Do you want a beach theme because of the refreshing feeling? The calm? The relaxing nature? Defining this will help you to make decisions. Find a picture of an ocean scene that you are drawn to and print that out and use it as inspiration. See example here: https://www.pinterest.com/pin/101542166573196260/ Beach themes tend to be lighter, but you can work with your darker furniture and your current curtains. Consider adding colors like whites (colors of shells), tans (sand color), blues (aqua like sea or light like the sky). Also you can create the FEEL of the beach without using shells and shell prints. See here: https://www.pinterest.com/pin/389702173979896669/ and refer back to your inspiration picture for color and texture ideas. Consider working with what you have for now. Adding cushion covers, plants and flowers. Above, Sian has provided some good images for inspiration. Also see this one for dinning chairs with white covers: https://www.pinterest.com/pin/403001866625446214/ or painting chairs white: https://www.pinterest.com/pin/24629129187661902/ Artwork: lower your current artwork so they are somewhere between 57 and 63 inches on center try it out and see what feels best for you. Lastly, I am not sure how your usually use your living space, but consider rearranging your furniture. Pulling it away from the walls and create conversational setting. You can put your entertainment center against a wall and open up access to your kitchen bar and get bar stools (in white or wicker or a fun color). See here for seating layout ideas: https://www.pinterest.com/pin/222013456605572141/ and https://www.pinterest.com/pin/446841594251073283/ with seating facing each other, pulled away from the wall. Hope this helps. Have fun with your space! be wonderful

Just make sure that you are comfortable sitting and not in great need of s cushion. Cushions are great, but if relied on for support while prolonged sitting over 20 minutes, forget it and go for good back support. These days the settee are for lounging and lying on not sitting in a comfortable posture. They are often too deep and too low. Best advice, set aside 6 hours for lounge shopping, sit for at least 10 minutes in your choice, keep on going back and having a sit. Never purchase that day, but see how your back is. Then go back. They are an investment in ‘no back’ trouble.

Studying your photos, the lounge is sitting in the part of the room that ideally should have a small dining table. This tells you the current lounge is way to big for the space. Your area is the same size as my lounge room. I have measured it out and You have plenty of room for the appropriate size furniture set out exactly as Julie Herbert last photo. But acknowledging the room size in photo is larger than yours.

Hi pottsy99, Your guess is wrong, I’m adding colour and the piece is big 🙌 it’s going to be hung on the wall at the end of the table, also going to put a big tree type plant in the planter. I usually have some colour in fresh flowers too. I know my lamp is a bit lonely there, but when it’s on at night you do notice it lol. as I mentioned I’m still tweeking so eventually I’ll get it right hopefully.