For a while I rented a condo unit that had similar carpet throughout (and matching green tile in the bathrooms). If a large element that you can't change isn't to your taste, the key is to avoid both playing to it and playing against it. Specifically, do not use a wall color that is a direct or near complement complement of green: that is, not red (or pink) and preferably not orange or purple, either, because all of those will make the green stand out instead of recede. I have deliberately used green carpet with pale yellow walls, but it was a grass green, not avocado. In this case, I would prefer a greenish khaki (not taupe - too pink!) or beige, which will somewhat blend with it. And not too light; the color has to be strong enough to withstand the green light that the floor will reflect. BTW, if the element that you can't change is a pattern rather than a solid, using more of the color that stands out too much is a way to tone it down. The same rented condo had bathroom cabinets clad in laminate in a violent gold pattern (this was against the expanse of avocado green tile), and I found that using a gold shower curtain and towels calmed it, because it made gold a background color rather than the foreground.

Nothing in picture is staying. All items are from other house and are just there until I decide what to do with room, what can be reused and what really must go. Ceiling in room is near 25feet. Lighting other than lamps will come later. Large art is a must. DH says that will come after the furniture. We have been getting ideas as there are also walls in the entry and stairway that need large art. I kinda like the idea of the curved sofa. Not sure if it facing the big wall will work. It may make room look too skinny. We actually did consider flipping the room at one point but decided to keep it the way it is. The room seems long and skinny but the width is actually decent. I think the real problem is that the windows in corner of the front of the room. It makes one want to either be in the area by the windows or be in the area where sofa is. We tried to overlap the sofa on the window and it looked like we were overlapping into that space. I agree that those sitting on sofa in the current layout feel on display as it is first thing you see when coming down the stairs or coming in the house. At one time I thought maybe doing a loveseat a few feet from arch with a sofa table behind it. DH was not too sure about that. I think he felt it chopped up the flow of the two rooms and when sitting on loveseat your back would be to the diningroom and anyone coming from there and the kitchen beyond. I am really into Feng Shui. Flow is important to me. I am just not sure how to achieve it in this room. Here are other views of room from a while ago- note other paint colors. View across room, looking towards entry from the sofa wall.

Pittsfield Buff is a beautiful color! I am becoming enamoured with the lighter colors these days. I always went dark - mostly cause my DH saw things that way. I am finally stepping up and expressing myself a bit, however, and he will be fine with it. At this point, as he sees all these pale color choices, he says things like 'they are all so bland' but after the art is up, lighting finished, furnishings are in, etc I am sure he will like it. Annie - I see a snippit of ceiling in your bathroom. Is it painted a diffent color than the walls? Looks almost red in the pic. Also, I am curious about the shower. You have what looks like wood atop the half wall and where the shower door is attached. Is it a tile that looks like wood? Also, is the shower travertine or a tile that looks like it? Hope you dont mind me being nosey, but bathrooms are on my horizon! I would LOVE to do natural stone in there since I have that all over my front room, but have some concerns about cleaning in the actual shower area. Last night I had all my paint boards up - Wheeling Neutral, Decatur Buff, SW Camelback, and Shelburn Buff. Wheeling wasnt bad at night but is sort of blah. Decatur was very drab - no 'yeller' tho. Camelback was GREEEEEEN. Shelburn Buff was sort of yeller but not bad. I tried Wilmington Tan again based on my admiration of Annies space, but again, I got that extreme yeller thing going on. Guess I will have to put it aside unless a lighting change helps it. Sad cause during the day it is beautiful. Night, however, is when we spend most of our time here so whatever I choose has to do well in night lighting. So here is the plan based on the input you two have given me. While I cannot get pendants and the chandelier up yet due to other factors, I can see about changing the bulbs in the kitchen recessed lights. That is what seems to be doing the 'yeller' thing, so if I can get a different type bulb I may see some of these colors differently, as bronwynsmom is saying. Then I will probably start with Powell Buff since I have a large amount of paint left over from the ceiling project. Altho it is pale, I think that if it works it will give me that lovely, monochromatic, creamy look that is so nice as a backdrop to furnishings and art. I will do it on the one wall that is where everything in the room meets. If it doesnt work I will take another look at the other colors - Wilmington, Decatur, and Shelburn. They all have yellow toned undertones so are likely the ones that are probably the best choices with the Powell Buff ceiling. Altho I like Camelback a lot (except in the present lighting at night) the green undertone might conflict with the yellow undertone of the PB ceiling. From what I read online, keeping the undertones consistent in pale neutrals is what helps the space look cohesive. If I had to do it over again, I might not choose the Powell Buff for the ceiling. Might have dont Pittsfield instead - or another with a soft green undertone. My granite is full of greens, so it pulls on me when I am trying to choose a paint color. Even the scabos travertine has a lot of green, as does the slate floor. But there is a lot of gold in all those elements too, so yellow undertones will probably work well, also. I think that is why I have had such a time with this choice - there are so many colors in the natural stones I chose. Love them tho! I will try to get to the store today and check out the lightbulbs. I sure hope that helps! Thanks for the input. I am still open to suggestions so - altho I sort of have a plan - feel free to continue with any suggestions. Obviously you folks know what you are doing. Annies beautiful home is evidence of that!

I have a similar angled fireplace. If you're not wedded to the TV over the fireplace, I would suggest putting it next to the fireplace and angling your furniture around the TV. That's the way mine is. You can see the TV face on from some pieces of furniture, and the fireplace face on from others, but all can see the TV and fireplace. I use my fireplace daily in the winter so don't want a TV over it, it gets too hot up there. I would advice against a sectional. You can get the utility of a sectional from a couch and a lounge chair or two. I'd be more apt to angle the couch where the chairs are in your picture. A floor drawing would probably help with furniture placement. I think you could totally redo the room to match your inspiration picture, keeping the wall color unless you really want a dramatic change. I love the curtains in the inspiration photo! Your house is open concept like mine. Hard to figure out whether to repaint or not, because once you start with one room, it snowballs to how that affects the other rooms. You could always do one wall another color like the current owners have in the photo. Wish I knew what that color was in your inspiration photo. Browns and tans are the worst for me as far as choosing the right one. I burned up a lot of cash in sample paints when I moved into my new house. But it is the right time to repaint, before you move all the furniture in . . .