A leather armchair! I am only saying that b/c I want one so badly for my LR, but can't afford it yet. But, what do you think? I am not great about choosing rugs, but I know most of these folks are, so I'll let them chime in! BTW, where did you get that vase on your wall???? It's great!

In my opinion, the loveseat and chair/ottoman combo seems crowded. I would move the chair and ottoman to the corner - It would fill the space nicely. That corner seems sunny and a floor lamp and small table for a drink would make a great reading corner. I would get a smaller chair to put with the loveseat - one of the ones that has wooden arms but upholstered seats and back - elegant, sorry, I don't know names of furniture.

I don't think I would use a stripe rug and stripe material for the chair seats... are your chairs the kind that could be slipcovered in white linen/cottom or are you keeping the wood frames visible? Does the line of sight compel you to look through the dining room into say...the kitchen...or is it more off to the side so that is not not that much of a visual distraction?

What are your room dimensions? What is opposite the fireplace wall? Stairway?? and tv opposite kit.? Do you want the kitchen area to be separated or more a part of this space? I'm not as far as you and I may have a smaller space, 16x16 however behind my couch is our more formal dining space so the room is about 33' long and 17' wide on the other end. I think we could do similar things. I am planning to use a large round ottoman probably 40". I want to be able to rearrange so My sofa will be facing fireplace sometimes. I am dealing with the tv dilemma also. We have hookups to the right of fp and opposite wall of fp. I am thinking of repurposing some unique armoire or antique cab. for tv. Also thought of Hubby doing a retractable television into a piece. Another idea which would work for u too is putting up shelving on your tv wall with various size compartments to display things and have your tv as part of that arrangement. Leaving some empty compartments as well. Or even hanging various size picture frames of same color, perhaps dark charcoal and building that kind of arrangement. Those are some ideas I am playing with. Am I seeing darker color paint above fireplace? I kind of like the contrast with your furniture. It makes it pop more. I can see doing it on the small stairway wall too, just the side facing into the room. Then tying that color into wall with tv. but not necessarily painting it, with fabric etc and bringing in some accent color(s). I think some trees in your corners on fireplace wall would bring the outside in and cozy it up Are you a quilter, or even by putting a quilt or wall hangings up on your tv wall that would be an idea. Sue has room arrangement ideas like I can picture. I think you might be hesitant to use larger scale items for ottomans, etc but I see them working well. I assume you are using those window treatments?? Why is it always easier to give advice to others when I struggle with my own!!! Sorry for getting carried away everyone. Lovely room with a nice view.