The art is good, and art is art. I don’t believe in getting art to match a room or to fix a room. So if you love the art, keep it. If you don’t love it, get something else.

But as far as tying the current space together - I think you could use some contrast and a bit of drama.. .And bringing in some black would do it. Also, your Chesterfield sofa is beautiful, but it is being obscured by the big white pillows. So i would suggest that you consider using no additional pillows on the sofa or using something else - but not white.

Maybe just one of these by itself - or added to the blue throw pillows. Just one of these -

Mongolian Lamb Fur Poly Filled Throw Pillow, Gold, 16"x16" · More Info

Pull the rug under the chairs and the sofa a little bit. It needs to be shifted over and back a bit.
I agree once you have a coffee table it’ll be fine.

One thing to try is turning the rug. If it doesn't fit turned, bring all the front feet of the furniture onto the rug. Lower the art over the sofa. Remove the pillows from the sofa. IMO A chesterfield sofa looks better without pillows. Pick an accent color and get a throw for the sofa, it will break up the blue.

A few more pictures of the space would help.

Perhaps the lounge chairs would be better placed in front of the windows

• I'm not too fond of the lamp jammed in the corner. Can everything be moved away from the windows?
• Drapery panels rather than blinds would be a better choice IMO.
• I agree that the rug should definitely be turned
• I'm not too fond of pillows on Chesterfield sofas either
• The art is mounted too high over the sofa

@styledelacreme Ha! Most people have the opposite problem: too much wood, too much beige, too many different forms of brown. The solution? Add greens or blues. You're starting with blues. No problem. Add orangey brown things. Such a fun problem to have. Try rattan or wicker baskets to hold items, beautiful wood side tables or coffee table, a vase full of dried sticks, leaves, or grasses, a wooden bowl of seashells. Those are just ideas. Don't get them all or your lovely room will be too cluttered. Take your time. Have faith. Enjoy the path. Make memories. Be glad you have a fellow that wants to nest with you. So many don't want to be bothered. I can tell you appreciate his input.

Since you and your fiance are starting a new path together, get to know each other by reading some articles in this post. Check out this discussion on Houzz - https://www.houzz.com/discussions/6392803/great-how-to-articles-on-whole-house-color-schemes

Add lime green. I think a lime green ottoman coffee table size could send the look in a different direction and you can go from there. (Also, try moving the floor lamp to the other side of the sofa and the chairs to facing each other across our new coffee table. Lastly, don't pay any attention to advice from social media about your upcoming marriage.)

You desperately need an accent color. Plum...purple ?? That's a whole lotta blue : )

https://www.amazon.com/Btyrle-8-Colors-Decorative-Pillowcases-Double-Colored/dp/B0B79X139S?th=1

It’s great! Your sofa should be at least 6” off the wall and the front legs should rest on the rug. Pull the front of the chair onto the rug. The console does not need to be on the rug. Curtain panels on either side of the window.

What K L said— but first, think what would be YOUR preferred accent color(s). Oranges , and brownish colors are complementary to blue so work well but not if you don’t like them.

The room is looking good , and you just need to tweak the support act to add warmth and a bit of color.

No poufy square pillows on that sofa, and no more cream— use opportunities to add that warmth and color. Maybe one lumbar pillow, and that can add some of your color. Or a throw, if you’d use one. If you can use the art elsewhere, maybe new art with more color and contrast. But should be something you really like ( together!), so don’t rush, make it a fun search.

The lamp could be an accent opportunity as well, but again, you don’t need to throw stuff out, just work on your vision.

You might do searches for inspo pics of rooms with blue sofa and rug, blues and creams, to see if you can find some examples that have a bit of more liveliness in color accents but appeal to you.

Great room and great rug. The problem is not that there is too much blue but that there is too much blue and white in the room and the rug is blue and white, which pushes it all over the edge. So keep the blue and white in the rug but do some tricks to bring more camel color into the room.

Pull the rug away from the windows so it is just about in line with the arm of the sofa. The front feet of your chairs will sit on the rug, which is good. Then pull it away from the credenza. Again the front feet of your sofa will sit on it. This will give you more of a natural wood color around the rug and tone down the sea of blue and white on your floor.

Swap out your white pillows for camel color pillows. It will erase another blue and white factor.

If you love the artwork, keep it. There is a bit of brown, tan at the bottom of the artwork, which could be more obvious once you have camel pillows nearby.

Thank you for all the comments. We just purchased and moved into the house almost 3 months ago and have already met the misfortune of having to replace the entire roof (that's another story). So things are still out of place and need to be relocated like the desks, changing of dining rolm chandelier and if anyone can comment on what to add to the dining room as it's pretty bare as is.

My fiance laid the rug down and he has no real concept of design other than picking things he liked....so I've sinced move the sofa and chairs to sit on the rug but will move it away from the window even further as others have suggested here. We both concluded a coffee table was needed - regarding colors I've been picturing green and yellows as accent colors so I love the idea of a lime green coffee table.

Neither of us like the lamp in the corner but to put it on the other side seemed odd. Perhaps one end table will work on the end of the sofa that's not next to the wall. The wood blinds came with the house and it's not my preference - if I had it my way I would do custom gray blinds but so much money was spent acquiring the house and then the roof that we are just choosing not to upgrade certain things. Thought about curtains but what would anyone recommend? Would like to maintain all the natural light that comes in.

Lastly - as you can see from the photos there's a space between the "living room" and dining room where the desks are. It's supposed to be part of the living room but that short wall where the tv is made it difficult to include as part of the living room. My plan is to put a more sleek desk and move my son's white desk in his bedroom. I'm open to any ideas as to what to do with that "in between" space.

Congratulations on your new home! Your dining room table and chairs look good. Consider a rug, chandelier, console and art work for the dining room that mesh with the living room colors. To work on a budget, check FB marketplace for used consoles (it can be repainted, if necessary) and there are plenty of online sources for inexpensive rugs.

Its very informative to see multiple angles of the room. The blue chairs have such nice lines but I think the light pillows are on their way to the bedroom—- they are just too big for your furniture. Good luck adding pieces in whatever accent colors you choose— your home is becoming wonderful.

Congratulations on your new house! Glad you’re doing this decorating thing together. The next phase is the “no more blue and cream” phase.

Look for a dining room rug that is large enough to keep the chairs on it when pulled out. Multicolored is the goal or a new “highlight” color. Greens or corals will go with your neutral blues and ivory. Nice chandelier.

There are a lot of internet sites with rugs, but be aware that colors can be deceptive and returning them is a royal pain. (Ask me how I know…). If you can, shop locally - it’s better for you and your local economy.

For artwork, buy what you love.

Have you tried putting the blue chairs facing each other? Have you ever experimented with using the blue chairs as your dining chairs (with 2 white dining chairs parked in the corner of the dining room?)

Here are some items I started to post in this thread until I realized you didn't want do double-down on blue but try to break it up. But here they are anyway in case you find them useful

drapes

coffee tables

pillow for the blue chairs

Throw for the left side of the sofa

Different art

I still would consider a lime green tufted ottoman for a coffee table

The big art over your sofa might look better on the back wall of your dining room.

Your floor lamp might look better with a black cylinder shade

(I still see it on the other side of the sofa, especially if you want drapes on the wndows)

Last comment: If you aren't going to remove the wood blinds, consider going in the direction of bringing in a big wood grain coffee table, not-so-big leather lumbar pillows for the sofa, some pillows for the blue chairs in a red clay-brick or chocolate velvet color. Try drapes that are burnt sugar, close to the color of your floor. Get different art.

Egon Schiele, 4 Trees

@styledelacreme is this coffee table even close to your style? I agree with @ilikefriday that a coffee table would help. I also was thinking about the suggestion @Jan Moyer had with adding a third color. That would indeed make the space more interesting. Though, with your colors, I would choose a red-purple instead of plain purple. And that can be anything from pink in your dining room to a deep burgandy in the living room. And it doesn't have to be bright or a lot. Another option might be green. Your floor is a yellow-orange, so a blue-green-yellow color scheme would seem very natural. OR, BOTH! Look at the light green in the branch of winter berry. Contrary to what you might think, a more complex color scheme looks more natural than a simpler one.

@styledelacreme You opened up a whole other discussion with your question about the space between the living room and dining room. I think you could get a lot of ideas to try here about furniture arrangements that might be better suited to your space.

If you are game, edit your post intro to add a really good floor plan, in inches, and including the dimensions of pieces you need to keep: sofa, rug, chairs, whatever.

It looks like the desk gets a lot of use, and you have a TV in there too. Does the TV get a lot of use too? Are either of these better off in a different room like a family room? Spare room/actual office? Would you like a place in the living room for activity currently relegated to a different space? Puzzles? Games?

It could be that the space would be suited to having a larger seating area and closer to the dining room and having a second table or a (nice) desk, or larger console, or piano by the front window.