Lower the TV to a height that is actually comfortable to view on. The console looks like it needs to be longer too. It should be about 50% longer than the TV. The TV, when wall hung, usually hovers just above the console so nothing really goes on there.

It seems odd to me that no seating is facing the TV. I would try to move one of the couches so that it actually faces it.

I don't think the paint color goes with your furnishings either. Your couches appear to be a cool gray, as do your blue accents, but the brown/tan walls are clashing with that. A cooler paint, or warmer slipcovers for the couches, would work.

White curtains seems like they would add some softness to the room so I say go for that, but also consider some of the changes I suggested. You're almost there!

he TV is too high.

Hi, Kris. The room isn't bad, but the TV wall absolutely must be fixed. It's your focal wall and it's totally out of balance. Your first priority should be lowering the TV and getting a longer console to ground it.

Then I think we can tighten the color palette to make everything hang together better. Right now you don't have any dominant color and no accent color for spice. Let me see what I can do.

The first thing I'd do (after taking care of the TV wall) is change the slipcover on the right sofa to match the one on the left. If you want to keep the tree art, add a couple of pillows in the same yellow as the background of the piece. If you'd like to add more color and contrast, change the art and get pillows to match. (I chose blue since you show it in your ideabook and your rug seems to have a tiny hint of bluish gray.)

What would you think about adding a contemporary wall unit or built-ins to go on the tv wall to help make it the focal wall that groveraxle is talking about? In addition to your tv and components, It could incorporate space for books, art, and other special collected items.

Here’s a few examples to start with:

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Thanks for posting your floor plan. That’s actually helpful. The room we are discussing is your living room on the floor plan, is that correct? And is your floor plan actually inverse of the one you posted? I’m trying to get myself oriented By looking at where the windows are.

Let’s worry about window treatments after you have figured out a a few things: a new tv console, matching sofa covers or remove them altogether (your furniture layout is symmetrical, so different colored covers is not looking as good as it could), and I think we need to address the tree art with the golden yellow background. Currently, the tree art is an outlier because the color is not repeated elsewhere in the room, and it doesn’t contain colors that are being used in the rest of the room. For your best look, you’ll need to bring in some golden tones into the space, or switch out the art and use that piece in another room. Groveraxle did a great job mocking up those 2 options for you.

A couple of things to consider: adding more blues will not warm up your space. Blue is a cool color, and creates a sense of peacefulness, but not warmth. In your original post, you state that you want a warm, modern space. To do that you will need to add warm colors like yellow, orange, and red. They can be muted like a brick red, or paler like a coral or salmon color, or like the soft golden color of the color in the tree art. To keep it modern, look for a tv console with clean, classic lines, but I don’t think ultra-modern will work either I would suggest a contemporary or transitional style console.

I’ll start looking for ideas on how to make a tv wall a focal point without using built ins or a wall unit. Bbl

I think the reason the couches look like different colors is because of the pet covers she has on them.

Kris, it looks to me like you are talking about the family room on the floorplan. Is that correct? without a fireplace? I like your blue drapes very much and think blue with brown can make a warm and cozy room. I'm not sure about curtains for the two windows--there doesn't look like there is much space around the couch. Have you tried placing one couch at 90 degrees to the other? like others have suggested.

Start with a new longer TV stand and lower the TV to meet it. Find some art you love for over the sofa and use it to inform a couple of new throw pillows.

I agree 100% with groveraxle on the way to get started.

In addition, I’ve been thinking a lot about the appearance of your living room being so long and narrow. I think something that helps create that feeling is the darker color on the back wall. Generally, dark colors feel like they recede, and light colors tend to come forward, so with the darker tv wall, it makes the room seem longer and narrower than it actually is.

If that doesn’t bother you, then it’s not really an issue. But if it’s something that you’d like to address, I’d suggest that you paint that wall the same colors as all your other walls. Or, do something interesting with that wall to create a stronger focal point, and do it in such a way that wall seems to come forward a little bit, or even helps to make the room feel wider.

You had mentioned earlier the idea about adding some stone to the wall, you could also use wood, tile, or wallpaper, depending on what appeals to you most. I don’t know if the stone is considered out dated or not, but I was certainly able to find sample photos of it here on Houzz, and if you love the look, I don’t think it matters if it’s “in” or “out” because trends always cycle around, and some of the best designers are brilliant because they know when to break the rules. If you don’t have a fireplace, I think a stone wall could be an outstanding choice.

Here are a few looks for your consideration:

This one features a full wall of stone, but see how nicely the paint color echoes the color of the stone, so the attention is drawn to that wall because of it’s texture. You could get a similar look with wallpaper or a subtle stencil design if you don’t want to do stone. I think there’s too many floating shelves here, but one or two on each side of your tv could be a nice place to display some smaller art, candlesticks, glass vases/art, a collection of some kind, and/or small scale plants. Notice how tall the drapes are to create greater height in the room?

This one is probably close to what you were referring to about a center column of stone on the wall. Notice how it comes into the room by a few inches and the sides are finished. It feels like a fireplace. One of the special things about this design is the warm lighting under the floating console which keeps the look very modern.

With the raised wood (bamboo I think) panels and strong horizontal lines of this wall treatment, this really expands the feeling of width in the room. And with this look, you need almost no ornamentation.

And this one I included, just to show you how gorgeous a console can be all on it’s own. The style of this look is timeless and will never go out of style. And again, styling of the console is very simple. Just a low round bowl of what looks like one kind of succulents. Very clean and modern, but very organic feeling too.

Let us know what look appeals to you, or post some other photos that you’re inspired by. The better we understand what your tastes are, the more helpful we can be. :-)

I like the first and third options that are abstract and have a lot of neutrals in them in addition to some blue. I like the first piece quite a bit, as an abstracted landscape, but I don’t like the square shape for over your couch. I think a better shape would be a horizontal rectangle, or two squares, if needed.

i don’t think I was specifically thinking of a faux stone wallpaper, although I do think those exist, but wallpaper, instead of stone, that would give you some subtle texture like a stone wall would. Does that make sense?

I’ll look for some samples to help illustrate what I mean. Bbl

Here’s a link to wallpapers that have some sort of stone look to them. Just search results, so I’m not recommending any particular one, just sharing what I was able to find. I would shop locally to get large swatches first to make sure it will coordinate well with your current wall color. I think something that is very close in tone to your lighter wall color would be best, but you may prefer something different.

And here’s a few samples of wallpapers that have a nice texture/design to them, without being faux stone:

I think this is a grass cloth (or an embossed wallpaper to look like grass cloth).

This one has a more linen-like texture

This is not at all what I’m thinking for your space, but it does nicely illustrate the concept of having the walls and the wallpaper be essentially the same color, but with the wallpaper having some kind of pattern or texture to make it more of a feature wall.