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I like the one with the sunlit clouds.

I think the size is fine in that space. But I think your taped mock-up is crowding the lamp and leaves too much empty space to the left. I think it would look more balanced centered between the lamp and the plant.

I don't have the art pieces.

Cawaps you think it should be in the center? Portrait or landscape direction?

Since I have everything off center/angled I was thinking it should be more to the right.

I don't have the art pieces. I was still trying to determine size and placement. I have lots of others in mind.

Cawaps you think it should be in the center? Portrait or landscape direction?

Since I have everything off center/angled I was thinking it should be more to the right.

Just my opinion, but I agree with cawaps on placement, and I think the first painting is too similar to the plant and the second painting isn't bold enough.

Some bolder options. So in the middle of the wall?

These are also large.

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I like a bolder print but they are very bold for a painting that size and will draw the eye immediately to it.

You may remember that my LR is very similar to yours so I have a few thoughts. Have you considered moving the plant to the corner behind the loveseat? That may accomplish what I think your goal is--to make the corners visually disappear with the new furniture arrangement. You could even prop it if you need it taller. I was going to suggest you move the lamp beside the loveseat, but it makes more sense near the chair, which needs a reading lamp, and helps create a vignette there. Try it on both sides of the chair if you have room for it. I know passage into the room is an issue there.

Then you could hang a large print next to the entertainment center where the bulkiness of the EC will anchor it better than to have it floating in the middle of that wall. It would allow you to bring it down more--it shouldn't be taller than the bottom of the EC's crown imo. I have two 30 x 40 framed prints over my sofa and I can visualize them alongside my EC so that size should work for you. Mine are matted though so the actual print is about 20 x 30.

May - I agree about the boldness.

Plant in corner - Far enough that I'd have to remove those two art pieces? I do really like them but if it would bring better balance. I'm not happy with the front view of this room.

Remember that french looking table I have? That's behind the loveseat currently and it's actually a table lamp on top. I was kind of pretending the table was a 'sofa table' - it holds tablets and a few books. You don't see them until you're right over by the loveseat. From a distance I was pretending the lamp was a floor lamp since I currently don't have one.

I think a floor lamp would look better, and certainly balance the light better at night, near the chair. I didn't buy one until I was certain I was going to keep the room this way for a while. I still need to center the art over the wing chair from the move.

Agree the art shouldn't go above the e.stand crown. Are you saying one print near my e.stand or two stacked? Two side by side?

Here's the table.

Here's the plant in the corner. I like that but not sure what I think about the art piece to the left. Thoughts?

Basket with blanket (currently missing the blankets) underneath? Liked basket here IRL but not really in photos. Looks very tiny and should be larger.

You may have to remove the stacked art behind the loveseat. One print or two stacked that equal a large rectangle is also fine. I think the ones near the loveseat are too small next to the large EC. You could go a little smaller than a 30 x 40 though.

Some blue in the print would tie in your pillows and ottoman fabric. The third print is too airy for your furniture. Not sure I'd like a big vase or a bear.

Cross-posted. Let me study those new pics for a minute.

Party - Thanks for clarifying! I see what you mean. It looks like a lot of pinks, blues, purples, and some yellows on mine. I would send it back if it blended. I'm over spending gobs of money on an art piece but I do need to like it especially since it's going to be front. Our of the first two I preferred #2 because of more color. Also I was over analyzing both tree subjects since they would be near a large plant!

I don't know if I can really see most of those prints I posted in my room even though I do like them alone.

I like how the plant softens the corner. The placement looks fine so you can leave the paintings. The tape looks like a good size. Maybe it could be moved over a little to the right--hard to tell from the photo. The art on both sides of the entertainment center might need to balance but if you have a floor lamp there as separation, art shouldn't matter. Are you able to move the chair over to add a lamp?

I'm not clear on whether you wanted to move the plant to the corner... if you had the original placement of the plant next to the cabinet and the small table w/ lamp near the corner, then I was saying that I would center the art in the expanse of wall between the plant and the lamp. I'm guessing that would be at least a foot or two left of your first outline.

ETA: had to follow up because I just saw that you decided to go with the untufted tartan in the other thread... that's what I would have chosen too, so I think you should go with your gut on art and choose the one that feels right to you. That's what art is all about! :)

Did you consider landscape format? I think I detect bits of gold in your room.

May - There's room to add a lamp beside the chair. The chair is currently more centered and I would probably need to move it to one side or the other to accommodate a lamp - depends on the shade. The art would no longer fit right and would need to change. I'll take a pic.....

Party - I just wanted to test out the suggestion to move things around a bit. IRL I do prefer the lamp in the right corner.

May here is that side of the room.

Pushed to the right. Stuff on this wall can go. I think the lamp should overlap whatever the art is a little.

Otherside. There is room to the left even though it doesn't look like it from this photo. I do think I prefer the chair to the left like this.

Chair still in the same place with me plunked on couch.

Party I did consider landscape format. I found a beautiful landscape oil painting on CL a few weeks back. It was HUGE and beautifully framed and only $50. I was thinking the room needed something portrait format so I didn't buy it. Not sure if it's still there. - Just checked and it's not. Surprise.

Please try taping up a pair of the same dimensions. I think you're heading in the right direction with the scale, but maybe a pair instead of one?

Are you trying to balance the wall art with the your entertainment cabinet?

I did some mockups for position and to check out how a landscape-oriented piece would work.

Here's a random piece oriented landscape:

Here are my favorites of the options you posted, all sized more-or-less the size of your taped-up rectangle.

Dyhgardens - I just thought that main wall looked unfinished. Does it look fine without art? I remember seeing a photo of Jjam's one room and how everything was angled and how it worked because of her furniture and art placement. Her pretty room (her whole house from what she's shared is pretty) is what made me come back to visit my current room arrangement. Just got that wild hair one day. :) I'll try the two side by side. Now that I'm looking at my last photo (of that main wall again where the plant is by the loveseat) it almost does look like I forgot a picture on the right. They would almost need to be a set though.

Cawaps - Thank you for the photoshopping! Hmm.. I actually don't really like the looks of any of those pictures. The art itself I mean. I'm surprised I don't like the landscape one but it's just not working for me. I actually think I like the last one best because of the colors. I do want the art to have blue in it. I want to like the flowers in the blue vase (#2 of your PS) but I haven't been wild about the fruit in that one from the beginning. I'm off to look at more art!

ETA - I hope Jjam doesn't mind me posting these.

Yes, I know her room is a different with windows and furniture...floors...etc! - but hopefully you can see what I was trying to recreate.

What if you used four stacked square prints to fill the wall? I would move the stacked pair in that case, possibly over the chair. If you get a floor lamp, the two smaller prints would be better, allowing room on the wall for the lamp shade. That print feels a bit large for a wing chair.

This might not be your thing but I was in the Z Gallery the other day and was suprised at the nice art. They are having a 20% off sale with code FF20.

I just went through 84 pages of art on Overstock. Yeeeah. I didn't use a lot of filters because I was trying to keep options open, lol. There is some odd stuff out there. A few made me uncomfortable to even look at.

Like Audubon prints but they feel too dark here. Botanicals don't seem right either. Others too green, too small, too crayola, etc. I really like beach/sea/boat art but the stacked pictures in the room are already that. However, I do like this canvas. It's square though. Larger sizes come in 40x40 or 48x48.

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Like this one too but also square and biggest size is 35x35

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May - I'll look for four stacked prints. Do you think landscape or portrait orientation would be best?

The hunt print would have been better had I never reframed it. Mat isn't right size, scale of frame and mat just is all wrong. I thought it filled the wall out better when the arrangement was the other way. The smaller prints might work better there. Any lamp style suggestions? What about something along the lines of this?

I would have edited the last post but it's being glitchy and won't let me.

One more and I'm tapped out for the night.

Two small ones are 12x32 and middle piece is 24x32

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So far I haven't found any sets of four

I don't know if you are looking at prints or original art, but I went poking around for original art.

https://www.saatchiart.com/art/Painting-flowers-in-a-vase/814737/3687265/view

https://www.saatchiart.com/art/Painting-freshness/775737/2764528/view

https://www.saatchiart.com/art/Painting-Sleeping-Forest/85624/3831375/view

https://www.saatchiart.com/art/Painting-Anthraquinone-evening/854142/2945394/view

Cawaps - Thanks for more photoshopping! It helps to see stuff on the wall. I was looking at prints. I like original art but I'm not looking to spend that much.

Came back for just . one . more. I know this isn't colorful but I like these and am trying to figure out a place to use them in general.

Each one is also only 13.6"x18.5".

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I don't see a piece of large modern art fitting into a room with ornate traditional furniture. It also makes it feel like you're just trying to fill a hole.

Is the EC not on the short wall because the window creates glare on the TV?

I like the pines you first posted best. I don't like many of the pieces shown later as they are commonplace and seen all over, trendy and garish. I also like your first placement.

I'd put an offer of $175 for this Cortland Butterfield painting to see were they stand.

Canvas: 24" x 36"

Exterior Frame: 32" x 44.5"

I really like the Cortland painting but with a bit of mat and a simple frame. The discription says it's thick paint and I like that.

May - I don't know. I was thinking originally the crown at the top of the stand was too wide but that must not have been the wall where it was an issue. I just measured and the piece is 58"W and would fit on the wing chair wall. What would you do with the rest of the furniture? Doesn't that create an even larger issue with the main wall?

Bumble - That was my first saved piece of art for this room and is the one my sister likes best. I just had my mind really bent on it should have some blue or more color. It's funny, I try and 'branch out' at times but to an extent I like what I like. Am I overthinking the 'it's a tree beside a large plant' thing?

Cawaps would you mind photoshopping this one for me please? Thanks for doing all the others!

So it's a new day and I when I went back over the art I posted from last night I liked this one but now seeing it I'm not sure that's the one either.

I do think I prefer the original arrangement. I would like to add a lamp near the wing chair but I'm hoping there's enough room. Want to change the art and horns above the chair also.

Yea there are no returns on it, just an eBay money back guarantee. Anyway, if you don't want it I think I'll put an offer in. I don't want the ugly frame though as a new frame and mating will make it stunning. It would look great in my guest room.

Well that was quick! My offer was declined. It's worth it at $175, no frame and with the seller offering no return. But to me risky at a higher price.

Here is the tree and some others I skipped from the first batch. I put a frame on the flowers because it is so light colored it was getting lost on the wall.

Desighome - It's fake. Yes, I know that's less than desirable and it's probably partly why the front of the room bothers me. FWIW, I think it's a convincing fake (brown spots on some leaves and chewed ones from my cats) and I keep it dust free. I will get a real one in the future.

Justerrilynn - I'm sorry you didn't get it. The no return thing always makes me pause for anything.

ETA Cawaps - You're wonderful. Thank you!

Hmm.. To my surprise I kind of like this one though it might be too stark.

I do also like the fox...as garish as it kind of is.

The colors are in the plaid and other areas in the room. Size is 40"x26" vs. the tapped mock up dimensions of 47"x30". Next largest size is 60"x40" and quite a bit more money.

These are both 47x30.

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I don't know whether you were planning to frame your canvas, but the white floral one above kind of gets lost on the wall without a dark frame (why I framed it an none of the others). Just keep in mind the cost of framing when making your choice; some of these work without a frame and some don't, IMO.

Here's the white floral without a frame.

With the new arrangement, it might look better without every piece of furniture at an angle, so I'd see if the EC could work on the short wall. It may mean the chair doesn't fit in the room, but that's not a major piece in a room full of major pieces that have to be in that room. With the EC on the short wall, could the wing chair be placed on the long wall near the EC and angled toward the sofas?

Even without the chair, the plant and art in a landscape format should fill up the long wall. I actually like the landscape format with the six prints the best of cawaps' mockups. I like that they are not fighting to become another focal point when the EC and the large window/upholstered seating are natural focal points. I would also try your rectangular end table in front of the window because a little extra length may work better in front of the window than a round table. A lamp with a long rectangular shade would be a nice bridge between the sofa and loveseat.

Options 18 and 19, shown with a darker frame.

Cawaps - Thank you! I think I may end up having wall color issues with those last two. Eventually I will repaint but in the meantime....

May - There will be glare on the tv if I move the e.stand to the chair wall. Which...the idea was to eventually have the built ins on the main wall and move the tv to the chair wall, attached to the wall, above a stand. I was trying not to think about future glare honestly because I really want built ins. I definitely don't want the blinds closed during the day because I like the light pouring in. I only close them for the early morning light. Also, I don't think the person on the far left side of the couch will be able to see the tv fully. That was part of the issue with the original layout of the stand together and we gained an extra tv viewing seat with this new arrangement. I'm not ruling out DH moving the stand tomorrow to see but just talking through it.

I apologize for crap quality of all the photos in this post! I don't have a wide angle lens for my Nikon and these are with my older iphone.

Table changed. Didn't think I had room because of the long couch and doorway but was wrong.

Like the extra table top space but does this fancy table even work in here? The rest of my furniture dictates a lot. I don't like my blue lamp on it because they're both fighting. I do like my blue lamp though. Like my other lamp too but the base is broke and needs replaced.

As far art itself the turtles are hands down my favorite. I really like them as well as the frames and they feel like me. I am totally bulking at the price (they're even more today than last night) so I was trying to glaze past the PS earlier. I am willing to buy them though. Finally did some mock ups. Pretend everything is straight.

Plant in corner.

No plant.

Standing in the room more.

Another idea....RE the photo above, maybe move the art to the right a little and eventually get a large snake plant for beside the right of the tv stand.

Mock up Cawaps did earlier. I forgot to mock it up like this but that will involve me moving all the tape so I'm reposting this pic for now.

You can see the frames better if you click on the pic.

Thoughts on the turtles and placement of everything else? Thanks everyone.

ETA - Looking today I think the 6 prints might be too busy. Once on the wall the frames and even the turtles themselves will probably look even smaller and more/cluttery if that makes sense. I always want to edit stuff (usually on tables) in my room after I see photos yet IRL I like it as is.

I think I just need to continue my art search for one large piece.

Shee, it looks like I still might get my painting. The owner contacted me and we agreed on my original price but with the frame still on. If the shipping doesn't come to more than $100 (she will check tomorrow) I'm in.

Anyway, if it's a go I'm sort of glad for the frame as after I did a mockup of how I thought I wanted it I didn't love.

My first idea.

But, as I already have some textile paint to re-white the inner section and some rub-n-buff to revamp the frame I think I can give it a nice new life like this. Sort of a gold-y brass look.

This is the before. On a closeup the frame is scratched a bit.

I mentioned doing four prints, which would be less busy.

Did you see my last post about tweaking the furniture arrangement?

Justerrilynn - my wifi is being so horrible right now none of the photos are loading . I'm glad it sounds like you're able to get it ! I'll check out the photos when they hopefully load soon.

May- so far I haven't found four that were larger. Still searching. I did see where you mentioned the arrangement change. I commented about the tv glare and viewing. We were running around today so wasn't able to try it out. Won't that just create more of an issue visually with the main wall? I remember you saying your lr is similar with doorways and walks but I don't think I ever saw a photo.

It's amazing that in this day and age we can have internet issues here from time to time but it's a new day...

Justerrilynn - Did you get the painting? I like the frame better with the new look you mocked up. It's amazing what paint/rub n buff/glazes can do!