Thanks Amber.. I was concerned about it being too much.. I wanted to do the wainscott in the hallways and hubby added at the last minute to do it in the LR. We do not have a formal Dining Room. Our LR is very large and when we finally redo the kitchen we will add more of an island for seating daily and then make part of the LR into a DR - but that is years away right now.

I would suggest looking for a beautiful rug that you love--it should have at least some of the colors you have already used in your rooms. Use the rug as in "inspiration" and tie-together piece. From your description, I think using your ocean blue in the kitchen area would be nice. What color are the existing walls? You would have to figure out if there is a good stopping point to switch paint colors. Good luck, and we DO want to see pictures.

Thanks so much for reply. So this is my favorite abstract that formerly was in my old living room but this has a lot of pinks and pastels in it and it doesn't really go with all the brown in this shade of red I think. I also think that in my efforts to slowly get stuff to go with the red (global style pillows)- I may have gone too far with the other decor to make it work (even if it didn't clash with the brick red). The painting lives in my bedroom now usually- so it has a home at least but it for sure is more my aesthetic for a living room. Someting abour those three tapestries togegee just doesn't feel Right to me...or not finished at least. Any other ideas?

The staged room is lovely and I think you should follow along. A 3-seat sofa and two armchairs work in almost any setting. Of course, the sofa should be 18" or less from the coffee table, so if you want to center the table with the firebox opening, the sofa will have to scoot closer. I think the TV built-in is well located, but you could change the color. I'd have a pro paint it once you've determined the colorway. In both arrangements the art is a bit too wide for the FP. Prefer to see it no wider than the firebox opening and hung 5" above the mantel without rising above the window frames. What's your plan for drapes? I think they will make the space if carefully chosen and hung. Is that hardwood or carpet? Difficult to tell from the pix. On the entry side of the room you could add a console table, lamp and art. I think you need more task and accent lighting. The ambient lighting coming from the ceiling seems fine, but lacks the intimacy that table, floor and art lamps add.