Here's now.

For those who remember, I did rearrange the room and break up the e.stand. Something different. I prefer how it looks from my kitchen view. Not wild about the front of the room. Think a very LARGE piece of vertical art needs to go on the main wall to the right. Perhaps another thread.

Ottoman is 30x40

OPT 1

Drop cloth - two scrap pieces on top - one bleached and the other isn't. I prefer the non bleached on.

I'm not 100% confident I can do the button tufts. I haven't completely ruled it out though. Keep in mind though the wing chair is also in a light color with tufting.

Could do it solid.

OPT 2

Tartan. Yes, this is pretty bold. I have sprinkled that bright rust/rose/coral color throughout my house though. You can see it in the kitchen from the LR and I think it brightens up all the brown and dark.

REMOVED blue pillows in this next pic. Added them for winter. This is how the pillows looked all spring and summer.

I actually prefer the tartan, but I know it's bold so I wanted feedback. Other ideas are welcome. I did consider a 'leather' but I'm not going to like it without tufts and the only reason I'm considering tufting with the drop cloth is because I can buy them large enough as to not have to piece together material.

A different view. There is space behind couch. Note -I'm going to change the mat color on the framed kid art.

The whites are nice but the tartan is FABULOUS. Do it : ) . It lifts up all the colors in and on the sofas.

Blue. You can do this.

(and thank you for not doing gray!!!)

Tartan!!! It uplifts the mood instanteneously

(I have a similar..tan? in one of the rooms, I like it a lot. Why it has to be this or that I don't get, honestly. I have several colors going on, from greiges to taupes to tans to greens to off whites to purples, and they all live happy together..that's just the"permanents", walls, tiles, etc.)

Shee, what are dimensions of that ottoman? With home dec fabrics being 54" wide, I don't know why you'd have to piece your fabric, unless that ottoman is a lot wider than it looks.

Do you swap out your pillows for winter? I asked because I looked up 'tartan, toile (your Bosphorus) and leopard together', and I found 2 out of the three in each of the pics at the link HERE.

I then Googled 'tartan ottoman', and lucky for you, MOST of then are not tufted, but you might want to look at them HERE.

I LOVE tartan, and it's probably just me, but I tend to think of them as fall & winter fabrics, if they are dark.

Tartan in the lead.

Blue. I like blue and I somehow forgot that was a consideration. Anytime I tried to figure out what fabric it seemed too dark or if it was an upholstery fabric...I have a lot of that in the room so I wasn't sure if that was the way to go.

My3dogs - It's 30x40 with 10" on the sides so the fabric would need to be 40x50 to go under and that's not including any extra for tufts. I read you need to calculate 2" of extra fabric per tuft. This caused me to go on a search for large ottomans without tufting for a visual because I wasn't sure if I would like them. Here are some I found.

I was happy to see they do exist.

Thanks for the links. I normally consider tartan a cooler weather thing but the colors help me with this one. The look with the blue and bosporus is my switched out winter look in here. Only thing different I did for summer was remove the blue pillows. I've always had a hard time finding pillows, especially lighter ones that worked with the couch being paisley and dark. The lightest color in the furniture is gold and I don't want to use light gold pillows. Plus gold clashes with the carpet. I think cream looks too stark. I felt the bosporus added some lighter color to the couch and also added other colors to tie in and around the room. That's what I was going for anyhow! Looking forward to solid furniture. Other suggestions for even pillow fabric are welcome.

Thanks!

Oh, I thought these were samples and didn't realize you were using these actual pieces. Carry on!

You mean the pillows? The ottoman was my focus but I'm open to suggestions.

So my mind is curious what would Mr3dogs use as pillows?

The Tartan totally clashes with the couch fabric pattern. I recommend the blue used on the pillows.

Definitely the tartan. Beautiful in your room!

Jewlis, fwiw, my blue pillows aren't solid. This is the fabric. The checks are 3"x3".

The blue is nice, but the tartan is magic.

I like the tartan, but think you could do a blue ticking stripe if you wanted something quieter or lighter (summer cover and winter cover?) Walmart has some nice, inexpensive ticking.

Laughable - ticking stripe was a consideration, and a suggestion from a decorator, for curtains - yeah, with all the other fabrics I have going on (that were also suggestions from him). I never bit the bullet. In general I really like ticking stripes as well as buffalo checks. I'll throw my blue ticking sample on and check it out. In general it would be easy to recover the fabric to something lighter in the warmer months if I wanted a change.

I'm going to order more tartan fabric and just do it. I like it even though I'll agree that it clashes. I honestly like a lot of different fabrics together in a room. Well, until I start over analyzing. IRL the paisley furniture isn't as loud and reads more solid and I've just started to ignore it as a neutral to an extent. If every response on here was that the tartan was a terrible idea I might have held off to at least ask myself, again, in a few days if I really like it. Not sure why I still feel the need at times for some type of validation. Thanks everyone!

"I like it even though I'll agree that it clashes"

In the last few years as my taste has become even more eclectic (and as my husband has become more vocal about colors and patterns clashing lol), I've come to the idea that colors and patterns don't really clash, but there are colors that are more compatible/mix more successfully together than others, and patterns that are more compatible/mix more successfully together than others.

And I think there are years/seasons when some color mixes are more acceptable than others; when I was young, pink and orange together, in an outfit or a room would have been unthinkable and now it's not only acceptable but encouraged/popular.

Agree with becky (as my daughter says, "you do you" and don't second guess yourself)

I have worked with tartan and I don't envy you this project, but you can do it. Please let us see when you're done with it...

Here's some confidence in photo form....

How about just making a padded slipcover for the ottoman...saves you time and fabric. You can have ties which tie under the ottoman's legs. No to the tartan, it doesn’t work well with the sofa print.

I haven't seen your room since you angled the furniture and broke up the media cabinet wall. I remember how you agonized over the arrangement for a while. It looks wonderful!

Penny - When you said blue were you talking the same color as the pillows I have? Fabric type?

And I like that room you posted very much.

Blubird - Do you mean something skirted?

Oly - Thank you! Years actually. :) . At one point in there I did have it broke up like this but I made minor angle adjustments this time and a few other smaller things are now different. There are cons both ways but I like the views better this way from kitchen and to kitchen. Plus there are more seats that can view the tv. With the e.stand together and couch in front of window, the furniture should be a sectional or the loveseat should be a chair. The whole back end of the room looked so disjointed and drove me bonkers. And with the old set up if I would have added a rug it would have been out into the natural walk path.

I like the tartan but also think a windowpane or buffalo check would look great and would also look a little less seasonal; (the cold weather thing). They might also be a little more forgiving as a DIY project. Centering/matching the tartan could be tricky. Maybe even a larger scale herringbone? Definitely feeling the check vibe.

Duh. I meant a large scale houndstooth check, not herringbone.

Jjam - I like those ideas just have a hard time finding fabrics.

I wouldn't have to piece the tartan at all or any 54" wide fabric if I'm not tufting. The piece there is just scrap from when I made the pillow on the chair.

Ahh, I see. If you don't have to piece the tartan then I say go for it. You can always abandon ship when you DIY if you don't like it as it starts to take shape.

Definitely no tufting, right?

Jjam I wouldn't tuft the tartan. I don't usually care for tufted patterns on ottomans. Certain busy ones anyhow.

I would attempt tufting if I were going to use the drop cloth idea or something really large. I'm not sure how to properly piece fabric for an ottoman this size.

The slipcover could have a skirt or not. Here's a Martha Stewart Tutorial showing how to cover a similar ottoman...hers is not tufted but you could pad the top to reduce the button show through. It's an easy thing to do, especially as you’re possibly planning for it to me short term.

And here's a tute for a Skirted slipcover.

My first thought without seeing pics was buffalo check. I think the tartan is beautiful but too dark- not bold enough! I like the blue windowpane you posted better bc it is brighter.