i really like this room! the main thing that sticks out to me is that she should get rid of the shelving/bar/chest of drawers next to the couch. next, get a smaller coffee table. add some other color - orange or yellow maybe. it's really beautiful though.

i second the motion! it's a lovely room, although i'd go crazy and paint the walls something really bright like kelly green or tangerine, or at least add a cushion or two in a brighter hue.
the only problem seems to be the chest of drawers and giant coffee table. perhaps an ottoman or chest coffee table that would provide more storage would kill two birds with one stone.

Megan-- love your style! It is a difficult room to figure out, having only one continuous wall. However, I agree with previous poster... a smaller, maybe clear coffee table (like the acrylic one from cb2) would open the space alot and add to the sparkle. Also, if the emergency exit isn't truly necessary, then I would try putting the couch against it and maybe hanging a mirror or large painting on it. Good luck!

I agree-- great room! Love those chairs. I've got a similar pair.

Here are a couple of ideas: Put the chest on the wall between the doors and mount the TV above it on the wall. Get rid of the TV stand. Move the barrel chairs across from the couch. I think a smaller coffee table may also be in order.

The drawback to this arrangement is that you may have to turn your head or lie down on your loveseat to watch TV. I guess it depends on how much you need a conversation area vs. good TV watching arrangement.

Here's what I would do:

1. move the TV into your bedroom or put it on a rolling cart in a closet. If that's not an option move it between the two doors. Any of these options will allow you to have both chairs facing the sofa.

2. replace the coffee table with something smaller, maybe rounded or oval.

3. The chest of drawers is too big and blocks the doorway. I would replace it with an Eileen Gray side table or something else that can cantilever over the sofa's arm. If you don't want to get rid of it think about placing it between the two doors with the TV on top.

i like it too! try couch centered on right wall, tv centered on left wall, chairs in each corner of left wall (symmetrical), circle table in front of emergency door, heirloom (?) bureau stuffed in upper right corner (if it must be kept), and get a NEW leaner coffee table for in front of the couch

This room is beautiful!

I would get rid of the chest and one chair (keeping the one next to the TV), then slide the couch, coffee table, occasional table, and arm chair all towards the hall about one foot. Place another occasional table on the side of the couch closest to the emergency exit.

Getting rid of a couple pieces and moving everything away from the far wall will keep the pieces from feeling like they're shoved into the space.

I second the "get rid of the coffe table and tv stand" solution. I find the sofa looks a bit stuck in that corner... maybe by placing it at an angle? With a small round table, or a tray-style coffee table.
I wouldn't change anything about the colours though, they make the whole room look sleek and elegant, me likes!
Maybe some larger, oversized artwork?

This is like a skinny person complaining that they're fat. Usually all they need is some muscle tone.

It's a bit crowded and it feels like there's not quite enough room to sneeze. Everything needs a little air. Follow the suggestions above.

I think maybe the black furniture (coffee table, dark sideboard, TV stand) is too heavy for such a small room. I'd move the sideboard out of the room if you can, and/or replace it and the coffee table with a mirrored version. Even a small side table like this work:

http://www.westelm.com/products/f100/

Edit the walls a little; I think they're too cluttered from the room. Get rid of the silver beaded sconces (I think?) around the b&w photo. The wall with the round mirror and two small frames flanking it? I'd replace those three with a larger mirror in an interesting shape (I'm thinking of a starburst mirror? Or an oval-shaped mirror)

Replace the electrical switch plates with silver ones and the powder blue candles with white ones.

without replacing any pieces I'd move the sofa against the window wall along with one of the chairs next to it (opposite corner of the closet door). Take out the chest of drawers, keep the coffee table in front of the sofa and the tv in front of that. The second chair may be too much, but it could go on the opposite corner of the other chair (next to the tv).

The main thing I would suggest also would be to eliminate the coffee table and just use small side tables like the one you already have. Other than that the color scheme is great. I love those chairs :)

Sofa is crammed in the corner.
I would move the gorgeous chest of drawers in between the windows. No worries if it overlaps them..that adds DEPTH. Wall mount the tv above.

One chair slides between the closet door and the hall door.
One chair slides into the cornes between the chest of drawers and the porch door.

Try and center the sofa on its wall as best you can, and a pair of coffee tables and lamps.

Also a glass coffee table would help give you more visual space. Maybe something with an aged brass base...add a little weathered glitz. Don't worry about mixing metals.

Remember, too many repeating shapes starts to look very modular and big box. Mix it up. Rectangle, square, round, oval,ect.

If you own, you might think about papering the room with a lovely grasscloth. It adds such amazing texture and depth. Tres fon fon.

Finally I might consider using a heavier curtain rod. All of the furniture have real "presence". A set of heavier rods would give you a much more high-end look, and compliment the furniture and room better.

My one "criticism"...never a fan of small pic/mirror/small pic. I would group the two pics separately.

Otherwise, great bones. You are almost there. A little tweaking is all you need.

Colors are great and the walls are not cluttered, great accessories. This is a floor plan issue. If you center the TV on the solid wall and put chairs on either side, you could then place the sofa in front of window with small round table next to it. Yes, the coffee table is waaay too big, it is pretty much right in the middle of the room so a tiny glass, rectangle wine table that could be easily moved around would be perfect. Looks like maybe, maybe, the gorgeous chest might fit to the left of the emergency door, perpendicular to the sofa. Love to know what the resolution is!

I can't believe I'm about to say this...almost every room in my house is white...but PAINT!

Really small white rooms tend to look a waiting room at the auto shop or the dentist. Wrong scale for that starkness.

You have gorgeous stuff, but your space constraint calls for some serious editing. I love those chairs, but put one of them on Craigslist along with that gorgeous coffee table and the TV stand. Mount the TV to the wall and sit the small chest underneath. Get another of the small round tables and use the two as a multifunctional coffee table. I think that once you edit the furniture, you will have several placement options.

p.s. love, love, love those drapes.

Like others before me, I too love this room and the drapes are gorgeous.

I'm usually not a fan of matchy, matchy, but the sofa and chairs are absolutely beautiful. I agree with those who suggested centering the sofa on the wall. I'd put one chair between (in front of, obviously) the windows and the other chair in the corner where you have the TV. I'd replace the table lamps with sconces (you can find some nice ones that don't have to be hard-wired), which would eliminate the need for your chest of drawers to be next to the sofa. Put the chest of drawers against the wall between the entryway and the closet door and the TV on top of it. Keep the coffee table in front of the sofa and remove the small occasional table and TV stand.

(BTW, what's with the Hunter-Douglas spam?)

-Stop blocking off the closet - never a good idea.
-Get a smaller coffee table immediately - that thing has to be a fire hazard since you'd almost have to climb over it to get out.
-At least put a floor lamp on the other side of the sofa - the room needs more light and the sofa looks bad scrunched into the corner.
-Get a smaller side table for sofa and use that chest for sitting the television on.
-Place TV on the chest between the entrance way and closet.
-Situate the two chairs directly across from the sofa under windows - leaving enough room for the closet to be accessible.

I think there are too many ‘solid’ things in the room, and I would mix it up more, as well as editing the furniture, which is a bit oversize for the space.
As for the layout, I would do the following:
1. Edit out the TV stand altogether.
2. Center the couch on the wall, and wall mount the TV between the two windows (even if there is overlap)
3. Place the chairs symmetrically on either side of the new TV location, with the small round table between them
4. Replace the coffee table with a smaller one, perhaps oval, glass, or plexi.
5. use the chest of drawers against the wall between the closet door and entry with a table lamp. Create a picture grouping above.
6. Finally and for the most radical option, replace the drapes with a ‘ripplefold’ type drape that goes across the entire wall, with a center draw. This will conceal the TV when you want, and create a beautiful backdrop for your new furniture layout.
7. Leave the mirror over the couch or replace with a larger mirror – anything but rectangular. Move the pix over for your new picture grouping area and add to that.

The room is leaning toward a little bit of ‘glam’ and I would expand on that with glass, plexi, mirror, and a couple of pops of color. I think the blue-gray and chocolate is a great combo, but maybe you could add in some pillows and artwork that will bring in one more color. (pink, salmon, brick, gold etc.).

I agree with jenlevy on this, Megan. Do not, I repeat, do not sell one of your fabulous chairs on eBay or any other site. Just a little more colour is needed, but it is a lovely scheme.

@HunterDouglasBlinds - when you signed up for posting here, you agreed not to do what you've done on this page, so stop. this isn't the place for that.

i think there is too much in the space, but the love birds pillow was featured on a colorsplash episode last weekend... thought it was pretty then, think it's pretty now.

I have two suggestions for a room arrangement.

One idea, suggested earlier by Taritac, place the chest against the wall between the doors, hang your TV on the wall above it, and eliminate the tv cabinet. This would enable you to place your couch centered on one of the walls with the barrel chairs opposite. You may wish to also eliminate the cocktail table if the rearrangement doesn't yield a comfortable passage between the furniture and the table.

The second idea eliminates the TV cabinet and locates the Tv centered on the wall opposite the windows placing the chest below it. Locate the sofa against the windows with the barrel chairs on either end of the sofa, either side of the chest, or place one chair near the chest and the other chair next to the sofa.

Good Luck!

The simplest idea I can think of is just to eliminate one chair. Do you really need it?

Very simple remedy of moving the furniture around for the space to work better and feel larger.

Place the two chairs on the fire exit wall, if you need to use the exit (hopefully never) then you can walk between the chairs to use the door.

Place the couch on the window wall, centred or a little off centre with a bit more room on the closet side.

The tv goes on the wall opposite the couch or between the two doors opposite the chairs, depending on which piece of furniture you like to sit on when you watch tv. The wood dresser goes in the other one of those two spots.

The little round table does not need to be in between the chairs and can go in a corner, behind the chairs or beside the couch, wherever you find you need an extra place to put a glass or have a reading lamp.

Place the coffee table in front of the couch.

Beautiful room, all the elements are lovely and work together really well.