Lighting Commitment Issues

last year

First time posting here, so please bear with me! I'm slowly remodeling my home one room at a time. I've mostly curated my upstairs living room/den and found some flushmount lights I love as well as a pendant to hang over my stairwell. I still need sconces and two flushmounts - 1 for my music room which is accessed off my den by two relatively modern French doors that stay open most of the time which is also where I need sconces and then one for the hall leading to the bedrooms. The pictures are of my living room and lights I've already purchased, but I'm stuck where to go from here and just can't settle on the remaining lighting. The sconces can't stick out too much as it's not an overly large room and the hardwire placement is a bit high so it can't be overly tall unless it hangs low which I think might counter the higher placement.
I'm going for kind of Minimalist/ Scandinavian/ Modern since i have pretty eclectic taste in my wall art. (Mostly vintage folk art) Any recommendations are appreciated!

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Patricia Colwell Consulting
last year
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Why all the sconces I realaly dilike them they are never right fo the places where you need light so just curious as to why so many. Love the rug Instaed of a sconce type light in thta LR Iwould pull the sofe out a bit and do an arc lamp to light the center of the room in tah corner by the winodeos arched out to the center of that rug and a nice glass coffee table to not hide the rug

This is my LR with the arc light I would choose for your space too I see the coffee table the arc cna for sure go over that . Lower the art to just above the wainscot please .How much lighting are you hoping for from the sconces ? I think maybe a long vertical LED light might work or one that throws light up and down
apple_pie_order
last year
Go to the manufacturer's website for the living room fixture to see what matches your chosen fixture. Most fixtures will be in a line that includes several styles (semi-flush, sconces, pendants, etc.) with the same finish.
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3onthetree
last year
It is unclear if the sconces flanking the Music Room doors (is "Living Room" same as "Den?") are for decoration/accent lighting or to functionally highlight future wall art. In either case, I would guess the ceiling fan, maybe just the entire ceiling light location, should be eliminated.
Briana DeVol Cermak
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last year
@Patricia Colwell Consulting - Thank you! I'm actually looking for a new coffee table as well, so I appreciate the recommendation. I really like yours! I love the arc light as well. It's right in line with what I was thinking as well. I want to pull my sofa out but my husband who puts practicality over design feels like the sofa will just keep sliding backwards despite any rubber feet. I'm going to find a way to keep it from happening.

@3onthetree - my mistake... they are the same room. Right now the living room is in the second floor but when we renovate our first floor, the living room will be moved there and then the room pictured will be referred to as the "den". Agreed about the fan. We already took it out and I replaced it with the same living room/den light. (See the photo.

@apple_pie_order - great idea, thank you!