These are old real estate listing pics. The room is actually square....looks long in these pictures. The floor is now a darker walnut colour and the wall a very light beige. Thanks for any ideas!!

Can you post pics they way they are now without resizing the pics? That way they expand and we can see more detail to help.

Lighter colored furniture and a pretty rug with pattern and color will make the room appear friendlier. Also choose art in softer colors and hang it lower over the furniture. Roman shades might be the best window treatment since I'm not sure how you'd place curtains on these windows. I understand this is not your furniture since you say these are real estate pics. What kind of furniture do you have?

Instead of the sofas facing each other, I'd have them in an L with one facing the hallway. That helps cover up the wall you don't like and lets the window be at the end of the sofa, letting in light. the chair can be in the corner facing the back wall.

Thanks everyone!

I have no furniture!! The room is currently just filled with kids stuff! Looking for ideas for a completely new room!

@auntthelma

Would you do 2 identical love seats in an L (not a sectional right?)?

A coordinating chair in the corner?

Should I add a coffee table or just have a nice open space?

Thank you so much!

Are you book lovers? I’d fill every wall I could with nice built in bookcases and go for a cozy library/den feel. Maybe you’d want a place for your kids to do homework near you?

A games table would be a fun addition to the room, and add some storage space for puzzles, board games, playing cards etc. Now that your children are older, there are family things that are lots of fun. Here's an idea - an adjustable height coffee table. https://www.wayfair.ca/furniture/pdp/trent-austin-design-cecilio-coffee-table-trnt4685.html

Some people swear by their loveseats but I’ve never found them as comfortable or useful as a full size sofa and two chairs.

Thank you for all the ideas!

I don't think I will need storage, I am looking to make more of a room just for me ha ha! House is open concept but there is a TV room at the back of the house with the kitchen. There is a bit of storage for kid stuff there. We also have a full basement of kids stuff☺

So how do you plan on using the room? When my kids were school aged, I had a group of moms that I spent time with. Every Friday we would get together after school for coffee. We rotated houses each week. Kids would play in their space and moms would gather and vent. Anywhere from 3 to 8 moms on any given coffee. So that’s what I think of when you say a space for you. Or are you thinking mostly just you for some quiet time and not really for groups?

I am honestly not really sure what to do with this room. We have a kitchen/family room plus a dining room on this same level. We have a large finished basement that has both kid space and general family space. My husband has an office. I was sort of thinking a nice calm space for me to relax/read etc.

Our main floor is a loose open concept so all rooms are visible from each other. Our style is casual and comfortable so I wouldn't want to make this room a "formal" living room that doesn't get used.

We usually only entertain in the summer ha ha! I don't require a lot of seating for visitors but when we do happen to have people over it would be nice to have somewhere to sit that wasn't in front of the TV or at the dining table.

Thanks for your help!

A few questions. Do you actually think you will have time to sit by yourself? Will your SO be joining you? Will you just be sitting and reading or will you be doing puzzles and perhaps be on your laptop or computer? What time of day will you use it?

If you are using this room for simply reading on your laptop or computer and or a book I think you just need to think of comfortable chairs and storage for your books. Low glassed cabinets with art above them always look very nice. Two comfortable deep chairs with a table between them and good lighting for reading are the route I would go if this is the reading room. I'd add other chairs in corners or in a circle for guests. But again my main focus would be to be very comfortable and have nice things to look at in that room.

As parent of two now grown children I didn't sit around very much until they were perhaps mid teens. And that didn't last very long.:-). I had time in little bits to relax for the most part. I beaded necklaces to relax which was not conducive to a main floor room.

All this is said to get you to think more clearly about how you will use this room and how to make it valuable for you.

Good luck I'm sure it will look lovely once you're finished.

Thank you Annette....love all those pictures! Gives me some direction.

Yeonassky....its not so much that I have tons of time to sit and do nothing sadly ha ha! Although I do have lots of free time, it's more like this is sort of a "spare" space that we don't need for another purpose. Howerver, it is on the main floor so I can't just leave it empty and I would like it to be nice so that it can be enjoyed by occasional guests as well as myself.

The previous owners had nothing in there except a grand piano.

I'm with Kaillean, I would turn it into a library with shelves running along the left and back walls (I'm not sure how deep those zig-zags are on the back wall but I'm confident you could find something that concealed them). Maybe a window seat in the corner. I like Annette's suggested seating arrangement, though a table that could be used for games and homework also sounds appealing. It depends on what you think would be more likely to draw your family into the room.