Stanton, Mashland, Karastan (higher end) are wonderful products, and I would go wool. However, Smart Strand is a good medium priced option. Agree with Elizabeth B…the padding makes a huge difference. I always recommend SmartStep. It has a waterproof barrier which keeps spills (and other liquids…(woof, woof) from seeping into the pad. Ever tried to remove a stain from a rug, think you have accomplished it and two days later it is back? It is because the culprit is in the pad and not the rug. If. the pad needs to be seemed, have the seem duct taped or as I have always called the product DuckTape.

Their rug was too small for the way it's being used. As stated above it could be used to delineate a second seating area. How will you use the space? If TV viewing is the focal then orientate it away from the fireplace. I see no decent way for a TV to compete with that fireplace. The one pic is horrid, makes the TV looks LARGER than it is. The swags have to go. I love a curtain panel so see leaving them...but most are sticking to the cold, sterile just blinds look if you want to be 'up to date'. It sort of looks to me like the back half was designed to be a dining room. Do you need that? A games table would be super fun if this is more of a casual living space. It really appears two couples lived here. The first decorated a space then the TV/movie watchers/gamers moved in with their theatre seating. The room is rather schizophrenic.

I'm not sure I understand the space either even with the sketches. Why? Because you have a massive amount of brown leather seating occupying nearly all the actual and visual space. How many people need to be seated to watch TV on a regular basis? You don't need to lay out family space as if every day is Superbowl Sunday. Please do not even think of having a sofa in the kitchen! You should rehome one of the recliner pairs and the armchair. Sorry, but that's what should be done. Here's what I suggest: --Dining table goes into the room with the fireplace. Paint over that green accent wall with the same cream paint as the living room. Go for lightness, openess, and flow to connect your spaces--family/dining room, living room, kitchen. You haven't shown us your dining furniture, but I would suggest getting light gold or ivory, not too tall, upholstered seating--a couple of dining armchairs that you can pull into the living room on Superbowl Sundays and put back at the dining table after entertaining. The ivory will echo the trim on your rug. That green just screams. Perhaps it goes with a rug there, but since you didn't share that space, it hard to give color advice. It clashes with the living room rug, which is viewable from all your space. You want colors to echo each other even if they don't match. Every piece needs to connect. Dining chairs like these, only in ivory or gold could get double use in the living room as needed when you entertain. --Your massive sofas in the living room area break up smooth visual lines, A dark accent wall would help make the black TV screen blend into the wall where you have it now. Keep the longest sofa on the wall where you have it. Put the double recliner pair in front of the windows, but leave about three feet behind the recliners to pull in maximum light from the windows. Or the reverse: recliners against the wall and long sofa pulled several feet into the room from the window for TV watching. --Get a big round coffee table, a nesting one would be great, up on substantial legs with a light top to balance out the sofas. --Drapes in a nubby ivory fabric should match the walls so the focus is on the windows and not another color block that breaks up the look of the space. Sofa pillows should be in ivory and gold with just a bit of red. You already have an excess of saturated colors. This palette and with some pattern woven into substantial fabric.

I don't see that the main tree needs any pruning. As you walk up to the front door along the path, it's nowhere in your view. It's really easy to make a tree look weirdly unnatural by injudicious pruning, and there's no road back. To me, the amount of bare brick on the side of the garage is not proportional to the rest of the house. It needs to be broken up visually. I seldom like shutters but they would add interest to the brick and I agree they would look good here. We don't know the width of the walkway, or the width of the bed between the walkway and the wall, which would help us make recommendations for what to plant. It goes without saying that you'd need to be sure the plantings do not cover the walkway. A bed on the other side of the walkway would need to be low ground cover, and it's purpose would be to visually beef up the landscaping on that side of the house, in order to make it more proportional to the expanse of brick. I like the idea of another tree or shrub near the driveway. I'd trim down the shrub to the left of the front door, so the window is more visible as you approach the front door. You have a very attractive house, it just need a bit of help to look its best.