the walls if you wanted to emphasize the view instead of the curtains.

For the wall behind the sofa, take down all your current art, line it up, put on some post-its marked A, B or C to indicate your favorite and least favorite. Then decide which direction you want to go to buy new art. You could also make an arrangement over the sofa with the art pieces you already have. It's okay to rotate the art you display every few months.

This is a small apartment in an urban area, so it is what it is. The only way to make it look better is to declutter and honestly, get a smaller TV. You don't need one that big if you're sitting so close to it. Do you have a friend or relative who would swap a smaller one with you? If this is a temporary living situation, tell them you're going to want to swap it back in a couple years, or whenever you move. Whatever you have it does need to be mounted lower or set on a console. Right now it is looming over the space. As far as decluttering, if there is anything in there that you don't use every day or at a minimum once a month, get it out of there. You can rent a small storage bin, probably nearby, if they don't have storage for each unit in the basement. This is what urban dwellers do. What is it that you don't like about the drapes that are there now? Do they need to be blackout for sleeping?

If you have those black out shades in living room along the window wall, I might take the heavy looking curtains off and replace with white sheers. Or those wide shade panels (12”?) that stack neatly to one side. That would give you options for wide open light, diffused light or blackout.

@apple_pie_order

I definitely need complete blackout, and the current curtains I have are just .... so ugly. I was desperate to get lights out when I first moved, so I went with whatever was the cheapest option. Finding 108" length, and 100" width panels were not easy either. Preferably I want Ikea drapes, they're so pretty :PPPPP I want them all.

@kandrewspa

I was reading online how "there is no such thing as too big tv", and how I will regret not buying bigger. That's I went with 65", and TBH, I didn't expect it to be THIS big. It was only $400 CAD, so it wasn't a big investment. My storage locker is used by someone else currently, but I do have another house in the suburbs, but no car to really ferry stuff back and forth. The drapes I have now are just so.... UGLY. I want Ikea curtains but they don't have 108" panels :(

@Jj J

One problem with my condo is the sliding door hardware blocks part of the window, so the shades can't go all the way. Video attached.

omggg come on guys. I just moved in so I'm still setting up, that's why it's messy :P.

thanks for the helpful comments though, I'll probably get rid of the TV and get a smaller one.

How about this, then: Get settled in and clean up the space. Get whatever you aren’t going to use out of the space. THEN repost for decorating help. It’s hard to know where to start right now. Good call on selling the TV. Just way too big.

good idea, mainly i posted to see about the TV height, but after posting i wanted an opinion on the curtains. Glad to know the community here is total crunts, won't waste more time here.

Cuz that's what people do right, ask for help AFTER they're done decorating.

IN A PERFECT WORLD ? They "ask for help" before they spend the money......so they don't have to get mad at the "crunts" who see what you are not seeing. It's the internet. You get opinion, whether or not you specifically ask for that particular opinion.

No, you don't need to decorate before asking for help, just remove items that don't need to be included in the decorating. Hide them behind you for the picture or something. I mean, you're not going to have a suitcase and tools on the floor all the time, right? So get those out of the picture ... throw the comforter/quilt over the bed (doesn't have to be made up fancy, just made) ... cut up and recycle the Amazon box unless it's serving a purpose in the picture (is it standing in for a patio table or chair?). The idea is to take 5 minutes like company called from downstairs, and you want them to have room to walk and sit.

Example: if the chair with the laptop needs to be replaced with a workspace, leave it and say that; if it's there because you just moved in, and the laptop isn't relevant to decorating/design/layout, move it. Give a list of things that *have* to stay, things that could be changed but serve a required function, and things that could stay or go. Example: the keyboard has to stay; the TV can be replaced, but there needs to be a TV; the blackout drapes can be changed, but blackout function must be preserved; ignore the ______ because it's just there during move in.

So sorry your feelings were hurt by us "crunts". You displayed a pigsty and expected decorating advice. Clean up and come back. No one can help you decorate in a disaster.

There is a lot you could do with that narrow space, but as others have said, you will have to clear it first. Love what was done with the balcony in this photo.

And, yes, the t v is way too big, but guessing you already know it.