I will also take any and all unsolicited advice. Yes please!

OK...I'll take a chance...

Love the "old" look you have going on. The paint colour seems too "modern" for the look you are going for, so I would paint. Know you didn't want to hear that, but tell hubby that paint may be cheaper than the new window treatments. and it looks like the current WT match the chair really well. If you're "bored" with them, maybe add a fringe on the the vertical edges.

And I would paint the white bricks the same colour as the room as well as the wood trim on it (or remove the wood if you can). Would be more cohesive-looking. Looks like it used to be a fireplace area, not sure why it was removed, but I could see a portable electric fireplace there, a corner one. Nowadays, they are pretty reasonably priced, I've also seem some on CL in my area.

OR, you could build bookshelves in that corner, in a deep mahogany stain...

Know this is more than you asked, just a few things to consider, take what you like & discard the rest!

Forgot to add that could also add an 'old' fabric to the top of the curtains or bottom, and then make a matching pillow for the couch. To continue with the 'old' look, I would put the drapes right on the rod (with a rod pocket).

Here is a link that might be useful: drapery link

Thank you fillagirl. Love the rod in the link you posted! The rods I have now were there when we purchased the house, also the blinds were already there. I thought I didn't like the brass until I took them down - then I REALLY didn't like the brass rods because they are actually plastic!

So I've already removed the window treatments in the photos and discarded them. The velvet tab top panels were worn and had pinholes so I got rid of them. :I agree, take the trim off the brick. I don't know what these people were thinking. They slapped that cheesy trim up all over the place in places it didn't belong! There's a gap between the brick and the wall but DH said he will make a filler piece for me. hmmmmmm...that might need painting...

Anything else?

That corner looks like it housed a freestanding fireplace. Have you considered removing the entire setup? It would give you more space in the room.

Colors on the computer are not reliable, it appears that you have a dark red chair with a gold print and leather furniture in a brown-orange tone. Bringing in green drapes that don't match anything else in the room doesn't sound like a good idea. Light gold drapes would work. I would change the wall color - it's a small room and you could paint it without help from your husband. A safe wall color choice would be a lighter shade of the drapes.

I couldn't pull up the link for the drapes but I really like your choice for shades and think they will add a nice textural element to the room. You said you have moved the TV out of the room. How do you purpose this room? I agree with painting the brick the color of the room. Can you give us more info on what feel you want for this room. With the purpose and the feel I think this creative group will be able to really throw some great ideas out there.

Green would be a nice color but I dont think the shade you are thinking about. Red and green are complimentary colors but emerald or taffeta with your burgandy furniture would look like christmas to me. I think you are on the right track but an olive color would work better with your furniture.

I was talking about the walls to be the olive color. The curtains could be a deeper verions of the wall color or even a patterned fabric with olive as one of the colors

Hi,

Are you planning on a rug? That might be the first thing I'd do before deciding on drapes. I'd have to agree that the wall color is kinda fighting the mood that your furniture creates...it's a little too light, feminine and contemporary to work with the weight of the furniture and leather...which I love. I'd second a pale gold on the walls.

I wouldn't do a green drape or any with a sheen. With the leather's slick surface, a texture will really look great...chenille, nubby linens or something along those lines.

I had leather furniture in my TV room in my last home...went with fauxed gold walls, deep gold chenille drapes on hefty rods. The woodwork was painted in my own "swamp green" :).

Love the green drapes you like............but what shade is your wall? I might buy the drapes AND repaint!

Red

Okay it looks like I will be painting then. The adjoining kitchen/dining is Behr Mountain Mist, so I'm thinking a beige color with maybe a hint of olive? Then I do like the idea of patterned drapes with a touch of olive in them. The color in the kitchen/dining I had hoped would come out as a sagey green but as it turns out it looks mint to me always, and it's a large double room. I am lousy at picking out paint colors - never happy with the end result. That is why I promised DH I wouldn't ask him to paint again for a while. But he did just say he would. So thank you for the suggestion!

I will have to get paint swatches and make sure the color goes all right with the mountain mist, too.

Filla, the TV is out of the room because it's a 12 x 12 front room that we call the living room. My husband and I sit and have our coffee in there after work or I like to curl up with a magazine sometimes. I want it to look luxurious and pretty and yet okay to put my feet up (once I get the leg fixed on my coffee table). We are lucky enough to have another room above the garage where we watch TV and the kids hang out. So this is my little corner of the world.

I did think about taking out the brick all together but DH wants to eventually put a gas stove there. So for now I just have a huge palm tree on it.

I also pulled a rug from another room into this room. I will have to take updated photos without the miscellaneous stuff in there. It would be great if I could have it all together by the time my new end table and sofa table come.

Thank you all for the great ideas and your interest in helping me make some decisions! If you have any input on paint color I'd like to hear it.

I was also thinking if I ended up with a pale beige wall that I could go back to the burgundy colored draperies. I wasn't crazy about it against the pale blue walls but like I said the walls and white blinds were here when we moved in a year ago.

Thank you!

jant your room does have the feel I'm going for. Very pretty and yet very comfortable!

I took more pics this morning of what is in the room. You will see there is some of that green I love in a painting I have and also a tole tree I plan to keep in there.

The rug can go but maybe the teal green/blue color in the rug is another thought...

Here's the tole tree:

These are the tables I purchased:

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Learn to paint!
I like the olive green idea better than the jewel green.

You have some lovely things but that paint color on the walls just isn't working with them. The rug you brought into the room is very pretty but, you're using it to pick up a paint color on the walls that really doesn't work.

Oddly enough I just pained my smaller spare bedroom and I think the paint and panel colors I used in there would work very well in your room.

If your walls are in good condition, no cracks or nail pops to fix, then painting really isn't hard to do.

oooh whitdobe that is very pretty. And I like the olive color on the curtain. I have Behr Mountain Mist on the walls in an adjoining room - a large room that you can see the walls from this room in. What color do you think would complement it?

I'm sorry sameboat but I don't know what color Behr Mountain Mist is. I tried to look it up online but I got conflicting images....one looked green and the other gray. Maybe if you add a photo of that room to this thread someone will speak up with a paint color suggestion.

Hi everyone,

I went to Lowe's tonight and had so much fun looking at paint colors. At first I was looking at purple-grays but then realized I'd be in the "same boat" as I am now - trying to make the room work with the color of the wall.

So I tried what some of you had suggested and looked at golden colors. I am in love with Valspar / Eddie Bauer "Bungalow Gold." I got a few chips and placed them next to everything. This color really is beautiful and ties in all my accessories, even the rug! I was thinking of taking the burgundy chair out of the living room but I found a room online with this color and the burgundy looks beautiful with it! I linked to the sample room online below.

DH and I also looked at some really beautiful tiles to (someday) go over the painted brick when we decide to get a gas stove.

So with this new color, it opens a lot of options for me as far as curtains go. This color looks pretty against the new wicker-colored roller shades and it also looked beautiful held up to just about any of the curtain panels at Lowes. I am ecstatic and I think well on my way to finishing my room.

I am sure I will have updates and also more requests for suggestions. Thank you all.

Here is a link that might be useful: Eddie Bauer Bungalow Gold in a Room with Burgundy

Oops the link didn't work - try this one:

Here is a link that might be useful: Page down a bit to get to the room with gold walls and burgundy bed

I've never seen the EB Bungalow Gold in real life but I like the photo in the link you posted. Gold and burgundy sure do go together! You'll find it in many fabrics and if you've got a Penneys catalog take a look at the back cover....and lots of the pages inside too!

Sameboat, I know you weren't wild about the idea of painting but I do think that the gold color will harmonize with all that lovely wood you have in the room. Your current wall color is rather "cold" and it doesn't do a thing to show off that wood.

Now, the one thing I don't know is if the place you got those paint chips sells sample pots of paint. Do you know? If they do it would really be worthwhile to buy one and paint some places on the walls in different spots. Golds and yellow paints can sometimes look very different on walls than they do on the tiny chips. Larger areas can sometimes start looking a bit too "intense". I'm not saying that will be the case with the paint you selected but, spending a few dollars for a sample paint and trying it out could save a lot of work if you don't do that and then paint the room only to find out that it's not exactly what you want.

I absolutely am going to paint samples on the wall and look at it for a few days in all kinds of light. Every time I paint I go by the chip and then I am sorely disappointed with the end result, getting exactly what I didn't want.

So yes I've learned my lesson. lol This room doesn't get much light so I am interested to see what the gold looks like once it's up. I do happen to like "dark" though.

I will check out Penny's. I am so excited. Thank you!

Hi,

Here are some excellent pix of Bungalow Gold I found here from an older thread:

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Thank you jant! Yes I definitely think I am going in the right direction now. I love this color.

And now after looking at the Bungalow Gold chips for a while, I think Valspar/Eddie Bauer's "Butternut" is even better. It deep. It's a brown-golden color, and I think my room is open enough to have that dark a color. It also ties everything together.

Yesterday I painted the room all by myself! I got the "Butternut" and I really like it. I like it with my rug. Blinds have been replaced with these roller shades, and I've removed the wood trim from the sides of the brick. Now I have to decide on some drapes. Any ideas out there? Fillagirl gave me a link to some gorgeous drapes at Horchow but they are way too pricey for me. I am going to be starting a sewing class next week so maybe I can make my own. Now what to do about the eyesore of a corner...DH wants to repaint it to look like brick. We will eventually be putting a gas stove there.

Love your new paint color! I think your room is really starting to come together. Sewing rod pocket curtains is simple - you can do it!

Painting the brick to look like red brick is a simple process and I think it would help that corner not stick out so badly.

To paint white brick to look like red brick, just get a sponge cut to the same size as your brick. Paint the grout lines grey. With a red, a black and a little white paint, put globs of these colors in a paper plate. Pounce the sponge into the paint then press the sponge against the brick. It will look like red brick. Promise. I have done this before. You could even work in a little of your wall color!

Thanks holleyagarden - DH is home tomorrow and I think he is going to experiment.

I love how the room is coming along. Great color!

Great job!

Great color! Just that one change brings so much warmth to your room! This is just an idea that may make the corner where the stove goes a litt less obtrusive. Extend the white of the painted brick at the same line of the brick on the right in your pic. Extend it by adding wainscoting! I can see a board and batten craftsmen style in white.

Here is a link that might be useful: Board & Batten wainscoting

Do you want to sell your lemon tole tree. I would be interested.