Are the walls dark mossy green or are they charcoal gray?

You have a mishmash of colors. Yellow, orange, green, tan, brown. black. A mishmash of curtain colors is what you need.

here are couple with the colors you have going on 😊

My colors are dark green, black, and rusty earthy colors the rug isnt as orange as it appears in the pic!

The 80s are looking for you to return their room. Did you mean to do this kitschy style?

The lighting in the complex cove ceiling needs to be changed so it's not as gold as it appears n the photos

Changing out the orange shag rug could only help the room.

Hey Beverly! doing the best with what we have, mostly gifted and low budget items. Just 2 broke 20 somethings trying to make a cozy home, feel free to donate so I can make the changes you feel so strongly about! cashapp: $shelbycaseyy 😘

Agree those Etsy panels from SM are terrific!

I could also see some simple dark charcoal panels if you wanted them more low key - Ikea Ritva curtains come to mind (Ikea has great budget-savvy curtains so does Target I think)

I’d save the money on curtains for now, as it seems you don’t need privacy. Instead I’d just pull in the chairs/table a bit, add more colorful cushions and look on Marketplace for a large piece of art to break up the dark wall/add interest and these changes will be what pulls the room together (found these in a minute).

I love your room. Don't stress over Bev's comment. She tries to redecorate everyone's house to her liking. I think she thinks everyone on here is a millionaire and can just go buy a whole room full of furniture and accessories. In today's world you have to work with what you have or spend your life savings trying to change it.

Great room! Love that it’s got lots of color. Use pattern drapes. SM gave you great advice.

IMO the pic is too distored to answer this question. Take a proper pic the ceiling is the odd man out for the rest of the decor. It is so formal and in your face . The coffee table does not serve anyone and the really dark wall and the dark chairs on it is not good. Do you really need drapes ? Sometimes less is really more.

Ones I shared were a couple I have saved off for a room I’m going to be working on. Another good place to look for curtains on a budget is Society6. They have a ton of curtains and they offer 96” length which you may need depending on your ceiling height. You can put colors in search box to narrow it down which makes it a bit easier too. Good luck with the room!

These ones might look nice as well, if you want something more subtle. They call color “orange” but it’s more of a deep gold with a little metallic thread in the geometric design. From Target, very reasonable price.

Beverly's suggestions are great, and spare me, you can do some of them inexpensively.

Here's a real inexpensive remodeling tip--throw that orange rug back in the garbage bin that you salvaged it from.

The Etsy curtain palette is perfect because it ties together gold, green, red. Love the S M ivory and red gold pattern, too, more adaptable if you repaint or change out furnishings down the road.

When budget allows, see advice below about painting everything but the TV wall a neutral white and instead get a new rug that goes better with the floor and those two red leather chairs. Then choose curtains same as the new warm white wall color. A patterned new rug in existing colors or a new palette entirely will add more to the room than just curtains.

Some thoughts to really improve your room and how you use it:

--NO COST: Pull your leather seating pieces off the wall so they're closer to the coffee table and your gold sofa. A room is cozier when people are seated in a conversational group where they're closer together and everyone can reach the coffee table.

--NO COST: Swap the barbeque and cute table and chairs in the sunporch. Move barbeque off to the side of the space behind your future curtains. where it won't be in view. And when you put it back outside, same thing. Who wants to look at a gigantic barbeque while sitting in the living room? Keep the sunporch as clear as possible and not a place to toss things. It's an extension of the living room. I get that you have to park the barbeque out of the elements for now, but move it over.

--NO COST: Hopefully if and after you paint, rehang your art work so that the center of the pieces are 57"-60" measured from the floor--eye level. Because of the dark green paint, we can't even see the art work.

--Seriously consider painting the entire space that opens to living a warm white and the TV wall a dark charcoal. Paint your recessed ceiling all white. A dark gray that echoes the gray tile floor would make for a better accent TV wall and show off your cream and gray dreamcatcher much better and all your colorful art and furnishings.

As budget allows, consider a new rug since the red doesn't harmonize well will your gray slate floors or your red leather chairs. Since you like the boho look, this kind of rug would work better with current furniture. I think it's called "ouri" style--many patterns. It would also harmonize with your Native American dream catcher and your gray floors.

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--Since you love color, many of the patterned rugs Beverly shows would be good, in which case keep curtains simple like S M's suggestion or just plain cream (if you repaint per many suggestions). Make sure there's a little gray in a brightly patterned rug so it will harmonize with gray tile floor. Sorry, but the red one doesn't work with floors or red leather. A patterned rug will have a huge impact on the room, more so than curtains.

I'm pasting in advice on how to get the best answers to a Design Dilemma. Good design isn't just about one element. It's about the whole space, so you need to show all of it. You only showed on area, and it seems you have adjoining spaces that need to be taken into account. We need to see your "givens" flooring, any cabinetry, trim, etc. to make best suggestions.

Here is how to post a Design Dilemma to get the best results. You need to show the whole space—all four sides of an entire space—even if it’s about one specific Dilemma.

https://www.houzz.com/discussions/6417709/unofficial-design-dilemma-boot-camp

Keep in mind that you're inviting some design pros and people with a design eye into your home via photos. If they walked into your actual space, they would take in all of it: all four sides, doorways, floors, windows, ceiling, trim--the "givens"--then the features that can be changed--furnishings, paint, art, rugs, decor items, etc. It's all one first impression. Same thing with photos. That's why it's important to provide well lit photos of the entire space, taken from all sides of a room regardless of the size of your problem.

It's refreshing to see a colorful room in Houzz posts. The harlequin curtains posted by S M are perfect.

Nobody squeezes more out of $1 than I do. You did not indicate a limited budget when you first posted. Nothing wrong with wanting your interior to look like a million $ but doing it on the cheap. None of us have the budget we want.

IKEA has some green panels that might brighten the room.

Okay, here is a more accurate depiction of my colors. I made the mistake of taking pictures with the big led lights on instead of just natural light. So like I mentioned before the rug is not in your face orange it’s a rust/terracotta color (which I happen to love.) Yes my patio is not aesthetically pleasing at the moment but that’s what the curtains are for. I realize my style is not everyone’s cup of tea so don’t come for me I’m doing my best 😂

And the entire room for reference

The entire room for reference

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I love your room!

SM, you are a gem. Thank you. And thank you for your help! I love the curtains from target you posted!

you’re welcome 😉. The second ( closeup picture ) is of them in my room, so that’s a truer pic color wise. Good luck and have fun with the room and congrats on the house too.

Now that I see your table top how about checkered curtains?

I misread that recessed ceiling as yellow. Now I see it's just the light giving off yellow. Hey, if you like it, just get the curtains and be done with it.

I also think pulling the chairs in closer to the couch would help. (The front legs should be on the rug.)

Love the wallpaper in the archways!

The macrame hanging looks squished in its place. I would move it to another wall and put pictures on that side of the TV to mirror the other side.

The moulding on the tray ceiling is really in odds with the rest of the room. (It looks like there isn’t matching crown in the rest of the room.) Could it be removed? Or replaced with something simpler?

That does not help at all with your curtains question, but are all things that are free and would help pull the room a little more together.

Thank you! I’ve been trying to find a spot for this giant dream catcher and just can’t seem to place it correctly.

There’s not much I can do about the ceiling without having a huge remodel project, our builder was really insistent that we have the odd tray shape/moulding to add depth to the room but I agree it looks out of place. Maybe a few years down the road we can do something else with it.

Chairs moved forward really helps, thank you!

Could the dream catcher and the picture grouping on the other side of the white door (on the same wall) trade places?
I would take those pictures, the only of the other side of the TV, and the ones on the sliding glass door wall and arrange them around the TV so that both sides look balanced.

I know you are just starting out so smaller pictures are easiest but this article about placing art might help with the room feeling more pulled together. (Or something to keep in mind as you add to your collection. Also my husband and I starting writing where we bought an art piece and the year/event on the back. It’s a fun memory walk and we would never remember otherwise!)

https://stylebyemilyhenderson.com/blog/design-mistake-how-to-hang-art-on-all-your-walls