Not much time - making dinner, bathing kids and winding down the evening but I wanted to let you know that we're looking and thinking!

One thing about a green - blue - grey paint color - it can be hard to pick just thhe rigt one (always worth trying in my opinion) and can often read as 'too blue' or 'too cold'. Is green a color that could be on your radar screen?

How much 'true color' do you think that you can handle on your walls? Head on or more subdued? The ones that you show chips of are quite pretty.

Sorry to be asking so many questions back!

Do YOU have any inspiration pics of rooms that you liike that you could show us?

The door by the recliner - is that a door leading to the outside?

Lastly - any chance that there is enugh room that you could flesh out an office area at one end of the room w/ one of thos great desks?

This is a small thing, but right now, I notice there is an end table And desk on one side of the sofa and nothing at the other end. I would shift things a bit so the end table was on the other side. Right now you have two pieces with similar functions right next to each other. If you are treating the spinet desk as a desk (as opposed to closed up like a table) --it should have a chair, I think, to make it look more purposeful.

First of all, please don't take offense, but I think you have too many small items in your room, which makes it not very restful; too many things to look at. I say this because I made the same mistake in my LR.

I think a sectional would work where you now have the sofa. If you need the large desk to stay, I would put it on the wall with the door. Then I would put a comfy chair or recliner to the right of the FP, with a floor lamp, for reading. I hope this helps some.

Nice room . . . I think it has a lot of potential.

I agree with what another poster said about there being a lot going on in the room. You might enjoy having less furniture in there. I can't quite tell from the picture, but how far away from the fireplace is the sofa? It seems like it's set quite far back and that furniture is placed around the perimeter of the room. You could try grouping it into seating areas and closer to the fireplace. I learned here that pulling furniture out a bit from the wall can make a big difference and conversation areas more practical.

How about some wall sconces on either side of the artwork over the fireplace? Fewer and more substantial items on the wall, or smaller items grouped together would work well.

I am envisioning a deeper color in this room, to warm it up. I photoshopped something up for you (disclaimer - I am not good at photoshopping). I drew a mossy green color out of your fireplace stone and applied it to the walls. I don't know if it's what you're after, but I think it could work. Some brick red accents would look great with it.

You could also try sticking to the same color strip with the BM Saybrook Sage you're already using. Maybe the Louisburg Green or the Tate Olive. A lot of people have mentioned liking Baby Turtle, which is also nice.

I think new furniture placement, a coat of paint and some new seating will do a lot for this room.

Thank you so much for your help.
TTodd, I know the blue/green/gray can read very cold. The walls are cold now - and they are Shaker Beige - which I did not think would turn out this way. Anyway, the chips are my kitchen and dining room so I may need to head more to the greens than the blues. I have seen so many rooms that I love. The trouble is when I try to recreate them for myself, it doesn't work. I see so many beautiful rooms, then look at mine with a yuck. The door by the recliner does lead outside to the garage. I have my office in part of the living room (never used) at the other end of the house.
Palimpsest - yes, I need to move that.
Gracie, I think that I do have too many small items in the room. I think I am going to really have to edit. I love all of my stitcheries (although I have taken a few down) - love the antique pieces --- but some things do have to leave.
Jan, thank you so much for the visual. I don't know if I can go too green, but I think I can use a more saturated color in there. The furniture is around the perimeter. I did have the sofa pulled away from the wall with the desk against the half wall and a walkway in between - left little room fir when the grandkids come over and play.
I think I have too much wood in the room and need to edit some out - then a new sofa, a couple of new chairs. I am also going to try to use the spinet desk as a table between the chairs and see what happens.
Thanks so much to all of you for your time.

I remember your earlier post -- you're getting there. I'm not much help with choosing paint colors, but just wanted to say that I hope you hang onto all your stitched artwork, and bring out more if you have it. Smaller artwork usually has more impact when grouped like you did with the four pieces, and even larger groupings could look great. If your new wall color is darker, too, the stitchery will stand out more.

You mentioned not being able to recreate rooms that you like. Do you have any inspiration photos? I think you are right that there are too many wood types in the room. I would limit it to two: the light warm wood of the TV armoire and fireplace surround, and the darker wood of the spinet desk and other antique tables. The coffee table, rocker, and glider would need to find new homes. Two upholstered chairs (without much wood showing) would probably look better than two gliders. If the sofa is comfortable, but you're tired of the look, you might try slipcovers for it - maybe with some antique stitched pillows on it.

I agree about grouping the artwork for more impact: I would pair the portraits as well. I think a grouping is more effective than having things dispersed, even if it means there are wall areas with no artwork for the time being.

With your style, painted pieces could be mixed in.

Its more common that people have too many large or overscaled pieces of furniture; in your case, I think you have two many small delicate looking pieces. This is actually better than too big, because you could add a pair of upholstered chairs (maybe with ottoman) and that would allow you to still mix in some of the smaller pieces.

And keep in mind that a nice art grouping on the wall can 'fill a hole' as well as a piece of furniture.

gwbr, yes you did respond in an earlier post -- and even did a photoshop on the walls. You did blue - while it was way brighter than I would like, it still gave me the idea that it might be far better to do a "color" versus a "beige". As far as the artwork, I didn't move anything when I moved the furniture around. After reading your post and then Pal's, I had a "wood" epiphany. I have way too much of it. I looked around the main floor this morning and there is just way too much wood.
While I do not have one specific inspiration photo, in the ones I do look at, that is the big difference. It is a much softer look.
For instance, I love both desks in the family room --- but do I need two in the same room? I don't think so. The antique ice cream table is special to me - but I think it is way off scale in the room.
I did go to a furniture store on Saturday - one where I bought most of my furniture 30 something years ago. I don't know why I didn't go there since then. Very helpful, not pushy. I really think I need to edit out at least one of the rockers. I need two upholstered chairs and a new sofa - of course, I brought home several swatches - and DH and I are totally split! (He'll come around).
Thank you so much for your help --- I need to really get moving here - if not done by the time the nicer weather comes here late Spring, DH won't be agreeable to "inside" work. ---- Thanks again for all of your gracious help.