Hey Teapot...I like tea as well. I think the wall should be a paint colour that goes with the living room. But you could do something great with fabric that would really have panache. What about choosing a great fabric design and putting a cover on the piano bench and chair seat? You could carry it into the living room with an accent pillow. I included a link with a wood dining chair with a slip cover. But you could use any fabric that had pizazz - a cotton or linen with a design - and was in keeping with your décor, and a tie on cushion on the chair beside it. And if that chair is part of a dining set then carry it into the dining room. Sometimes the decorator Sarah Richardson would use one fabric on a bench, and a coordinating fabric on the cushion with the first fabric as a piping... Then maybe paint out the frame of your art over the piano in a coordinating colour, and something on top of the piano that is fun like several different coloured glass bottles... Anyhow, hope this helps and let us know what you do please? Radley And, if anyone could tell me how to put a picture in a garden web post that would be great!!!! Here is a link that might be useful: upholstered chair

Torreykm, no shelves. Just flat wall. Initially I had it all one color but during a window treatment walk through, a designer suggested an accent wall to tie together the stones.

jay06 - Edgecomb Gray is a warm greige which looks more like a beige. The flooring in the photos is the old floor and has already been removed. I'm using Flooret's Arlo which is a lighter color and brown. I had looked here for some ideas for paint colors: https://www.kylieminteriors.ca/the-best-paint-colours-for-walls-to-coordinate-with-a-brick-fireplace/ @Janie - The only lighting planned right now for the area is track lighting with LED bulbs that will be affixed to the beams above. The lighting will be warm rather than cool.

I don't really think shiplap would give you much bang for the buck in this space. If it were mine, I'd focus on revamping the artwork on the walls, replacing the mirrors with something that holds personal meaning, and maybe doing something more dramatic with artwork where you have the map. Something that reminds you of favorite travels or places, perhaps? Enlarged personal photos or big original canvas paintings?