Agree with Beverley. In regards to the vases, they are fine but each shelf feels the same and it’s important to not line things up.

Thank you both for your comments. Trying to put the bookshelf together is a challenge as I feel I always gravitate towards the same things! Lovely Objects of art can be hard to find at good prices. I really like the slim light for the artwork...wonder where I could buy it? I used one over another piece of art but don’t love it (the IKEA price was nice but dont’ really love the look). I’ll continue to work my bookcase and move things around, buy a few new pieces and hopefully settle on a nice look. Thanks again!

https://rh.com/catalog/category/products.jsp?cellBackground=false&parentCatId=cat1701019&topCatId=cat160075&categoryId=cat10160025&sale=false

kinda pricey but these RH picture lights would work?

Please remove the lovely table from under that beautiful artwork and put your TV under it. Let the artwork stand on it's own.

Shirlpp I’m not sure I understand what you’re suggesting. Put the TV under what?

I would remove that white bookcase and get a much nicer TV stand that is wider and lower to put the TV at the proper viewing height . You need lighting that is at different levels to get the best overall light. IMO bookshelves are for books and that one is just throwing off that wall If you want a bit of display for very special things then look at Besta from Ikea it can be put together to look custom and can hold the TV some storage and as much display as you actually need,As for the table and the art first do any accent pieces like pillows in a color from the art , IMO the blue you have is not working I agree a nice picture liggt would be a good over the art the table is IMO not large enough to have lamps but end tables are needed to have lamps. It would be nice to see the whole room.

Try Wayfair for the light, they have lots to choose from. https://www.wayfair.com/lighting/sb0/picture-lights-c435200.html?

In regards to your bookcase, you don’t need new things. Reference my picture showing a non repetitive set up, centering and limiting items on some shelves to create interest and space.

Sorry, @cam_natale - I should have said put your TV over it. Move the console table and put your TV over it.

I'm not seeing much blue in that painting - (which I like a lot, somewhat to my surprise). Are you sure that's the accent color you want to go with? In the shot you provided, I find the royal blue sofa pillows NOT a complement to the painting.

I think your artwork is perfect where you have it. It beautifully sets off the windows and is proportionately perfect there. I agree with looking for a new TV stand, and would be careful not to try to do too much on the TV wall. Less is so often best.

Great suggestions! I’m trying to use what I have and realize the TV wall is not the best solution, but components and connections make it hard to use an open table. Once the other bookcase is painted I am going to try and spread out the decor a bit, next years budget can allow for some new chairs and such. I’ll def look for a picture light as this is so important. Here are a few other pictures of the other walls/openings in the room. The fireplace wall artwork has a streak of blue so I just moved the pillows to those chairs and plan to change the lamps or at least the shades as suggested by another user. The furniture placement is not ideal but I’m not sure how to change it. Husband likes the overstuffed recliner to watch TV and I hate to get rid of the couch (because I love the shape and material, and again trying to use what I have)...realizing it may not be the perfect arrangement but would like to work with it until I can give to one of the kids or buy new. I’ll try to provide better pictures of the whole room here. I have moved a few items out of the bookcase...this is def a work in progress! I appreciate ALL your input, keep the ideas coming please!

Decor still feels “lined up”!

Do you like the silver bird on black block? They had a set of three (all different) and I bought the large one, should I have bought the others? Or one more? A small one inside the tray on top shelf”. I moved the green glass item out of there as well as the large blue vases, hoping maybe to arrange them in the other cabinet.

Having just one bookshelf on that wall is unbalanced. But if you need a space for it, maybe it would look better on the right side of the TV, and painted your trim color instead of that bright white.

I do have another bookcase, it’s primed but not painted yet. Hopefully early this week I can update this thread with additional pictures.

I know how tv “hook ups” are an enormous pain. Lol. Having said that. Is there anyway you could flip the sofa completely facing the fireplace and move the TV to the wall that had the blue-green cabinet? It would be SO great to be able to view the FP and the TV at the same time. also ... I would remove the table under the picture you want to light up. That picture is gorgeous and deserves all the attention.

Did you even consider floating shelves on the sides of the TV? I think with your other decor, they would have looked nicer than the bookshelves.

You get the idea:

Another bookshelf will help add balance, but theyll still look,a little off if they are the only bright white in the room.

I realized they do look white here, the wall color is SW Silver Thread, the cabinet color is SW Drift of Mist. Natural lighting is poor in this room as the covered porch that is just outside the double doors, sucks up a lot of the light. (I have Overhead lighting ...large chandelier and recessed lighting, and 2 lamps in corner of the room.). I hadn’t thought of floating shelves since I have two bookshelves. I do get the idea here and appreciate the suggestions. I’m beginning to think my bookshelves need to have the shelves put back in them. The way it is now is where the “fixed” shelving is, but I have other shelves that can and perhaps should be, put back in! What do you think?

have you thought of flipping your artwork? putting that bigger piece long ways on the wall with the square print without console table and putting the multicolor print above the fireplace ?

And I think an above user mentioned the blue, I see blue in your print which I love by the way, but it's a more gray blue and your pillows at least in the pictures appear royal (just may be our monitors)

Hi Jennifer, I had not thought of flipping the artwork though I don’t think it would fit. The square is 50”x50” with about 6” to spare on each side. I think the piece from Australia is at least a foot longer. I’ll measure it tomorrow, thanks for dropping in with your suggestion. I’ve moved the royal blue pillows, they def were not right near the Paragon “Halcyon” square art piece.

The console under the painting is too small. I would remove it and let that beautiful art have the wall between the windows all to itself.

The bookshelf is the "white elephant" in the room. I would like to see the green art glass and the dove from the shelf moved under the art.

• The way it is now is where the “fixed” shelving is, but I have other shelves that can and perhaps should be, put back in! What do you think?

Your room has sophistication, except when you get to the TV wall. That bookcase and as a matter of fact, the TV stand are not working.

I couldn’t agree more and have decided that wall does NOT play well with the rest of the room! Jennifer Havin the Australian piece is about 75” wide so would not fit on the wall where the 52x52” square art is now. I have moved the silver bird and green glass to the table (which is likely to stay there for now, til I find another spot/finalize this bookcase dilemma) and am showing that now with these two updated photos. I just Moved a few shiny objects I had been holding for 2nd bookcase in to see how that feels.

Ok, I like the pieces you put on the console table under that beautiful art work. Maybe add a small plant to the other side.

Also. Remove white shelving and close the doors on TV cabinet.

One more thing. I know you originally asked about lighting the art work. You might try seeing if just a simple “up light” fixture would sit “say hidden behind a plant or the bird/glass objects that you could shine up on art. Just a thought.

Thank you, I did add a small third object on the console table under artwork. If I leave the table there, I feel it needs some tabletop decor so will live with this for a bit. I have an up light still in package, so will try that on artwork before purchasing something else (perhaps I can hide behind the bird on black box). As far as the elephant in the room, (the off-white bookcase), I have another one in the process of being painted. With the dark floors, darks doors, dark wood bookshelves, my goal was to “lighten it up”, though now that I see it in the space, it’s not great... Original plan was to wallpaper the backs of bookcases, and that’s how I got to the color they are (SW Drift of mist)...it was good with wallpaper but I decided not to use it after painting first cabinet. Perhaps another color would be better. Thanks for your suggestions.