Can you sketch a floor plan of the entire space with measurements. Mark doors & windows. Post it here as a comment not on a new thread.

Black doesn't say warm& cozy to me. Why is the refrigerator blocking a window. TV needs to be moved away from radiator

You need to show all four sides of the space including what looks like a stair banister. Lesson #1: Layout comes before decor, so send in more photos and do a simple drawing with dimensions of the walls.

Agree

#A TV cannot be in front of radiator.

#B Black doesn't say warm and cozy so don't buy another black thing, not even a knife.

#C And why is fridge in front of window?

DO NOT BUY ANY MORE FURNITURE UNTIL YOU TAKE MEASUREMENTS AND TAKE INTO ACCOUNT YOUR GOLD FLOORS, BEST FEATURES OF THE SPACE.

You might try angling the sofa, if you have the room. That would allow you a big more room between the sofa and the breakfast bar. Then, angle the TV stand, if possible, to get it away from the radiator. If you have the room, move the single black chair to the right hand corner in the pic. Then you'll have a conversation area. You want a rug to anchor it all, The rug should match the angle of the furniture.

I like pops of red with black, but any color will do. Pick your favorite and buy a rug with that color. Then add throw pillows to match and a piece of art for the walls.

I think a beige sofa in that white apartment isn't needed. You've got a lot of black and white and just need some color to draw it all together.

Here's a black leather sofa in a small room that looks cozy.

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Here's another one. I don't like the striped walls, but brightly color cushions and the warm wood make the room cozy.

West 1st - Masculine Contemporary · More Info

It would have been easier if you had just shown us the total room at the beginning.

Thanks for the update. Going forward, it's always better to take photos of all four sides from all four sides. Now that we can see what's going on, here are some possibilities for layouts, which you can easily try out and show us to see if they work:

--Move TV and console to wall next to window. Float sofa to face it, hopefully leaving enough of a pathway behind from front door and through the space.

--Move TV and console next to window. Position the sofa a foot or so in front of radiator. Float your armchair to face the TV. If you do that, you can get a patterned ottoman to put your feet up.

Once you have your layout straightened out and moved the fridge, then get a rug that works with your golden floors. Several Commentors have given good ideas for decor--art, good size rug that armchair and sofa can sit on, nice pillows, throws. Make sure rug looks good on the floors. If you get a coffee table, get a clear one or one with wood that echos floors and up on legs. Same with side tables--up on legs to balance the blocky dark chair and sofa.

Here's a great look--warm rug that harmonizes with floor. Sofa pillows and ottoman that "talk" to the sofa and rug.

Here's a room where light rug echoes sofa and floors. Coffee table echoes sofa and floor as well. You have light/dark, dark/light, which makes a room lively and connected.

Some pieces for your room with golden wood finish to balance out all the angles, blockiness, and dark furniture. I'm not saying buy these, but you get the idea--warm wood and skinny legs balance the dark leather and echo wood floors.

Oh, check out this corner lamp style, which would look great in your corner. Although there's no rug in this room, notice how the coffee table harmonizes with the floors. Plus room is very simple. Big impact of art on the room, too.

Pick your rug first (you can order smallest size of something you like then return it for larger if it works), then come back for suggestions about curtains. Yours are too whispy for the style of your room. And let's see how the room looks when you experiment with suggested layouts.

I do like the new set up with the TV on the window wall and sofa facing it. Live with this for the next week and see how .you feel squeaking through the 24" aisle. Maybe it is ok. If not or if TV is too close for viewing...

Put sofa in front of radiator facing center of the room. Hang TV on arm on wall next to window (just to the left of where you just moved it to) and tilt TV arm out when watching. Float a smaller swivel chair where you've placed the sofa.

Do you use the chair often? I'd get one with a much lower back that takes up less space.

What style sofa did you order? You only mentioned the color. The lines of your current furniture read really bulky and contribute to making the space feel crammed.

How often do four people sit at your table? How often do you use the two stools? I'd swap the stools for ones that are much less bulky and a lighter color.

Get your furniture and rugs in neutrals. Play with pops of colors with pillows, throws.

Any other place for the microwave?

What about putting the tv on the wall the peninsula is on? Wall mount it on a swing bracket. Then you can have a nice sofa on the longer wall and have a side chair by the radiator. This would leave a little more open floor space.

I also agree about the black. Get some nice throw blankets and p[pillows in softer colors to break up the harshness.

Good luck!!

If you return the recliner, try shifting both the tv cabinet and the sofa to the left, so that the tv doesn’t block the window. That should give you a bit more room on the right hand side. Maybe enough for a very small chair in the corner?

Weighing in again. I like the new layout a lot. Try it for a while. You can always get a smaller TV in proportion to the space. The big problem you have that makes it hard to create a cozy room is that all your furniture is too big for the space you have. Think about cancelling the Ikea sofa since you said it's the same size as the current one. Also beige isn't going to work well with your golden floors. Wait on a new sofa until you make other tweaks.

Below is the kind of furniture that would work much better in your room--low and cushy and up on legs. Couch is from West Elm. In your search, look for the term "apartment size." You want low back, up on legs, low arms that don't take up so much visual space. I do like the egg chair below in a pop of color. It's got a tall back but is otherwise very streamlined.

This rug from West Elm would work with beige sofa, but I think a different sofa with better proportions in warm brown or gray would work better than beige.

Plain white curtains--not sheers but linen or linen-like--should hang from ceiling to floor--same color as walls, nothing dark. You could put bamboo shades same shade as floors and flanked by curtains.

The tv would go on a swing arm so you can swing it over just a little. Try taping some paper up there. You would want the tv to the left as much as possible. I don't think it will be that awkward at all. I don't know if I would put a sectional, but I suppose you could do something with a chaise on the end by the radiator.

I still would not purchase one item until you have all of this figured out. Just slow down a bit and explore all of your thoughts and the ideas posted here by moving your stuff around.

Something is going to click!

And remember…tv’s don’t need light. Read your initial query regarding lamps and lights. People need lights to read by, to converse under, etc. Planting a light by the tv? Or some kind of LED string of lights behind the tv? Why??? The tv emits lights. No. Down lighting (not a torchiere that beams upward to the ceiling) near seating is what is important since you do not have overhead lights.

Do I see sheers and blinds and curtain panels on your windows? And panels on one window but not the other?

Do you need light control or privacy or both?

Properly hung panels would be a relatively inexpensive change and add needed texture and softness to your space. Panels in a warm color that hit the floor would also help ground the space.

If you make a proper plan on paper showing dimensions with all doors, windows and hallways it would be easier to suggest a proper furniture layout for your room. You've given dimensions but it's spit over a few photos that we have to try to figure out what piece goes where...

I don't have all of your floor plan information but I'm starting with your kitchen.

If you turned your refrigerator around you'd be able to place a freestanding pantry with a shelf for your microwave which would clear your table. Also, open back wood chairs would look less heavy in the room It's a start...

Don't skimp on the sofa size. I have a small space and got a loveseat. I hate it. You can't lay on it comfortably because it needs to be about 10" longer! The sad thing is I probably could have fit it. I don't have a tv in the bedroom so the living room is where I lounge.

Good luck!

Drapery option as also suggested above by Housegal200:

Draw a decent floor plan that someone can understand?

Show all the walls, the peninsula, the stair, the windows, the radiator, and all of it in feet and inches.

Do that before you load the place with a bunch of black leather and a black tv. with black bar stools.

A proper to scale floor plan we can actully read all measurements clearly marked every window doorway and where those lead . On graph paper posted here in jpeg format in a comment DO NOT start another post . I so garee with housegal no furniure buying until you have the space figured out .

thx lisedv! really like your mock up! it's an interesting way to put the tv, I do prefer facing tv directly but i'll see.

Measurements are accurate.

sorry, not sure I undertand. Measurements are accurate. It comes out in inches so to keep it minimal and consistent. I only use inches. Pic is in jpeg.

I updated the floor plan a bit, if this is what your looking for.

Seems like site is compressing the img due to size. I tried splitting and uploading closer img.

If not, try clicking the img and zooming in (hold ctrl + mouse scroll up).

I have a drawing but my drawing is horrendous.

Would you like feet as well? it might be a overwhelming and messy if I try to.

SingleVisual 1:

The above floor plan is to scale according to the measurements written in black on the exterior of the floor plan. I couldn't really take the time to compare with all measurements with the blue lines plus doors and/or hallways weren't indicated.

Hmm not sure I understand.

I'd say, don't compare blue to black measurements.

Any font that's NOT black are measurements missing that I added.

Each individual room pic measurements should match closely in the floor plan.

not sure if u can see if you click on the img, website keeps compressing my imgs.

Door measurements are displayed in black.

There are no hallways/rooms, bedrooms are upstairs and this is the full ground floor layout.

Sorry for any confusion, hope I cleared it up.

You said you'd like to see the tv face on and I think I have a solution while still using lisedv's plan - put your tv on a stand on wheels. I have my tv on a stand with wheels and I'll pull the tv around so it's face on if I'm watching a movie, but for everyday watching I just watch it on a slight angle

I know you meant well but the way you showed your measurements is very confusing.

The TV stand style suggested is available with casters.

Here's an idea of the view of the living room from the kitchen.

Thx all for the prior suggestions!

I really tried to browse thru 100's+ for each item.

I'm having a hard time finding pieces with the right measurements, color/finish, and quality.

Pls let me know what yall think:

Yay or Nay?

1) Bookshelves: Espresso/White Ladder

2) Linen Curtain: Light beige (1st pic in red) OR Pure White

3) Rug: Solid Pure White OR Pure White w/ Black Diamond

-Must have requirement: Washable, this limits a lot of designs

4) Accent Chair: Kilanda Light Beige Ekenaset (1st pic)

-Open to suggestions, under $600

5) Coffee table: See pic, #3 to match the cart?

6) Microwave cart by fridge: See pic OR Espresso/rustic

-Very hard to find with the right dimensions, even considered swapping to the smallest microwave

7) Hexagon shelves: Natural (ideally match table and cart) OR Espresso

1) It's a small space, you don't need to place something on every wall, will look more spacious without the ladder shelf next to the TV console. If you absolutely need something (difficult to say as I don't see the entire wall) a framed art would do the trick.

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2) Either white of the curtain with the red arrow seem fine, difficult to say from the photo.

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3) Washable rug by Ruggable:

https://ruggable.com/products/moroccan-diamond-plush-rug?variant=32094027218999&utm_source=google_shopping&utm_medium=cpc&gad_source=1&gclid=EAIaIQobChMIzLT064jghAMVq21HAR02VADTEAQYASABEgIgvfD_BwE

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4) Accent chair is fine

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5) It's a small space so I would go for the light wood.

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6) What does you kitchen table look like? any changes there?

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7) I would prefer an arrangement like below which would suit the space better giving it height (either light wood or dark like your armchair):

Thx LISEDV! for confirming my ideas.

1) True, i've thought about it. to me, art would feel oddly placed.

I've measured and feel confident the ladder is the perfect size and versatile option but someone can correct me.

It's 25 W x 15 D x 77 H and it provides opportunity for decoration, plants, books, etc. and Espresso frame matches the stairs hand rail.

3) cool! that was 1 of 15 on my list. I tried high pile but feels too high. Now I know the one I posted is perfect, it's similar and low pile. TY!

5) got it, exactly my thought. I like a lighter tone like #5 but #3 (15.75"D x 23.62"W x 15.75"H) match more closely with the cart and I can use as a small leg rest w/o taking much space.

I've watched the vid below here on mix & matching wood tones and spreading them apart for a coherent look.

https://www.ballarddesigns.com/howtodecorate/2014/08/mixing-wood-tones-in-a-room/

6) not yet, too overwhelmed. It'll be the last to think about. Planning to throw a white table cloth to temporarily balance out the black.

7) good point! saw but didn't occur to me that it would fit better until you brought it up.

i'll go w/ the design you suggested.

SingleVisual 1: On the Ruggable website look-up "flatweave black & white rugs"

You'll find they offer several machine washable/dryable rugs.