You need to think about the quality of light as well as the amount of light. Having all downlighting will result in your ceiling being dark, which will make the room seem more closed in. You may consider adding some flush ceiling or close to ceiling fixtures, to provide your ambient light layer. This will also soften the harsh shadows that can result from downlighting. Try standing under a recessed light and have someone observe the shadows on your face. To determine the light coverage, I found an extremely useful guide from Juno Lighting. Look in the back of their lighting catalog and it will show beam spreads for various fixtures and ceiling heights. Here is a link that might be useful: Juno Lighting catalog

lorraine, I like the Samira shag rug. I think it has the right colors and the right "glam" feel for your room. Other possibilities from Wayfair, like the Samira -- I quite like the first one, and it has navy, ivory, and gray, and is wool, which will wear very well, https://www.wayfair.com/rugs/pdp/langley-street-kimberly-novia-ivorynavy-blue-area-rug-lgly5753.html Also, https://www.wayfair.com/rugs/pdp/brayden-studio-sewell-moroccan-ivory-area-rug-brsd7942.html https://www.wayfair.com/rugs/pdp/mercury-row-bostrom-modern-moroccan-trellis-ivory-area-rug-mcrw4237.html

Well anything could be changed out if you don't like something about it. But is it mainly the wall color you don't like? Easiest IMHO to change that. Go with something less contrasty with the other colors in the room. More beige. I had the same problem many years ago when I moved into my first house. I took a lot of time carefully choosing what I thought was the ideal wall color. My dad was visiting helping me get the house ready. He painted the whole room while I was at work. I came home to the "pepto bismol" room. And I could not really repaint after all that work my dad did for me. That's actually when I first started hanging out on this forum, trying to figure out how to make it less of a problem. So if you can't or really don't want to repaint, the other approach is to fill the room with some accents and more colors similar to the wall color. Something gold or yellowish. You have a lot of blue, which is the contrasting color, which only serves to highlight the wall color. Since your art has an oriental vibe, ever thought about shoji screens for the smaller windows? I wouldn't sweat the proportion of things, that can often appear off on the standard quick photo shot folks take for advice on here. Same can be said for the color of the walls. But you mention quite a bit about not liking it. Overall I LOVE your room!

Lovely room, and I like that you’re considering a traditional rug. I’m not sure if you’ve looked on the eSaleRugs site, but I found pages of beautiful (real) Persian rugs for under $1000. Most have the option of seeing it in your room, as I did below, so you can play around with sizes, colors, and patterns. These are antiques and semi-antiques, but the rest of the site has new rugs if that doesn’t appeal. https://esalerugs.com/persian-oriental-rugs ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Examples: https://esalerugs.com/red-9x12-tabriz-persian-rug-22420989?pos=12&rt=aisle Love the colors .... ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ https://esalerugs.com/red-9x12-shahrbaft-persian-rug-22461083?pos=58&rt=aisle ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ https://esalerugs.com/beige-7x10-meshkabad-persian-rug-22452938?pos=71&rt=aisle ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ https://esalerugs.com/peach-7x10-farahan-persian-rug-22471130?pos=21&rt=aisle