Cant take the fireplace off because we're renting at the moment and the bloke said he didn't want it removed. This is the fireplace that's underneath it. We've literally just moved in and all the walls are white but there's so much stuff I want to change! I hate the blinds, I don't know if it'd the colour of them or not... We kinda need something covering over there as we get the sun directly in. I know everything doesn't go. Trust me I can't stand it as my old place was very shabby chic but we needed a bigger place asap as we've just had to settle with the design of this room. Just any ideas for quick fixes would be great. Or anything else I could cover that hideous gas fire with. Can't really paint at the moment coz of the baby over wise I would. Thanks everyone for your help so far

Ingrid, you mentioned the pillows tying the sofa and chairs together. That's what I was trying to do with them. There's a big difference in the color of the chairs and the curtains and I was trying to add pillows that would pull all the colors together. Not too sure I managed to do it though. Dilly_dally, that TSP is amazing! I can still faintly see in some place where things were hanging on the walls, but the spots aren't nearly as noticeable now as they were before I cleaned the walls. Les, I swapped the chairs and sofa this morning. Here are a couple of photos. I had to move the coffee table down so it would be centered in front of the sofa, but now it's not centered with the medallion on the rug. What do you think of this arrangement? I still haven't put anything back on the walls and looking at these photos, the room looks so empty to me! Here's a link to how the room looked before I started doing anything in there. Any suggestions are very much appreciated!! Here is a link that might be useful: Living Room Before

Keep the brick. Change the mantle.

@Groveraxle: thanks! I hope they have something like this color fabric iption in Crypton! Wonder if my photo is depicting a different color (cos of lighting). How would you describe this color in my photo (I am no good with greige, blue grey, charcoal etc descriptions.. for me it is light grey, med grey and dark grey: terrible, I know!)? here is a link from the store website, does it look the same as my photo? : https://www.jordans.com/product/living-room/sectionals/rowe-townsend-3-piece-sectional-lz1662207 Also - for the cabinets: what height would be ideal given that there would be a couch close to it? and other side a TV needs to be on top...