The wall is getting too busy already and the carpet/flooring transition is a good place to allow the eye to rest. Leave it bare.

The furnishings for the end walls of both areas need to be beefed up so that the wall space between both areas is minimal and does not need “decorated”. For example, a large tall cabinet on the kitchen side and a wider media cabinet with the tv mounted 8” above it on the living room side.

Oh and remove the floating shelves

Thank you both. Susan do you have examples of your recommendations? Tall cabinet in kitchen and media cabinet in LR?

The room needs some fine-tuning.

Art over the sideboard is not large enough

Larger plant is to be placed on the border of the wood floor

Lower the TV in the room

Not sure about the shelves. Could be the new location for large canvas art.

Don't try to fill the wall. The way you have it now, it accentuates the discord with the flooring. And, while all one room, you want your eyes drawn to two separate spaces. I'm not sure of your budget, so my suggestions work with the furniture you currently have. Leave the center of the wall bare. Place a more "substantial" piece of artwork over the cabinet in the kitchen...one that has a frame. Look at pics online about how to style a buffet - a taller lamp, and a few more substantial pieces would help to define the space. Lower the tv. Remove the shelving (if you love the shelving, re-space it so that you don't have one placed so high up by the ceiling!). Put the taller plant in the corner by the other plant.

We can't see your sofa area, but add a colored throw, textured pillows, etc. to add interest to the room. You might also try an arrangement on your peninsula (island?) to add interest to the space.

I feel part of the problem is your two areas look like different styles which creates a larger visual separation. Keep it simple and make them more cohesive in style then they will look and feel as one.

That’s a very simple observation. You’re correct, having a entertainment center that compliments the kitchen space would help. Do you have any suggestions for entertainment center?

Putting a tall plant at the border like Beverley suggests will create the visual break necessary to divide the 2 rooms. Make sure the pot sits wholly in one room or the other.

Consider moving 2 of your floating shelves over the buffet. They'll probably be more useful there and they will be more substantial than the art you currently have there. You'll also be able to move your decorative items from the buffet to the shelves. Try to group them intentionally rather than spreading them out in a line.

Put your large canvas where the floating shelves currently are. The space is a good size for it. And the art will ground the space the way the shelves don't.

And yes, lower your TV to about a handspan above your trolley. That will do two things: it will make the trolley/TV into a visual unit; it will be more comfortable to watch. If your TV isn't already on an articulating arm, now is a good time to do that. Then you'll be able to watch the TV from either room if you wish.

I like Beverly’s suggestion

Cabinet in kitchen area could be a stand alone tall cabinet, a configuration of your kitchen cabinets with uppers/lowers/counter, or a larger sideboard with ?? above it…possibly the floating shelves. Google/search on Houzz for pieces that fit with the style you want/works with your other furnishings.

Having the same flooring would do a lot for the space. Extend the hardwood into the family area.

The kitchen reads as warm and with heavier visual weight, while the LR is cool and much lighter. One solution is to balance the spaces out by adding warm elements, color and more furniture to the LR so the wall in between becomes an accent linking the spaces instead of the focal point.

The trolley and artwork above the coffee station don't seem to belong with the rest. When you lower the TV and remove the top floating shelf, you may try moving it above the coffee bar to hold coffee cups or add artwork like others have suggested.

Thank you!