How to decorate this room?

There is NO feeling like owning your own home...it's the best! The room looks large enough to break it up into two sitting areas. Like many have said, two chairs in front of the fireplace. The other sitting area should include the sofa and loveseat or sofa and another chair. You can put a TV in the room, but i would put it in an armoire with doors to hide it when not in use. I have a smaller home with a smaller size living room, and I hate the look of a tv/stereo equipment/DVD player exposed in an otherwise beautifully decorated room. Also, gray seems to be a really popular color right now. Scour Pinterest and you will get TONS of inspiration. It's how I decorate my home; pin pics that speak to me and make me happy. I refer to them often for ideas. GOOD LUCK!!

Beautiful room and the floors are lovely , coming into this room you want to create a Wow! factor so would go with a soft blue or grey on the walls !I really don;t like the mirror over the fireplace , a nice piece of wall art or star burst oversized clock would look nice ! Fireplace needs some upgrading and stay with the white,putting book shelves on each side right to the ceiling , two chairs in front of the fireplace is a great idea creating another sitting area with chesterfield in the middle of the room faceing the fireplace as well! I would also have a long narrow table at the back of the chesterfield to highlight your decorative art pieces , love this room and all the possibility's

Shelves would detract from the focal point of the room...the fireplace. How about some wainscoting on either side of fireplace. Remove the huge mirror and replace it with a smaller framed one. On one side of the fireplace a nice accent chair that can be pulled into the room for extra seating. On the other side a large floor plant and large floor sized candle bases with Luminara candles that glow just like real candles. On either side of fireplace a couple of matching sets of artwork. This will give the entire fireplace wall a warm welcoming look that enhances the entire fireplace wall.

I was thinking of taking the mirror down and maybe creating a mosaic wall with golds and creams and neutral colors all the way up to the ceiling . Thoughts?

Mirrors are great for making a room lighter but i hate it over a fire place dangerous too. good luck its a nice big room

I personally don't think that grey or blue would work because of stain on floor being warm if you have the money in you budget to redo floors then stain it a rich dark color with cool under tones. Grey and blue would look much better. Also I like the more makes room look larger. On this site you can find many safe ways to frame it, look under bathroom large mirrors. Now, because mirror is size of mantle I would add same frame style on either side of fire place so that it is equal to mantle. Since we don't know size of room or if you have only one window the other part becomes more difficult. First remember that living room and dining room must flow, that doesn't mean same wall color just color's that go together, you can have the colors you like because they match just like a pair of slacks and a top the wood floors would have to be redone in entire house as well. I would think that you want to stage the house since people walk in so go with deep grey or deep blue that you love. Then in dining room use whatever color you did choose for living room and use at least one hue lighter maybe even two,but still bold. All trim to either match floors or in a pure white in gloom finish walls in satin or egg she'll not flat ever because you can't clean it. For placement of furniture It depends on size of room. Can you have 2 seating areas or not? If yes I would place a sofa facing the fire place with two chairs opposite the dining room or facing the dining room if you could have two chairs facing each other on either side of fireplace then I would do that. On either side of fire place you can have art work that ties it all together that you love. Or on one side a table with candles and art work above it. Just try not to do matchy matchy stuff. That's old and boring. Then on large wall I would place a console and look for items of different heights to bring it together. If you do have space for seating then I would place a book case and add molding to match fireplace. Once again look on this site for money saving tips. Make sure that it is white like fire place. Place a chair facing it with a small rug and a table so that you can read. Add lighting either permanent if you can afford that or lamps on tables and floor lamps. If you have 2 windows then place a table there with a lamp just not one those cheap ugly small tables unless you paint it and leave it without tacky table cloth. Furniture can be neutral with pillows that pick up color from dining room. Bring that color in with artwork or frames or candles and throws. When you do dining room maybe add baton board painted in glossy white and just have rich opposite color on wall on top. I did mine in Baton board in 2 finishes gloss on wood and same color in satin on wall in between wood it gives it a depth to area. You can place a runner on table to bring in living room color or have chairs chairs in dining room with fabric same as sofa. Remember to go slow add only what you love and don't do a matchy matchy thing. Express yourself through this and prioritize. Don't get into debt. Do what you can, no one expects it to be done immediately especially if you just bought home. And do some work yourself if you know how to do it that's important good work. If you have to put drapery up then do so once you know color scheme. If you don't need drapes then time out the window'swith same trim of mirror in gloss white finish it makes them appear framed and ties in trim and you can just add it without removing wood trim since it would match fire place. Good luck.

So sorry tablet has it's own brain and I have found so many type o's. Like in second sentence more instead of mirror and later on gloom and not gloss. And I meant in dining room us the other color you like just one or two hues lighter. If you have any questions just reply or email.