are you thinking of painting the wall bleu...that would bring in the color!!!

Our wall color is BM white linen, it's an off white we've used through the whole house. I will paint the back of the entertainment cabinets SW Naval, a deep navy blue.
Love the rug site you mentioned. Thank you!

Took the plunge and bought a rug. Love it! Ignore the laundry. :) Now what to do next?

Art and a different (larger) ottoman. :)

It's really nice. May be nice to introduce some extra colors in pillows and art (between both windows). Could uphoster dining chairs with a complimentary fabric and add neutral roman blinds to windows.

Maureen -that's a great idea! What type of pillows? More pattern type or solid? My sister inlaw just gave me 6 pictures of different blue prints already matted and ready for frames. I could put on that wall.
I love the idea of roman shades, however we have a French door and sliders on that long wall. Would curtains with texture, like a grass tweed type work? I saw some ikat blue print curtains, but didn't want to be too matchy matchy.

I have a troublesome sliding door, too. Mine has ugly vertical blinds - don't do it. UGH!

I love the idea of the ikat curtains, especially if the print is more white/beige than blue (to counter the rug). Can you share an image here? Would love to see the art prints, too - and how nice of the SIL to provide them already matted! Sounds like you have all the makings of a beautiful space! :)

Thanks greenyogini! My sil is really sweet!
I've attached a picture of similar pictures that she stole the idea from. I haven't framed our's yet, but will.

http://www.potterybarn.com/products/framed-ikat-prints/?cm_src=AutoSchRel#viewLargerHeroOverlay

I'll attach curtain idea in a bit.

Here's a medallion curtain, not quite the right blue, but close:
http://target.scene7.com/is/image/Target/14866855?wid=280&hei=280

I love it!!! I think both the curtains and the prints will be gorgeous in your space. :)

I agree the blue in the curtains isn't quite right, but I can see what you're going for, and that one just might work. If you can, bring it home to see all the pieces in your own lighting for comparison.

It looks like there's a smaller, printed lumbar pillow on the chair. Is that what I'm seeing?

Try moving the solid blue pillow to the sofa, and the striped pillow to either corner of the sofa, and let that little patterned pillow shine on its own. :)

I also wonder if one of these curtains might work for you:

http://www.target.com/p/threshold-farrah-lattice-window-panel/-/A-14569780#prodSlot=_1_7

http://www.target.com/p/threshold-paisley-window-panel/-/A-14370530#prodSlot=_1_2

(in navy): http://www.potterybarn.com/products/riviera-stripe-blackout-drape/?pkey=cpattern-drapes-curtains&cm_src=pattern-drapes-curtains||NoFacet-_-NoFacet-_--_-

This dilemma topic looks very similar to your color scheme, so I thought I'd link it here, too: https://www.houzz.com/discussions/need-help-with-my-living-room-dsvw-vd~1125373

I love the curtain choices, especially the target one's that come in navy blue, it's a good price.
Thanks for the link to the other Houzzer bringing in the blue. She needs my rug! :)

I bought a curtain to see and taped the pictures my sil did. I haven't framed them yet. I also put a blue placemat on chair to simulate blue on those.
The curtains remind me of bedroom curtains. I am thinking now of a tan or light brown tweed curtain that lends texture and then put a sisal type rug under dining table and a similar color roman shade at our kitchen window that can be seen from the great room.

Here's the pic

Tweed curtain idea
http://m.target.com/p/threshold-basketweave-window-panel/-/A-13647071

Comes in beige or brown.

Can you take that photo from the original angle? Looks awesome! (But hard to tell how all the colors mesh from this angle.)

I love the print curtains and the art. Do you love the art horizontally, or would you consider hanging the pieces vertically?

Here's from orig angle.

I would go with a couple of Bigger pictures for some punch. That is a lot of wall fro small pictures. Prehaps you could use the smaller pictures in the dining area?

We actually were considering a large framed map we found. Had blues with ocean water until my SIL made these up for us. Black frames will ad an impact.
We picked out a large brown leather ottoman we love too.

Ottoman:

http://www1.macys.com/shop/product/stacey-leather-ottoman-31w-x-31d-x-18h?ID=438693&CategoryID=29391&LinkType=PDPZ1

Try painting the far wall the same blue in the rug. The vibrancy, and tone, of the blue is overpowering the brown. Now make the big brown sofas blend in. The drapes might do better in a bedroom. It's one large room. Let's work to tie it together. Take advantage of the large wall and be bold. One large oversized print. Go big and bold!

When you say far wall, do you mean wall with the piano?

Map:

http://www.greatbigcanvas.com/category/maps/world-maps/?pagesize=90&sort=bestsellers-desc&gclid=CKfr8Y7fr8ACFdJbfgodqicAng

And this map:

http://static.greatbigcanvas.com/images/singlecanvas_thick_none/science-photo-library/whole-earth-satellite-image,1152766.jpg?mh=340&max=540

Yes, the far wall with the piano. Maybe print out the image and color it or photoshop? I'm happy to look at that! Maybe even just a really wide blue stripe. Something to bring it all together and pop!

I think you should paint the piano wall blue. I like the prints but they are too high and too far apart. I would also replace the 2 brown pillows with blue pillows, solid or pattern.

It's already looking fantastic! I love the idea above to paint the far wall blue, and definitely look for some blue (solid or patterned) pillows to replace the brown ones on the sofa. I think you could easily hang the 6 blue ikat prints on a different wall. I agree that they will be more powerful if they're hung closer together like the images above.

(Then again, once the images are framed they will be larger and therefore closer together.)

love the rug!!and all the new ideas coming in.the stripe on the piano wall,that is a great idea....so nothing to add ;-)...and thanks for keeping us updated

http://houzz.com/photos/5632292

This is a pic of curtains I like better and I like the blue on the walls.

The blue walls in that image work well because of the light floor. You could do an accent blue wall as suggested earlier, but I wouldn't go full blue walls with the blue rug.

This is turning out to be quite lovely!

Hoe about coffee table suggestions. Would a brown leather ottoman be to bulky and too brown? I like the idea, but no place to set anything and we have 3 boys. Leather ottoman becomes big bean bag. Lol
Maybe a wood top and open shelf under it for a basket or two?

And yes greenyogini, that would be too much blue! We have cabinets on out fireplace and I could paint the inside backs to them blue. SW Naval is my fav blue.
We're also replacing mantel with a rustic medium toned wood one and it will sit a few inches lower.

I think the ottoman needs a little contrast (wood, glass, lighter color...). You could go with a coffee table or ottoman - ottomans work with trays on top.

Ok, so this first one would add *more* blue pattern to the mix, which might not work - but I still wanted to show you in case you love it. ;) (You'd likely need 2 or 3 for your space.)

Target is having sales on furniture right now. :)

http://www.target.com/p/threshold-rectangular-single-storage-ottoman-blue-diamond-ikat/-/A-14405946#prodSlot=_1_15
http://www.target.com/p/threshold-extra-long-x-bench-cream/-/A-14827580#prodSlot=_1_31
(Also in grey) http://www.target.com/p/threshold-harlow-entryway-bench/-/A-15222709#prodSlot=_1_36
http://www.target.com/p/threshold-bench-gray-textured-weave/-/A-14402807#prodSlot=_1_43

I like the bench idea. I could always put two together. I like the blue ottoman. The kids would like it too.

http://www.westelm.com/products/scribble-window-panel-blue-w796/?pkey=e|ikat+pattern+curtains|232|best|0|1|24||20&cm_src=PRODUCTSEARCH||NoFacet-_-NoFacet-_-NoMerchRules#viewLargerSubsetOverlay

Found these curtains, I really like them!

Ooooh! Love the curtains! :)

very nice!!

And these:

http://ab.weimgs.com/weimgs/ab/images/wcm/products/201424/0003/img49o.jpg

greenyogini, what if we went with a cube style leather ottoman in front of sofa and the pretty blue one you picked in front of our leather chair.
I am trying to convince my darling with the 2 blue ones, but he is all about the leather. I put tape on the floor to mark it out and it just looks to small.

mlou, the blue print ottoman might be too much print for some people (with the curtains, rug, and prints on the wall), but I rather like it. I see no reason why you couldn't get two different cubes in two different fabrics/finishes, but most people pick one for consistency. (And you may find that you want two cubes in front of the sofa because it's longer than a chair and family members may fight over who gets to use the one cube.)

If you haven't already, I'd get the curtains and prints in place, then see how you feel about a solid vs. a patterned ottoman. Most people will probably recommend the solid ottoman against a patterned rug, but sometimes it's the unexpected that makes it feel personal. :) I'm personally interested in mixing patterns and colors these days, so I might be going the route of a patterned ottoman soon myself. ;)

I think both options are suitable for your space, but again, I would recommend some contrast in color or texture. I wouldn't go solid blue against the blue rug, but a cream or tweed or pattern could work.

greenyogini, thanks for your input. Perhaps the patterned cubes could stay behind the sofa for extra seating when needed. I think we need either a sofa table behind sofa or a buffet type table on large wall under prints. I like mixing prints, but I hear ya, too much can be a conflict too. Priority is curtains, I'll focus on those first.
Did you see the other one's from west elm. I am conflicted on which pattern. ;)

mlou, I really like the West Elm Scribble curtains for your space - they're lighter in color, and their pattern is more abstract, so that it doesn't clash with the rug and prints. I like the other one you posted recently (couldn't tell where it's from, but the pattern has a similar print as the rug), but it seems like they could be too dark, and the print might relate more to the rug than to the ikat prints on the wall. It's tough to tell.

Maybe try making an inspiration board and putting the images of the rug, curtains, and prints (and ottomans) side by side to see what you think. (I don't have any design skills to offer in that way, sorry!) Don't forget, too, that you may want to bring more blue into the pillows on the sofa as well, so if you add a lot of complicated patterns you may need to go solid with the sofa pillows. If the West Elm Scribble pattern comes in pillows, too, that could be a great way to tie in the curtain pattern with the sofa pillows.

Which of the curtains do you prefer?

Good idea. I found this coffee table, like the wicker touch:


http://www1.macys.com/shop/product/noris-coffee-table-direct-ship?ID=1486827&CategoryID=35423&LinkType=

That's a cool table! :) So many sales going on right now, there are many options to choose from. (Looking at ottomans for my own space, and my head is spinning with all the possibilities!)

I started a new feed about the coffee table. More fun to be had!

Fun! Link? :)

Here it is:
http://houzz.com/discussions/1146251