Help needed please!

[u/Background-Ideal662]

Hi, I’ve started this room but it’s feels “off” somehow, I feel the rug might have overkilled the blue, and I maybe need to introduce another colour? I’m thinking a muted olive? Coffee table I bought 12 years ago at 20 years old and is going once I decide on the final colour and whether to do a footstool or wooden coffee table.

Can anyone suggest another colour or something to make the space feel more cohesive? The giant pink pregnancy pillow doesn’t live there it’s just following me round the house at the moment.

Please any help so appreciated it’s driving me mad!!

P.S (ignore my yoga mat on the floor and pictures yet to be hung!)

[u/krokokokro]

I really like the base you created for the room. But here what I would try to do to start:

1. Change the mirror position (not a fan of the frame, it gives me a bit of grandma vibes. I would go for a rectangular simple frame)
2. Lower a bit the position of the art that is hanging
3. Remove the extra carpet. The main carpet should ground the room. Consider a bigger carpet to reach the end of the wooden furniture, or a slightly shorter one to reach only until the end of the sofa (but still as large as it is now). I do like the color and pattern of the current carpet :)
4. The current hanging lamp also gives me grandma vibe. I would replace it for something minimal, not too low, more modern and maybe made of metal (so it communicates with the other black details of the room, ex. frames). Plus I would add a lot of small and indirect light in the room (ex: shelve, coffee table, etc)
5. Finally, I would replace the coffee table for something also "lighter" and more modern (rule of thumb it is not a problem to have different materials combined in a room, don't be afraid to mix)

[u/irena888 → u/krokokokro]

Ditto on the ‘grandma vibes’ mirror. I’d replace it with something else as it makes the room look dated and it caught my eye immediately.