The first thing that caught my eye was the picture- "Typically, the bottom of a single art piece or grouping should hang about 8 to 10 inches above the back of a sofa."

Can you pull the sectional off the wall a few inches? I would select a larger art piece that is 3/4ths the width of the couch. Maybe a rug and new pillows that pick up the art. The chairs...can you move them to the side opposite the chaise? The bright white console next to the fireplace to need to be replaced. Coffee table...maybe a simple glass one that is a little lower than the one you have. I would not do a matching ottomon. Is this a rental? Are you able to update the blinds? Just my immediate thoughts.

Thanks. That picture will be gone to my bedroom. I am planning to replace it with these canvas art panels. I also plan to buy this rug. You think they will go together?

Thanks rcarterworld! Not a rental, I just bought this place few moths back and bought some stuff at random. Now i am playing catch-up. What color blinds would your recommend?

So you want to replace the coffee table w/ a matching ottoman? I'm afraid that will be too much leather, plus you already have the chaise to put your feet up. The rug will add color to the room, but the rug design & art panels together is confusing to me. How about a striped rug?

Thanks Lisa, I ordered ottoman along with my couch but delivery of ottoman was delayed. I have option to return it. I am sorry, i have always stayed in places that came furnished before. First time i bough my home and i am learning as i go. Your advice is really helpful. :) How about one of these striped rugs?

While I love the artwork you are interested in, it looks too overwhelming, both in size and in color, for your space. I do think you should pick out the artwork first since you plan to have this as your statement piece.

Also are you going to keep the current wall color? It is hard for us to tell what it looks like in real life but I would like to see something different there, possibly a color that you pick from the artwork you end up with.

We've all been there. The 1st stripe is a little dark and I can't picture the 2nd with leather. Do you like any of the rugs the Pro suggested? They would certainly "liven" up your room. I think she was following the lead of your pillows. They wouldn't work with your art panels though.

I agree, pick the art first, then pick your rug and curtains in accent colors to go with the art. Otherwise, great space. My dad has one of those panel art pieces on his stairwall, they are a lot of fun! But his is only three panels. Maybe you can find something similar to what you posted only a tad smaller. Are you married to those throw pillows? Do you have a color scheme in mind or are you going to wait on the art? The other way around it is to pick the color scheme and rug and then art to match if you don't have some art already. Lots of art is fairly neutral, you don't have to have a complete match between art and rug. In my first place I was at odds and ends with my living room until I found the perfect rug that "really tied the room together." That dictated my color scheme from then on.

Before buying art and a rug, etc. take a look at lots of inspiration pictures on Houzz and Pinterest, so you have a plan and note accessoires, colors etc. to help you define what you want and need for your room. Take your time, you have the essentials. Add what you love. I think I would head towards a mid-century look, if you like that style. In regards to layout, have you tried your sectional under the window with chairs facing, so anyone sitting in the chairs can also view the tv and fireplace. Where couch was you could add a unit that looks attractive, but can also be used as working space.

I think with your cool furniture the art you choose will really kick it up to truly fabulous. I would pick the art first and then look for a rug under $500. If you are carful you can still stay within budget.

To me the generic sectional mass produced canvases will ruin the room.

Thank you all for your suggestions! i went over each and every idea suggested by you all with my wife but bottom line is she is obsessed with this Canvas Art and i have learned over 4 years of our marriage that she always gets what she wants. :) So if you kind souls can please recommend what type of rug will go with this wall Art. I am having hard time finding a rug that will go with this and my couch/chairs/floor.Really appreciate your help.

great advice upthread

I'll try to be short, probably repeating several people:

-get rid of the white console next to the fireplace/look for smth else instead if you need it there for function

-think of other window treatments. curtains? woven blinds? roman shades? any of these will look better. move your sectional a bit from the wall, both to allow room for window treatments and because furniture generally needs at least couple inches to breathe..that wil also make room seem larger

-you already purchased the ottoman in the same color and style of the sofa..off white, right? well something different would be better, but it's okay..buy a throw, fold it and put there to break your lines a bit. tray is great too-both for function and beauty. you'll appreciate it when watching this TV

-I liked reading how your wife gets her art:) okay..so if there's no real room for other suggestions(I'm also prejudiced against mass produced canvas art..maybe she can be talked into a print instead?..)..put that art there first. Make sure it fits-seems huge?..

Say you go for that a very similar art, you have there-a bit of white, black, brown, indigo blue, fiery yellow

white and brown you already have in your room (btw like your furniture)

pull your other colors (in pillows and throws and accessories) from that art -deep sophisticated blues, golds. can be metallic accessories (like vases or flower pots?), can be softest fur pillows can be velvet, can be knitted throw. everythhing you buy-make sure it's a different texture..leather is sleek you've got enough of it. Speaking from experience-I also have my fair share of leather:)

then look for a big ticket items like curtains and a rug. (or simultaneously..just keep your general scheme in mind). you can decide to make them fairly neutral. repeat the color of the furniture, just different material of course. or go for one vivid deep color but make it a shag rag for example. Don't try to match pattern to art..art has a mind of its own. Look at the room as a whole..what does it ask for? and know yourself of course..say I love many rugs but I don't like to clean them lol. You know whether it's high traffic area, what your habits are, and whether you'll be sad for 5 min if the rug will have spots and then get over it, or will be sad for 5 days.

when you buy a side table try, again, to introduce another texture, just different material in this case. maybe wood. maybe ceramics(garden stool?some of these look really modern). every new material you bring creates dimension. Dimension is something you look for when creating spaces. Why? well that what we've used to. Ouside always has it. Even when it's a desert or an ocean. It has depth. we need to recreate it with all sort of ways and means that are availiable to us..

Good luck! will be a cool room

edited because of thousand typos..))

I see that the art your wife likes is available in multiple sizes. I think the pic you posted shows the biggest, 68"x40". The next size down, 52"x32" would be a better size for your space. The smaller options, would, IMO, be too small (36" wide, maybe, but the 26 and 24" wide definitely not).

What about this rug? I think it would look nice with the colors in the art and with the chairs.

I think one of the reasons your room looks so bland is that the blinds blend into the wall color and so does the sofa. Changing the wall color is one way to address this; adding curtains is another. You just need something to break up the effect of a monochrome box (I realize that your blinds are probably open much of the time, so I am probably not seeing your room at its most photogenic).

ok, for most folks, i recommend that you put your room together the way you like then you put your art work you love on your walls, because they do not have to work together. art work is like jewelry. If you are dressing to go to a fancy occasion you would wear you giant ruby or emerald no matter what color your clothes are. If your art original preferably is your main point you may wish to decorate in monotone, boring like you said, this forces the eye up and you notice all those gem stones hanging up there. this would need to be your decision, i just like to avoid having art tossed with the old furnishings when the time comes.

Back to current art and the belief we should color to it. I think we would do better with the second and third pieces. they have like colors.

Thanks aprilneverends! You simplified a lots of things about how to proceed about decorating. Thanks cawaps, rug you suggested is beautiful! However, it doesn't come in size i want. I will look around for similar pattern/color and hopefully, i will get 7 X 8. Changing wall color is in log term renovation plan.

Thankshavingfun! I like 2nd and 3rd both. 2nd will look good with my brownish-blue chairs but it has lots of beige like my couch. Would that be fine as i am having hard time visualizing. Color for 3rd one is more neutral.

Thanks celerygirl! I love second rug.

ok, left only the two you liked. Will look them up now.

https://www.rugs-direct.com/Details/Surya-Jax-JAX5032/123880/199241

https://www.jossandmain.com/rugs/pdp/bowen-creamblue-area-rug-bngl9702.html

this one is about sold out though.

Here is with havingfun finding from West Elm