Hi Ben, As the room appears quite dark, it needs some pops of colour for interest, perhaps in the form of artwork or cushions. Accessories in a light colour (maybe a cream or off-white) may also serve to brighten up the room. A nice thick throw rug can add some texture. There should be a large artwork placed above the couch to serve as a focal point. Tones of orange or deep yellow usually work quite well with blue. Over the lamp table an artwork can be placed that echoes some of the colours of the artwork over the sofa. This can either be hung or leaned against the wall for a more relaxed look. Accessories that are asymmetrical in size can be placed on the table. Hope this helps.

Declaration - I am a rug business owner. The pros for having a rug - subfloor protection, noise suppression and atmosphere outweigh the cons - scratched floors (we all have a friend who comes for dinner and tips on their chair) noise (my kids constantly scrape the chairs) and cold bare atmosphere. Rugs complete rooms. Maybe the issue with young kids who are messy eaters could be the only reason you hold back. The issue relating to timber fading is another matter - timber floors darken with UV exposure, so your rug should always be moved around to make sure the fade lines are not obvious. Even if it just 10cm here and there to mix up the exposed area.

I don't know about it , can you change it, you can have modern and different but I think your tv unit is mid century style and table is Well I don't know what style it is than you say you want tribal . As someone suggested earlier , stop shopping before you move in it might be all wrong and your taste and ideas might change by then. Trick in decorating is to be patient and only buy when you are absolutely sure that you can take it back. Ha ha.

So true re wool being naturally fire resistant. We replaced with wool carpet the synthetic builder's range carpet in an earlier home after embers from the fireplace shot out onto it and burned it. In our current home we have a large wool area rug in living room, which has a wood burning fireplace, and embers have shot out of it and landed on the rug...and nothing happened.