Will you be using the table and chairs again or getting new? Are you asking for paint color ideas and furniture help?

She has no table and chairs for dining, so she needs to know what to get. But we need measurements of the space , some idea of what you mean when you say finishing the walls. All of your pictures and art are hung way too high, the drapes are too short and you need at least double the panels. The mirror needs to go and be replaced with a piece of art or just some nice tall candle holders on the mantel.

Welcome! :-).

Never mind that. It takes time to know how to ask questions around here. People like to be very precise so they can give you the best and most precise answers that's all.

You are requesting where and what pictures to put on your walls?

Do you wish advice on a place to put your dining room set?

Please include measurements if applicable, pictures of all four walls and areas in your next post or posts. That would help a lot. Thank you

Here's a way to start. Clear the area where you want the dining to be. I assume it will be under the fan near the pass-through to the kitchen. Go online and Google for "standard dining table sizes" to get some measurements. Buy some painter's tape and tape out shapes and sizes on the carpet that will seat the number of people you need to account for. Be sure to center your taped "table" under the fan. That's where you'll get to install a pretty chandelier. With that done, you can make some decisions on size and style (round, rectangular, etc.) and start shopping. I like your 4-chair grouping, and would keep that rather than the couch and ottoman. Let's see what kind of dining set you find first.

To answer your question, you need one large piece of art on the empty wall. It would look best if it's at least 24 by 36 inches, the size of a poster. You can try larger sizes by taping up some newspaper. A gallery of small photo frames on shelves is often used in family rooms, rarely in dining rooms.

I think it would be great if you would try moving the table and the sofa the way you described it and taking a picture or 4. :-). It sounds like a good place to start.

Does your current couch location work well for watching tv? It doesn't look like it would be very comfortable except for maybe from one side of the couch. Since you are playing with the furniture arrangement anyway, maybe you could move the TV to the long in front of the stairs with a new low long console. Turn the couch towards the door like you suggested above and put two chairs on each side of the fireplace. OR turn the couch to face the TV wall and make a separate little seating area by the fireplace (hard to tell if you have space for this arrangement without dimensions though).

I wouldn't overthink it. Nice dining room table in the right size for the space, china cabinet or some kind of storage on the big blank wall. I personally would use the low wood table that is there now, for a coffee table in the living area, to break up the blackness, but YMMV (Your Mileage May Vary). Then I'd turn two of the armchairs to face the seating area around the fireplace, with or without a little occasional table between them, depending on if I could scrounge something from somewhere else in the house. Don't know what you can re-purpose to somewhere else or glean from somewhere else, but I am all about that. I'd spend my money on the dining room furniture. Store or put the other things somewhere else. For the dining room set, shop on Craigslist or look for sales at furniture places. Your house looks to be somewhat modern and traditional, gads of choices out there for you.