Use this as a guide for size

I think you might find this layout for your room less if a barrier as you enter it.

I can't decide if it works or looks silly?

Thank you @BeverlyFLADeziner! I think you helped me with the current layout a few months ago. Maybe the pictures i posted with the lamps aren‘t displaying the the room proportions very well? Or maybe it‘s time to move some furniture! 😅 Either way, I really appreciate your help!

I didn't suggest your current layout did I?

When you have furnishings that are oversized, you cannot install petite lamps and accessories. Everything needs to be proportion to one another.

@BeverlyFLADeziner, thank you! You didn’t suggest the lamps or accesories. just the furniture layout.

I rechecked what I suggested for a layout and I was wrong. This one is better

The lamps BeverlyFLADeziner posted are more the size you need. Your lamp is too tiny for the entire space.

Too small and you need to make sure all the lighting in the space is the same , that one is cool and the other is warm. I like LED 4000K even 3500K is good anything lower inK makes the room all have a yellow glow.. I think the furniture is too big for the space but now everything else needs to be in proprtion

@Patricia Colwell Consulting, thank you! The furniture will have to do - but the lamp can be changed!

@BeverlyFLADeziner - thank you! i really appreciate your suggestions! ill return the lamp for a larger one & try the new layout. Because I’m not changing out the furniture - do you see any other accesories that aren’t proportional to the space?

The other could be that mirror on the wall. For sure, it's hung too high. However, I'd change the layout as suggested and then post for further suggestions.

A more substantial lamp is needed, especially with the more bulky seating. Hard to tell from the pictures the size of the end table though and hope a larger lamp works.

@BeverlyFLADeziner, I tried your new layout & I think your first works best. It's a long(ish) room & if I switched the chair, there's no corner to anchor it. You are a decorating rockstar! Super appreciate your suggestions.

@shirlpp - thank you! I agree! I took the mirror down to lower it.

Definitely too small--depending on the height of your table, a 24" - 28" lamp is best. A rule of thumb is that the bottom of the shade should be at your eye height when sitting on the sofa. This is to prevent the bare bulb from shining on your eyes. Keep in mind that the height quoted usually includes the top of the finial.

@Diana Bier Interiors, LLC - thank you!! That's helpful.

I should note, I do know that wooden table is too small but my dear husband spent a lot of time making it for me - so it stays. Hopefully a lamp will help to balance the space. I'm so grateful to everyone who commented! I'll post a couple lamps I was thinking and if you're willing, I'd love to hear your thoughts.

Maybe this one? The season prints were my grandma's. I love mixing patterns & formal with casual - old & new.

I adore this one, but a bit out of the budget. I'd love to get a similar "feel"

Both of those lamps are beautiful--do they meet the size criteria?

The table is gorgeous--love that wood!!

@Diana Bier Interiors, LLC, thank you! I'll make sure to measure & re-measure before I order :)

I think the layout suggested was to float the chair.

@BeverlyFLADeziner is this what you were thinking?

Does this look better? Think the China Hutch is too squashed?

Gosh - the room can breathe now! The layout is so much better!

@shirlpp - hurray! Thank you. Think it needs something by the window where the pupper is looking out?

No to needing something by the window/pupper. I do however, think the china cabinet is too large for that space. Can you move it to a dining area?

thank you, @Diana Bier Interiors, LLC. it’s definitely too much for the dining room but maybe the lesser of two evils? I so appreciate your input! thank you!!

Wow, yes, the living room looks better without the china cabinet in that corner, but no it's too big for the dining room wall :( Perhaps it would work better if you angled it, catty-cornered?

@Diana Bier Interiors, LLC, thank you! I promise I wont keep asking questions. This is tight, for sure. But think it works?

It definitely looks better catty-cornered!

Small changes make such a difference. I like the new layout.

You need something with a lamp next to the sofa.

This community is the best! Thank you all for generously sharing your expertise! A new (correctly sized) lamp is on its way & I feel like I got a new room! @BeverlyFLADeziner @shirlpp @Diana Bier Interiors, LLC

That living room is looking sharp!

It's a beautiful little lamp, but too small for where you have it.