Hello kellyi. The living room needs straight, long drapes in a simple pattern, I think. No swags, no tie-backs, no extra anything. I'd look for something with a light, off-white background as the room is a bit heavy with brown, and perhaps a geometric pattern that introduces your favourite colour. It could happily be green, but the room is so neutral it could be anything. Pick up that colour in a couple of throw pillows, which could also be patterned, or plain. On the lighting I think you could probably get better advice from someone else. But I'd also like to suggest big art for your fireplace to hang just a few inches above the mantlepiece. Again something modern, light and bright. Preferably with a touch of brown in it but other colours predominating -- including the curtain colour. I think these are both charming and cheerful, but of course nothing is more about your personal taste than choosing a painting. These are on etsy.com, in the landscapes section.

Thanks for feed back everyone I do mean that the furniture is drab And dark The photo was taken a couple days ago in Melbourne ,so its dark and gloomy otherwise its quite a light room , my walls are creamy and i feel outdated . My husband repainted in the same colour and now i feel like nothing has changed I should of changed the paint colour I have also seen on here white walls and ceiling with painted skirting in white but I'm afraid my husband would have a heart attack if i asked him to do all of that because it would have to go right through the house Im so confused with what to do I do have wooden stairs and balustrade as well So whatever gets changed in living room will have to flow through the house Please help with any ideas

Hope this gives other people ideas on what can be done to your house without a lot of cost if you also don't have a lot of money to spend on updating your place.

Another option would be to put a TV on there , judging by the plant you don't light it often , if at all , and that may distract the eyes . I sort of like that the tiles aren't absolutely perfect , but there looks to be a couple of gaps along 'in front' -- I'd try grout , or plaster and then paint when dried , almost go for the craft look . And maybe its just the light , or camera flash , but the left wall looks to have a blue tinge , the skirting board looks lighter on that side too , and the hearth step thing a different colour again -- I'd go black/charcoal on that step thing , and make sure all the walls are the same , if they aren't .