The right coffee table, throw and wall art are not going to be enough to disguise the fact that you have downsized from a much larger home with your large, dark, formal furniture that dominates a compact room.

Have you considered moving pieces to other rooms, or selling it, and buying clean-lined, contemporary style furniture off eBay? This style will fit the proportions of your room, and make it easier to live with your dust free strategy. The beauty of second-hand furniture is that when you can afford to upgrade you can sell it again on eBay. and recover your costs.

Never paint perfectly good pieces of timber furniture as it will devalue the pieces. Sell them as is, somebody will cherish them as they are.

I would keep the couch, decide on the tone of your new timber floor, and use these two elements to decide on the rest of your colour scheme. Your celing fan/light is also a distraction, so replace with something sleek and contemporary that is not such a feature.

Your room layout is problemmatic with the number of doors coming into the room, but it is hard to suggest a better stategy without a floorplan.

Best of luck with making this house your new home,

Dr Retro

of Dr Retro House Calls

You have some beautiful pieces, I would try the lounge across under the window and fit white internal shutters to the window to dress it up a bit.

If you can move the Armoire along bit away from the window leaving the clock as is, a large coffee table in metal and glass or multi coloured timber as would be made from recycled timber, you can buy them and not very expensive.

Some large wall hangings, mirror art etc would look lovely and a new white ceiling fan. cheers

I agree with the previous comments. I would suggest a few art works to brighten up the room whilst tying in the grey tones. Throws, rugs, lamps and scatter cushions are also cheap and effective ideas for adding warmth and colour. Best of luck !