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  Posted on 15th of August 2009

  Hi Chand..:) Would it be possible to purchase an entertainment centre or have one built in to the niche in the wall behind the television? That would take the TV off the little table and hide all the cables and wires for you. Since there's not much space between the couch and the fireplace wall, what about removing the coffee table and adding, instead, smaller tables between the couch and the chairs? That would give you more 'walking around' room. Unless the picture was taken at Christmas, which would explain the decorations (and they are no longer there), I'd recommend removing them, including the wall decoration(s). As others have suggested already, remove the wall clock and the wallpaper. If the background in the wallpaper is a colour you like, then use it as your paint colour. I would also paint out the moulding - either the same as the walls, or the ceiling. If the ceiling is white - paint it and the moulding the same. A mirror over the fireplace, perhaps a somewhat more significant mantel and a small scatter rug that picked up on a colour that's in your toss pillows. In a livingroom/sitting room that's not overly large, I would try to blend in the window coverings with the paint colour on the walls - quite often, a dupioni silk can be obtained at very reasonable prices. If you're able to move the couch back a bit, move the chair that we see in the picture, away from the wall and away from the window by as much as you move the couch. Even 12" would help..that would put the chair between both windows, which would balance things quite a bit. Definitely ceiling to floor drapery - as simple as possible. In the case of the silk, just have a straight header sewn, with grommets every 6" - a simple curtain bar just a few inches below the ceiling (3") and a measurement of 1.5 x the window width divided by 2 for each side. Then let them hang straight to the floor. A blind, fitted between the window frame, can be used for closing off the room from the outside, at night. If using a solid blind, a decorative pull in the same style and colour as the curtain rod finials would look good. Good luck with it, whatever you decide to do!! Kathy