I think the room is lovely. An area rug with beiges, browns and blues would be great. You can go either traditional oriental style or something more modern. If you don't want to have a large coffee table or ottoman overwhelm the room, I would suggest a large square glass or lucite coffee table between the 2 sofas.

Hi there! You have a warm and cozy family room there! Your fireplace is definitely the focal point of the room, so your wall colors could maybe be more neutral so that they do not take away from the beautiful colors of the stone.

Since you have established your color scheme with your arm chairs, I would subtly use red/white/blue/taupe in your rug, curtains and pillows. If you are looking to let more light in, I wonder of the blind could be removed and replaced with linen panels. These should give you enough privacy at night, and of course be left completely open during the day.

You said you have 9' between the sofas, which makes me think your room is 16' wide? Or, 14' to the front of the bookcase? I think you should be able to scoot the window sofa forward about two feet without throwing things off balance. This reduces the distance between sofas to 8'. With a 42" round coffee table in between, and about 18" to 20" on each side of the coffee table for leg room, you should then have a comfortable seating arrangement.

Your two arm chairs could be pushed close together, so that they have only about 4 - 6" between them. If they are set back just enough that you can still get I to the seating area, you should have a nice, cozy arrangement. A set of nesting tables at the end of the window sofa gives you the flexibility to move them to where they are needed when you are entertaining.

I did a pic collage showing how you could lighten up the room. I used Sherwin-Williams Kilim Beige as your wall color -'the swatch is in the middle of the collage. The round coffee table is from Anthropologie. The nesting tables are from Crate and Barrel. The denim weave rug is from Dash & Albert. The pillows offer pops of red, as well as texture.

I hope you find some inspiration in this collage - there are certainly lots of other ways to go too! Oh, and I added a couple more rugs, also from Dash & Albert, that might work.

Thank you so much for your ideas and for taking the time to show me suggestions!

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From March 2014