the room is only cluttered if there's furniture you don't like or use but given the opportunity i would rearrange the kitchen to make the space feel more open...do you have a plan showing the sizes of the rooms and location of doors and windows?

Hello - this is the plan showing dimensions. I would prefer not to rearrange the structure but merely the furniture & interior decor. thank you.

this is another pic at another angle showing from dining area thru to kitchen.

you have some lovely furniture and the timber cabinets, dining suite and kitchen cabinets with the white floor and curtains are gorgeous and it would be a shame and an extraordinary amount of work to paint anything and suggest that you first try rearranging the furniture ..eg in the lounge area..could you swop the TV and it's cabinet with the armoire so the TV isn't in such a prominent position, swop the single lounge chair and cabinet next to the fire with the 2 seater lounge from the dining area and move the single antique chair to the family room to face that lounge...the big artwork next to the fire feels like the best scale for the size of the room and the big clock on the dining room wall could swop with the smaller clock on the wall near the tv and what about bigger lamps, some potted plants and some colourful (fine patterns of blues, greens, batic?) cushions would create some contrast and highlight the colour in the big painting

look forward to seeing what you decide

i should have also suggested that you measure the rooms and the furniture and try some test arrangements on paper before moving heavy furniture...you will need the dimensions of the rooms and furniture to make the best arrangements but something like this is what i've already suggested

Yes this will work exept the antique chair I think is too big for that area.

try at an angle against the window allowing a walkway between the chair and the kitchen and facing towards the bedroom hallway with the round table at the back of the chair or the chair could look excellent in a bedroom

I agree that you have some lovely furniture but too much and mostly too small,except lounges for the size of the rooms.

As mentioned the cabinet and arm chair behind the lounge to both be moved across onto the wall in the dining room, chair on the left then cabinet

The two seater lounge swapped with the single chair next to the fire

.That beautiful cabinet next to the fireplace could replace both items opposite the kitchen bench, keep it simple.

Change the mirror in the family room with the two wall hangings of family photos on the wall in the dining room which will now be above the single cabinet.

Lower the chandelier and if possible move the wine rack on top of the cabinet from of the floor.

As Ok said I wouldn't paint any of the furniture it works well as it is.

Once you have rearranged the living you could look to find a carpet square or rug to fit within that space

You could wall mount the TV Higher on a bracket so it can be swiveled for viewing and avoiding sun on the screen

I have done a quick move around & it is looking far better already.
Decided to put the antique chair in main bedroom.

Having the Dark Brown 2 seater with the dark Blue couches looks quite good.

i had no idea that the couches were different colours but does look more like a sitting area instead of a just somewhere to watch TV and the colours look good with the painting ...btw what colour is the couch in the family room?

oklouise. haha.
The couch backed against the light wooden cabinet is very dark brown. The two on either side are dark blue & single chair I put in dining area is part or the blue suite.
The other couch belonging to the brown couch is in an outside studio we have.
Cannot believe how well this looks. Thank you all.

sometimes all we need is to shake up what we already have, well done for your quick efforts

Thanks heaps, don't stop there and make sure you leave a light on for your husband so he doesn't trip over the new arrangement (still wonder about swapping the lounge and dining, with all those big beautiful windows and light filled doors with the floating curtains would make for beautiful dining with the lounge and TV watching into the back space with less openings, When is he going away again haha

What did Husband think of all your hard work,

Do you have two matching leather arm chairs and are you able re post your floor plan as most measurements are missing

Hi Jen, Just another consideration,

Could you move the blue two seater to where the other blue lounge is and then swap it with the brown then add the blue armchair or both of the Antique chairs to where the 2 seat lounge was, this will open up the space and also uncover some of the sliding door (I'am going to post this in two parts as I just lost the last post

I started out the first post that I lost by saying that Hubbie might think that the TV is too far away and at a difficult angle to watch

If you moved the amoire back to it;s original position and then added the cabinet from behind the brown lounge into that spot and stand the TV on top giving a higher view and also now being able to be seen from the kitchen Both the cabinet and amoire will work together better than the current TV stand

By taking the cabinet away from behind the brown lounge will allow you to better space the lounges so that they aren't pushed up against each other and allow for easier access with wood for the fire.

That does leave you with an extra lounge but hopefully you would have use for it else where, how and what pieces do you have of it.

We agree, a rug could help define and delineate the different spaces! It looks like you may need some specific and quite large sizes - look for rugs that can be ordered in custom sizes to take the stress out of trying to make stock rugs fit!

You have an absolutely amazing artwork on the wall there - perhaps use these blues and golden tones as inspiration? Blues would looks great with the wooden cupboards and accents.

Some suggestions:

https://www.designerrugs.com.au/rug-collections/handknot-collections/contemporary-hand-knot/aegean-sky-blue/

https://www.designerrugs.com.au/rug-collections/handknot-collections/contemporary-hand-knot/dover-light-blue/

https://www.designerrugs.com.au/rug-collections/handknot-collections/contemporary-hand-knot/mars-light-blue/

https://www.designerrugs.com.au/rug-collections/handknot-collections/contemporary-hand-knot/morgan-grey-2/

https://www.designerrugs.com.au/rug-collections/handknot-collections/contemporary-hand-knot/soraya/

https://www.designerrugs.com.au/rug-collections/handknot-collections/contemporary-hand-knot/venus-beige/

https://www.designerrugs.com.au/rug-collections/handknot-collections/contemporary-hand-knot/twill-blue/

https://www.designerrugs.com.au/rug-collections/designer-collaborations/akira-isogawa-hirameki/batik-ubud/

Well done Jen getting his approval is big, I would still consider drilling the cabinet for the entertainment stand, far nicer than the current one and will make viewing the TV better and work with the amoire, and will free up the dining space

Love the ideas and the changes made. Go for bigger rugs or even carpet that you order in the specific size and have the edges bound on. This is more economical than you might think. Ideally rugs go at least slightly under the furniture in the area. We did this years ago and have never looked back! Allows you to get better quality carpet and neutral colours. Also will improve the acoustics as it reduces the reflection of sound on the tiles - I suspect you have a lot of that. Good luck.

Looking at your photos again it really stood out to me that you have a lot of wall pics that are small, repeating units - family photos, I presume. You don’t need to stand back to view small photos - in fact you don’t want to - so these may be better placed in a corridor or narrow space or for nice frames atop the many units you have around. I feel these panels of family photos add to the “cluttered” feel. Leave the walls for large pieces that define an area. Even a series of pics to encompass the space of the zone. This will help with the anchoring of zones and give the eye something large and focussing to settle on. You don’t need to spend heaps - Ikea have some lovely large pieces. Framed prints/posters can look very good if chosen carefully.