Sheers to soften the look.

Are you keeping the wooden shades? I would for sure remove the from the tansome if you don't need the 'light' control. Possibly swap them out for a roman shade with a bright pattern. Your window does not lend itself to drapery panels.

You can have the light keep the view with solar shades and then add a roman shade for nightime privacy You do not have space for drapes and if you want color add a piec of art with some color IMO those shutters block a huge amount of light . Then the roman shade can have some color from the art.

Patricia above despises plantation shutters : ) so know that. What are the other privacy treatments in the house? More shutters?

Personally, I like shutters. I see no need for curtains here and color can come from other places. More pictures would help, other spaces, etc, adjacent space......

A home is more than one window and one wall. That stuff on the coffee table is TAKING OVER : Way too much....

Keep those beautiful shutters and add color elsewhere like a rug, colorful art work, pillows, or throw.

I vote NO for curtains. I LOVE the shutters.

I'd do something different with the console table and painting. I'm not good at visualizing from photos, though, so I'll leave that up to another poster. If it were me, I'd want a lot more color, including a large colorful painting in lieu of the big grey one, which seems to me quite grim and "trying too hard to match."

Were it my room, the painting would be significantly higher on the wall. Right now, it looks to me like it's sinking.

I'd also lower the sconces and add something less dainty to that wall.

I guess I'm thinking a room should reflect a personality. If your personality is on the "willing-to not-be-100%-conventional" side (somewhat suggested by the wish to forget about drapes), I would have it show through with the accessories. Your "voice" isn't coming across to me. Where are YOU in the choices?

No curtains. Keep the shutters. From the pictures, that appears to be a really sunny side of the house. The shutters are doing their job. Curtains would be very difficult to get right in that corner.

I would like to see more of the room and adjoining spaces. I also don’t like how every foot of wall space is full of stuff. Some rearranging is in order before you tackle window.

I notice your artwork still has some packaging on it. If you can return it, do so and buy something with more color. If you want more color, choose a color you love and buy more color : pillows, maybe an throw to keep warm on a chilly night, more artwork with color. You have decorated your room in whites, grays and blacks...all those things could be and should be in color.

Just a thought since I can’t see the whole room. Could the love seat change places with the glass table? Since it’s so open it would look pretty in front of the window.

1. Thank you all for responding to my dilemma. Majority is in favor of no drapes. So will keep working on the room to find some balance and warmth. Still need to get new lamps, coffee table and end tables as well. This is another picture of view taken from the front door entry. Left side of this picture (love seat) is the wall that had the windows and wall that I was thinking of putting the drapes on.

You have lovely pieces to work with and have done a great job here. The only mistakes you've made, IMO, are the loveseat, console and art. If you could use the love in the master and get a second chair to match the one you have, the room would improve a lot. I agree that drapes are not needed.

The console and artwork will be much nicer in the room than drapes in your case.

Oh, the sconces have a context! Well, that's a whole different look!

Yep, get rid of the gloomy painting.

I also notice there's so much spaciousness on your cathedral-ceilinged wall, and it looks jarring to me juxtaposed against all the things in the living room. I don't own a cathedral ceiling myself, though, so I don't have experience addressing this.

I agree on finding a home for the loveseat in another room. However, I'm not convinced a chair identical to the black one would be the best choice. I think I'd choose one that has a softer shape (rounder? fluffier?). You have so much with severe lines already, I think it would be nice to have a contrast. Then I'd echo the "softer" line in a piece of artwork across the room.

Or maybe you could get a contrasting curve by removing the sconces and one of the table lamps and putting in a conversation-piece floor lamp with a dramatic arc over the room.

I think loveseat should be centered on wall it's now on. I would get rid of the lantern, iron table and picture. That would add some calmness to that end of room. I would also take all the stuff off of the coffee table and focus on styling it with just a few things. You have a wonderful room and some lovely decor pieces.

Drapes aren't a good option for that corner window. As mentioned, there isn't enough room for stack. You could think about drapes in the dining area, though. For color, think about replacing the mirrors with art. Then repeat a color from the art in an accessory. You have a soothing and restful palette and a really beautiful room. I think green would be nice. Here's an illustration.

(Art: Melissa Abide Griffith via Horchow)

You have lovely taste and the room is looking really nice.

Too much "stuff" on coffee table. No drapes needed.]

Things seem to be jammed in the one corner, but maybe it's just

the picture and it's not that way in real life.

The console table with picture. Could you post a pic of it from

further back to see how it fits into the whole room. Looks out of place

right now.

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thank you hollysmother for your suggestion. I would love to put the loveseat facing the sofa, but my room does not allow for this. It blocks the walkway to the dining room/kitchen area. Its a small area with cathedral ceiling. So no floor space but a lot of wall space.

Thank you Manon Floreat. I appreciate the design and it does look pretty with the green accent.

Thank you ashtonchic I really like your coffee table pictures. Thanks for your help