I dont know if you're still moving things around? But hey!! I do it all the time too! I'm never satisfied... but looking at your room what I did notice was this...you could use a rug (green or blue) for sure and if you can't afford one? Find a throw you really like and then go to the Dollar Tree and buy a couple/3 of those non slip backers and make your own rug!!.. Lower your artwork to eyesight level...at least the one by the window.... Maybe you could add something organic? A plant or 2 ? Or jute around the bottom part of your coffee table? Try a few vintage books in blue binding or yellow on the desk...maybe get a couple birdhouses to hang from the windows (different heights)...anyway? Hope your feeling more at home by now ...good luck!

I think the problem is scale and lack of color. I would put the couch on the wall facing the TV. I would get a new cushion and lumbar pillow for the large chair and place it either in front of the window or with its back to the kitchen. I'm assuming that the TV and kid's computer table are over there because that's where the outlets are, if not then I would move the kids table in front of the window to get rid of the visual clutter on that wall. If there are no physical difficulties I would get a large area rug, and I mean large. I would have it extend to almost the end of the window. The floor lamp, mirror, and coffee table are WAY too small. If you need a mirror then I would hang a small one above the drawers next to the door and I would upgrade that drawer piece to something more substantial, something a little bit taller and a little bit wider than what you have now. The clear table lamp is doing you no favors by offering no color and visual clutter by seeing it's innards and I would replace that as well. As for the wall behind the sofa I would get a large piece of artwork or do a gallery wall. If you do the large piece of art, whether 1 piece or a 2-3 piece series, make sure it visually covers at least 2/3 the length of the sofa. The gallery wall is a much cheaper solution than art that large but I would carry that to maybe 6-12" from the end of the sofa. Sorry this is so long, but as for color I would choose colors from the rug, art, or curtain fabric. If you are doing curtains please don't buy premade curtains. I hate them so much because they are so generic. Just go into your nearest fabric store, they have such beautiful fabrics and they WILL cut your fabric to the length you need. All you have to do is ask. Then just get some iron on hemming tape, if you don't sew, iron it then clip that sucker onto the curtain rod. Anyway I hope this helps you out.

Here're some grabbed quick off a fine designers' website that aren't templates for this room but do illustrate the idea of loosening up furniture placement for living and inviting people in. There's no rule about facing a sofa to a fireplace or not, placing something diagonally or not, just as there's no rule that furniture must be placed at rigid right angles and not allowed to be angled or moved over for better conversation. These designers charge a lot to mess furniture placement up like this. David Easton's, second below, could look as if it were going to be formal right-angle but some of the chairs aren't placed yet--but it doesn't. This designer knows how to arrange furniture for comfort AND elegance, without static rigidity. Note that none of these arrangements present their backs or a cold shoulder to guests in the doorway. They draw people in. Not all pictures clearly illustrate that, but the designers' stature guarantee it is the case. Also note all these arrangements include a lightweight chair or two, or more, that could be moved closer in or over for a really good coze.

I would paint the entire room a warm white, including the fireplace. Romabio can match masonry paint to your wall paint. Increase the depth of the mantel with a beefier piece of rustic wood. Wall mount the TV where you have it now. Drywall the pass through closed and put the sofa there. Add a pair of swivel chairs in the window area. Build a "L" bench in the dining nook and use a pedestal table with a couple of extra chairs that can be pulled over to the seating area. Replace your coffee table with an upholstered bench (maybe with storage inside.) Top it with a tray and it can also be used for extra seating.