How long does the table extend? Do you want to take its maximum length into consideration? How many chairs do you have sitting at it, and when it's extended, are they also at each end, and is the table then a rectangle with rounded corners? Can you post a picture of the table with the chairs you use around it?

Look at Soumak rugs. I had numerous Soumak rugs (most by Kalaty) in our last home - laundry room (photo here), breakfast area, living room, dining room, foyer and a guest bedroom. Several doormats coming in from back veranda also. Several are still used in our new home. They are not as soft as wool, but they are not scratchy. 3 dogs, 4 cats, 2 grandchildren and 1 DH, and they still look brand new. They come in all sizes. They repel dirt and liquids wipe up easily. How big is your room? It looks like you could bump up to a larger rug, say a 9x12 or a 10 x 14.

I have 10' ceilings and 96" cabinets. I'm 5'9" and can't reach the top shelves but it bothers me not at all to bring out the aluminum 3-step ladder for the few times I need something (mostly holiday items) from those shelves. Luckily my 6'4" son-in-law loves to cook and does those holiday meals while being able to reach the top. There's not much else on those upper shelves other than wine glasses and some ice buckets; I just sold all of my china and crystal - so liberating !! I didn't want cabinets to the 10' ceiling because of the prohibitive extra cost, the look and also because of the Toll Brothers obligatory useless teensy kitchen windows that are 9.5' up on one wall. The discussion about using glass front cabinets in front of those windows, having to replace the trim around the windows, etc, lasted about 14 seconds. Nope. I insisted on having solid wood tops - 2 ginormous pieces - installed and stained to match because I didn't want to see the unfinished wood when I came down the stairs. Now I see giant dust bunnies and I've decided oh, who cares, lol. It's proven to be an excellent area for some serious art glass that I can't put "out" because of cat and grandchildren but if the house is ever on the market, the little bits of standard greenery will go up there instead. Long way of saying that, even being tall, I still use a stepladder but I think I've had 10' ceilings so many times that I'm used to it.

I would put the floor lamp in another area of the room---maybe in a corner and put a table lamp on the end table and I would paint the end table an accent color. You could put books and magazines on the bottom rack of it.