Beautiful fire place! Taupe is a good neutral and is working well with the colors of your walls. I think interiors work best when the accent color story extends throughout the house. In this room I'd use the green from the rug in the dining area and pull 1-2 warm colors from the wall hanging you have next to the front door to start my story board. I also really like the way the black face of the fire box and the dark painting work to marry the TV screen in to your space ( hard to do, usually just looks like a black hole) so I'd use black as an accent too.

I'd add a colorful area rug that has pattern and unites the color story by bridging the cool taupe to the warmer colors. if the rug has some black in it , that would be even better.

Using all chairs can sometimes work; but can also look like a room set up for a therapy session, so I'd look to adding two love seats, in scale, and place them diagonal facing the recliners. You're on the cool side of the color spectrum with the recliners, I'd stay over there and look for them in a deeper or a lighter shade of taupe in a weave with texture. Then add the warm accent colors with throws and with pillows in prints adding a couple in black for contrast. I'd add a floor lamp with a black shade behind the love seat by the hall, and put a black shade on the table lamp. On the TV wall I'd add 2 pieces of art, framed and matted in black.

I'd use an area rug that combined a light/silvery/grey blue tone with cream, tan and brown. I'm partial to Orientals, so here's one that illustrates what I mean. A great room needs something dramatic for the eye to focus on, so what that will be, is up to your imagination:

http://www.overstock.com/Worldstock-Fair-Trade/Herat-Oriental-Indo-Hand-tufted-Oushak-Gray-Ivory-Wool-Rug-8-x-11/9821033/product.html?refccid=JAGB2AA6576YOASPMJSWK56B7Q&searchidx=57

There's always abstract rugs that pick up both the chair and floor colors:

http://www.overstock.com/Home-Garden/Euphoria-Collection-Capizzi-Multi-Olefin-Area-Rug-9-x-13/10309772/product.html?refccid=GB5TYE5AYQAY7HCLWNBSJDCATA&searchidx=21

And something a little more dramatic, with nice touches of color you could highlight with accessories:

http://www.overstock.com/Home-Garden/Vivacious-Collection-Antic-Multi-Area-Rug-710-x-1010/10099204/product.html?refccid=VQAKW7E7K6IYG6KBZHUMPE3Y74&searchidx=331

HTH!

The rugs that jakkom found are beautiful! Use your rug choice to determine your color scheme. I like the idea of black accents.

Your recliners are very sleek and modern so I would look for a small scale, possibly curved, sofa to put under the painting, then a swivel chair for the corner.

A minor question...why do you have two end tables by your chairs......one in the center would be enough, IMHO. I would put the extra one at the end of the love seat. Do you intend to have lamps?

I also think you would "ground" the room by adding a piece under the TV. Here's a picture of ours (in our case, we haven't bothered to hang the TV on the wall because we have this piece (although I still think we should, for height), in your case, I just think that TV looks very lonely!)

I agree with Starnoid. Love the room (and the painting), but more chairs would make it look more like a nice waiting room IMO.

Erinsean, the end table is left over from the super bowl party. We moved things around so we could put in extra chairs and have places for drinks. You're quite right--we usually only use one end table. And yes, I'm think one floor lamp, probably behind the overstuffed chair area.

jakkom, you started quite the discussion in our house. I'm going for the more modern rugs, and DH informs me he's kind of an oriental rug person. Looks like more compromising! Great ideas on interjecting black!

Maybe look at Kilims, modern tribal rugs (Kazak), or modern Ziegler, or (Kashkuli) Gabbeh.

What a beautiful space! I would definitely get a rug you love and go from there. Also, something under the tv would look a lot better.

I would look through Houzz photos for inspiration. This is not exactly your room but has two sofas and a nice neutral rug that maybe you and your husband might like.

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I would also consider keeping the sofas away from the walls.

I am learning so much about color, rugs, sources, and furniture selection and placement!

Perhaps also some artwork around the TV so that your one painting won't feel too lonely? That's a very long wall with nothing but the TV on it. Something colorful there will really ramp up this room.

golfergirl29 - are those recliners Hjellegjerde Stockholm? How do you like them?

DH was hesitant about putting artwork on the TV wall--he is envisioning bookcases or built ins. But I'd rather do artwork. We have plenty of bookcases elsewhere in the house. Are there ways to put art on both sides and make it look cohesive?

ck_squared, yes they are and we LOVE them. Everyone who has sat in them loves them. We got the large size. Adjustable pillow is wonderful. Got the battery packs so don't have to plug in. Extremely comfortable. We wanted a recliner that didn't look clunky in the GR. Swivels and reclines. Couldn't ask for more.

Pretty room. Love/hate relationship with recliners. Our smallish family room has a reclining sofa and dh's recliner, lol. Oh and my glider to rock the grand babies of course. Love your recliners.

definitely a nice piece under the tv. That will make a big difference.

Per your suggestions, I tried a table under the TV to get a feel for the look. Definitely helps anchor the TV, though I think the piece might be larger and black, perhaps. Great suggestions, thank you.

Thanks for the info on the recliners, golfergirl. My dad is redoing his apartment and we looked at those recliners on Tuesday. He fell in love with them and will most likely be getting one. It's nice to get a real-life review.

Btw, you have a fantastic space to work with! Beautiful fireplace wall. I agree with someone above who said don't put everything against the walls, pull them in to create a sitting area . And the table under the TV is a great idea, but you are correct in that you need something much bigger, "heavier" in order to anchor them together.

There are some very talented people on this forum. You'll end up with a beautiful space with their help. Good luck!

ck, I think you Dad will love the recliner. Both our audio guy and our superintendent got in those chairs and didn't want to get out. I remember that Ashton Kutcher posted a poll on Houzz about whether to get a recliner for his dad. The recliner folks won by a landslide. Hard to decorate around the old, large clunky recliners. That's why we like this one so much--we think it will look OK but still give us what we need comfort-wise. I did a pull a joke with them on Super Bowl Sunday. Told the folks reclining in them that they were also massage chairs. They lit up and asked where. I went over and did a quick neck massage. They loved it.