Are you looking to add curtain panels over the existing shades? I like the clean look with just the shades.

I am. I feel they would soften the the window edges and balance the room. I've been on the fence with this for a while.

You have a good start.

I think the panels would look good. I'd use solid. For the pool table area, consider a hightop bar table and chairs. This way, participants can get up and down quickly and see the action.

The 2 ottomans look oddly placed. Can you tell me about those?

Remove the art to the left of the bar and left of family room window.

Bookcase and art in pool room need better balance.

Need to see what your rug looks like, as the drapery should coordinate. Can you post a pic?

CDR, it's not visible, but there is a bistro table at the other end of the pool table. The ottomans we used in the four season room at the other house so they just got thrown in with no intention of being permanent.

I have no attachment to the floor lamp, or the area rug, by the recliner and would like a suggestion for a replacement. Also, the art at the recliner and left of that window will be removed when panels are installed.

Sabrina, I have no attachment to the area rug!

What are the other tones in your home? What do you like? Are the yellow chairs staying?

The mustard chairs are staying. I use blue/gray/mustard throughout the condo. I was wondering if the colors in the pool table light should be taken into consideration because it's so prominent in that room? I could change out the area rug to help coordinate whatever color combination is decided on

You could do yellow and orange accents. What color is the felt?

Can you put the 2 mustard chairs both along the window?

Find a rug you love first, preferably that picks up some of the yellow tones in the chair. I'd go with a beautiful kilim with a red background, then find a coordinating pattern for the drapes.

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This rug from Grandinroad is a stunner. You could get it in either color.

CDR, the felt is light tan. I had considered placing both chairs under that window but that may overwhelm that side of the room. I'll take a picture and post in a bit.

Sabrina, that particular rug would certainly incorporate the colors in that pool table light. That room is open to several color combinations because other than the pool table light there are no prominent colors to draw from.

I love kilim rugs in a casual environment. They bring a lot of warmth to spaces and they come in great color combos.

CDR, here's the chairs at the window. I feel the balance would be off and it would put them too close to the table at that end of the recliner. Your thoughts? Love the Grandinroad rugs. I almost purchased that desk on the blue rug! Loved the style, but it was a bit too long for the space I had in mind. That rug really has to go!

Here's the other side of that room.

Plus another with moving those chairs.

That floor lamp also has to be replaced.

I don't think the balance is off at all.

It looks like there is a console between the recliners. Do you need those tables? Put one between the yellow chairs.

Is the guitar used often? How about hanging it on the wall to the left of the bar? Or find a tall, narrow piece of mustard to go there?

For the rug, you also could consider a rather plain cream rug with a lot of texture.

I know with a pool table you need a certain amount of clearance, but wondering if your couch can be moved back if possible to line up with wall (or as far as possible), as that side of room feels very squeezed in. Skip drapes and add a collage or a vertical vs horizontal picture

Then decide on rug size as well as color and cushions. There are so many looks, but since mustard is strong make sure it doesn’t take over and don’t try too hard with exact matching - Pull in your Blue/grey/mustard

Try pulling the chairs up a bit and place pouffs in front of fireplace and move floor lamp behind or near a yellow chair.

Add a coffee table, remove one side table and use a larger one with a lamp near wall under the art

Change artwork on the back wall with pool table and a set of 3 would work well there

My husband and I were just discussing moving the recliner back just a tad as to not encroach on the needed space around the pool table. It could probably be moved 12". That would give me the opportunity to put a table between the chairs and maybe do something at the end of the recliner. Definitely a lamp change.

For beside thar fireplace, that needs to be addressed. Consider a tall plant on one side and if you have 2 guitars, place them on the other side.

Here's with the picture and lamp removed. I agree with plant and guitars for either side of FP. Am I safe in assuming that with color in window panels it would help draw the eye up, because right now all the color is at the floor level? Also, now that the recliner has been moved back there is room for small table with lamp between the chair and recliner?

BTW, I keep going back to the Grandinroad rug with the red/rust colors.

Hope this visual helps. The Grandinroad has more golds in it, but you can layer in different golds and yellows in other elements.

You can get a battery pack for the recliners so the don't have to be plugged into the wall. https://www.enouvation.com/

Let's say that I go with a rug in those colors in general, what would you suggest for panel color? I noticed that the Grandinroad rug is wool and I am concerned about shedding. I had a large wool rug in the LR at our other home and I grew weary of the shedding. It wasn't a cheap rug either.

Thank you for the photoshop. That always helps.

Maureen, thank you for the suggestion of using textures and changing out artwork. Yes, I agree that the mustard can be rather prominent and I will be careful to balance. I'll probably replace the floor lamp with a small table and lamp in the space between the recliner and chair. I still want to use color either in art or panels to draw the eye upward, as I feel all the color is at floor level.

Once you add in art that is more vertical than hortizontal, your eye won't be at the floor. Adding the plant and guitars, one example.

Here is a more conservative route that would pull in the putty color from the rug. Of course you could to more bold and use orange, yellow or copper.

I now see what both of you are saying about overcrowding the room. Window panels would just be too heavy. A decorative rug and changes in wall art is all that would be necessary. Those things will help with the balance. Not to mention the cost savings! I'd rather spend my money in a good rug and pleasing artwork.

Thank you CDR Design, Sabrina Alfin Interiors, Maureen, decoenthusiaste and Ellen S for sharing your experience, your suggestions and your time. It's greatly appreciated.

decoenthusiaste, my husband researched table to room size before purchasing and it is an appropriate size. The pictures I posted don't show the entire area of the room the table is in, so it doesn't give an accurate balance.

I don't think drapery panels are out of the question. They are optional and personal preference.

I would not get a bold color,......keep to one of the earth tones in the rug.

First thing I recommend: take down all of your art work. Perhaps some of them could be used again.....would need to see closer, but what I am seeing now, none of them work.

You don't need a lot. Remember the focal point will be the fireplace, so no distracting pieces elsewhere.

The bookshelf should be painted a lighter tone and needs to be rearranged. I don't have a feel for the entire pool room.

Good luck!

I love the room with the pool table and the recliners: they are heavy in feeling. But I think the pair of chairs are way too light for the room. You need chairs that have weight and mass to balance the recliner. Move the Mcm chaitsvtomanorher oart of the room.

CDR, what do you think of this rug?

Hi Pamela.

These houzz discussions are quick with people offering various opinions. They often miss critical steps. The things I get from my clients from the beginning are (and I spend quite a bit of time on this)

1) Inspirational photos (based on comments you have made and your ideabooks, you are not interested in traditional decor, but what exactly, I am guessing). So, for your sake and others, photos of what you like and want the room to look like are critical, None has to be exact, just the direction

2) If you want future flexibility. If so, I'd buy neutral for larger items like a rug.

3) Photos of entire room

4) Measurements.

5) Functionality: how you want the room to function. Example: rarely used, used often and must accomodate x amount of people, etc.

So, I cannot tell you if that rug is appropriate for your room, as I don't know the answers to those questions. It seems to ignore the recliners, though.

2 things I am observing: the recliners are large and brown and don't seem to fit your future direction (although could be pulled in with the right additional elements).

The pool table light fixture the same: very traditional and you are trying to fit it in.

Hope that helps.

I understand what you are asking me to consider. How the two big pieces, recliner and pool table light, should direct my choices. That's why you're the designer and, obviously, I'm not! I so appreciate your input. I think I finally get it.

That is just part of it.......also, you have a lot of traditional, framed art with muted prints. How do they fit in, if they do? What do you want the room to look and function like?

Another thing I am noticing......the living area is very much closed off from the pool table area. Is that what you want?

Chairs you just stuck there by the pool table look a bit like that.

We all have a budget and I am sure you do. You want to get the most out of that budget, based upon your goals.

Your room has a lot of potential.

The prints were in a hallway in the other house and were fine, but now it's time to change due to the type of room. We've been here a year and I'm finally getting around to the basement.
My husband retired last December after 47 years and decided he wanted a pool table and that recliner for the big TV and fireplace, so that is why the room is divided. We occasionally have people over for cocktails and maybe some pool, so there is a bistro table at the other end of the pool table area and I feel some separate seating is necessary.

I lean towards transitional and do like elements of mid-century modern.

My budget is very flexible.

Based on new information, I would buy a neutral rug and a fun coffee table. Replace the light over the pool table with something more updated and lighter in feel.

Taking down all of that art will help.

Some inspiration for you.

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