That would be an excellent wall for wallpaper. there are many nice ones to choose from. soft or bold colorful or more neutral. You have light bounching around off the pendants and table fitxture.....a patterned paper can absorb some of that and you dont have windows so something visual across the whole span would be nice. Then I'd put a rug down under the table.

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My vote is no to wainscotting on that wall - even without seeing all of the fireplace wall I think adding that would detract from fireplace & make space look too cluttered. You have 3 nice adds already planned - adding molding to door pass through, adding a new mantle, & adding a mirror above the mantle. I would wait until those items are done before making any decision on what to put on long wall. Agree no mirror. The art I can see on other walls is nice & all have simple frames or a clean arrangement as the architectural wood pieces in room through the pass through. I think a larger art with simple metal frame like the artichoke print has & a uncluttered subject would be great. But, wait until all other adds done before choosing. A side thought - the light switch next to pass through might need to be moved over when adding molding there.

Here is what the mantle is now we are lowering it and putting a new larger and longer mantle there with this gold mirror leaning on top of it

@er612 has a good point - maybe the new & bigger mirror would be better on the wall instead of over fireplace. Looking at your pics posted, it appears ypu have a window on wall that faces the long wall The natural light & view out the window might create a nicer reflected view than what I’m guessing is the kitchen opposite the fireplace. So, consider bigger mirror on long wall, new large art over new fireplace mantle

Thank you! I am wondering if the mirror would be big enough. Hoping to find something that is not another rectangle. There is a large slider across from the large wall so we definitely get in light that way!

As far as wallpaper, where would you cut it off? Since the wall continues up by the ceiling I don't know how to just "end it" on the large wall.

I think a large framed piece of wall that you love- centered on this wall behind your kitchen table would look great-pulling in color & design that makes you happy. I dont think sconces would be necessary.

Om the left is the large wall and as you can see the wall continues beyond it so im not sure how to just end it on the large wall

My vote is no wallpaper. As with the wainscotting, I think it would detract from fireplace. And, you’d have to do the entire wall into kitchen and still probably would want something to hang on the wall by the table. I like the look of the big round mirror that @er612 shows us. Large framed art would look great leaning on brick & with new mantle. And you’ve already got a spot can in ceiling to highlight the art. I doubt you’d want to turn that light on with a mirror in that place as all you’d see is glare.

Here are non-mirror, round wall art options:

Thank you! i am loving these ideas!! I cant wait to get the mantle up so we can see which option looks best. I have one last question. I am showing the other side of fhe fireplace in this photo. What do you think of staining the lower concrete black instead

of the brown it is now? We had some babyproofing that left bare spots in the brown stain that is hard to fix. Would black look good or should I keep going on the brown. The mantle on this side is a dark brown.

IMO the fixture in brass was a bad call. It should have been black to accent your bar stools.

Art that is colorful and fun but not too complicated would look nice on your wall.

Wow! A 2 sided fireplace! How neat! To your question on hearth color repair, not sure about pure black but I’d darken it to a tone closer to mantle color. About the brass light fixture in dining, I usually agree with Beverly’s advice but in this case I’ll respectfully disagree. If the dining furniture was black then maybe. You have mixed metals which is quite fine - the kitchen lights & cabinet pulls are silver & maybe the appliances are stainless etc. The mirror you picked for mantle has a brass or gold frame so it looks like you plan to tie in with light fixture. I would still do that no matter where you wind up putting the mirror. I would also consider the art - if it has a frame, use gold for color whether it’s a metal frame or wood. I have this art in my house -I think it would look great near your dining light..

Here are some of the ideas mentioned. And for what it's worth, I like the darker stain on the concrete.

https://www.wayfair.com/Dakota-Fields--Wall-Décor-X113056466-L6851-K~W002945355.html?refid=FR49-W002945355

https://www.wayfair.com/decor-pillows/pdp/bay-isle-home-demilune-wall-decor-w005193901.html

I’m not sure how much space you have there but how about a piece of furniture such as buffet or server with art hung above it. It would make the room seem more homey and functional as a dining room rather than just a living space outside of a kitchen with a table in the middle of it.

Thank you all so much for the advice. I am going to try a few of the things mentioned here and see what looks best. I will start with getting the mantle up and shopping!

If anyone else has any thoughts- what do you think about painting the counter stools to match the kitchen table chairs? The stool are a very dark brown and the chairs are a cream. Thank you!! They are both shown in the first picture. Thanks again!

@Lindsay Creel I would not paint counter stools because they’re close to cabinet and bar color. I think the counter stools being dark connect them to the kitchen & painting them cream would make them look like they’re supposed to be over with the table & just sitting temporarily at counter. You posted another picture in thread that shows a bit of kitchen & cabinets & I’m basing my opinion on that picture.

This is random but Anthropologie has large paper tapestries that are a steal for filling a big space - they're a bit different than what's out there, I used one to inexpensively fill a large wall in my LR - but I have friends that have used them in a kitchen, hall, home office etc.

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